15/27
Home / Tag Sun /

ISS transiting the sun

20150829-K5ii-11783-Edit.jpg I like big buttesThumbnailsMoonrise over observation pointI like big buttesThumbnailsMoonrise over observation pointI like big buttesThumbnailsMoonrise over observation pointI like big buttesThumbnailsMoonrise over observation pointI like big buttesThumbnailsMoonrise over observation pointI like big buttesThumbnailsMoonrise over observation pointI like big buttesThumbnailsMoonrise over observation point

Composite of 4 exposures showing a solar transit of the International Space Station. Photographed from Gallitzin State Forest, Pennsylvania, USA at 2015-08-29 14:12:42 UT. The duration of the transit was 0.8 seconds. The distance to the ISS was approximately 616 km and its angular size was about 45 arcsec. Planning for the transit was done using CalSky.com.

Pentax K-5 II, Pentax DA* 300mm f/4, Tamron 1.4x teleconverter, ND 1000x filter. Exposures were 1/6000 second with the lens set to f/8 (for an f/11 effective aperture with the teleconverter).

Author
Matthew P. Hunt

EXIF Metadata

Model
PENTAX K-5 II
DateTimeOriginal
2015:08:29 10:12:42
ApertureFNumber
f/8.0
ExposureTime
1/6000
ISOSpeedRatings
80
FocalLength
30000/100

0 comments