Observing Report 18th August 2019 (a better ISS Solar Transit)

Posted by @ 9:57 pm on Sunday 18th August, 2019.

I thought that my recent unscheduled stay in hospital would mean missing this morning's ISS Solar Transit, but I was let out yesterday after only 10 days.

There were hardly any gaps in the cloud cover, but I got set up anyway. Luckily, a small gap appeared at just the right time and for just long enough to get the job done. The recently-acquired ZWO ASI174MC made light work of capturing full-frame (1936 x 1216 px) raw .avi data at 160 FPS.

Here's a clip, slowed to 4 FPS. It's best viewed in full-screen at 1080p.

 

And here's a cropped stack of the ISS. I think that it's a reasonable first effort:

 

5 Responses to “Observing Report 18th August 2019 (a better ISS Solar Transit)”

  1. Mike Bell says:

    Cool. Stay getting better. x Mike

  2. BG! says:

    Hell's Bells, it's Belly!!!

    How goes it with you? Still plodding and paddling?

  3. Mike Bell says:

    Still plodding sometimes; Even bought a new pair of Scarpas last week as I'm off to Eskdale soon, but doing a lot of e-bike trail riding now in Wales and Scotland...and I'm a partner in a microbrewery since last June!
    Hope improvement in yer health continues..cheers M

  4. BG! says:

    Never figured you for a cyclist, Mike. The micro-brewery thing sounds right up your street though.

    I've not been up a mountain since July 2017 but I'm hoping to be hill-fit next spring. If it happens, would you be up for a slow plod somewhere?

  5. Mike Bell says:

    @BG! - yes , look forward to it. You should be a lot faster now you've stopped smoking! holler nearer the time!

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