SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA

I caught about a 4-5 second glimpse of it before it disappeared do to cloud cover.
But only because I knew where to look.
I was using our 10X50 binoculars.

Tomorrow may prove better if the storm breaks early. :?:
20:00:08 - 20:05:06 / 20 degrees above the horizon. That might be high enough to be clear of some trees in the area.

The App I'm using has a ~5 second beep-down to the target time. I thought that was pretty nice.
Beep-beep-beep-beep- BEEEEEEEP.
I recommend it if you can use it. ;)

hettmoe Loc: Rural ND

Here is my shot of The ISS... :)

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SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA

Beautiful shot, Hettmoe.

I was looking at the EXIF and saw where that is part of a 200-10s series you shot.
Probably something I need to do in order to catch the ISS passing by. ;)

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:lol: I guess we have Royalty in our midst. :roll: ;)

Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

Exposure time determines the length of the trail you get and how exposed your shot is.
You don't need to do a lot of shoot and stack to get the results you want.

Here is a link to a shot that I did last summer while doing a photo shoot.
It's 5 20 second shots stacked to show the path of the station. There is a single shot in that album as well.
Easy Peasy.
;)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/albuqshutterbug/14505767111/in/set-72157645305763534

This is a single 45 second shot on a standard tripod.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/albuqshutterbug/8974104601/in/set-72157633529382284

hettmoe Loc: Rural ND

Thanks, SonnyE. I guess that I have no idea what you mean by 200-10s series....
This was just a 20 second shot, nothing series (or serious) about it.....

SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA

There Jim, I dropped the "s" out of the address for you.
Nice photographs! :thumbup: :thumbup:

What I was thinking though was not for stacking, but for catching the speedy bugger. ;)
I actually spied the rascal a while back with our 10X50 binoculars. But just for a few seconds. Clouds and such.
Saw it through a hole and gone. But I saw it! :D Because Craig posted the coordinates for that nights pass.
If I had been doing a time lapsed shoot, I'd have caught the speedy bugger. ;) Well, maybe...
(I actually made a toe hold just for the shot based on the bearings it was projected to travel that sighting. NW x NNE. But that area is a very cluttered FOV from my "outdoor observatory". Oh, my kingdom for a nice clear mountaintop!)

The reason I mentioned the EXIF was because the posted picture appears to be one out of the string Hettmoe shot.
So that could be another way to catch that one cool shot like Hettmoe did. ;)

SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA

Yep, I do see that now. Great shot!

"Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 200/10 second ===> 20 second"

I mistakenly thought you had done a series, instead of a single. :oops:

hettmoe Loc: Rural ND

Something that I thought was cool tonight... I was fortunate enough to see the ISS, followed closely by The SpaceX Dragon, a Cargo Craft that is due to hook up with the ISS early on the morning of the 17th of April.
If you download and zoom in, you should be able to see the Dragon, also.I couldn't really figure out how to photograph it any differently... :)

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SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA

Very cool photograph, Hettmoe! :thumbup: :thumbup:

Cargo space craft, Mom's chocolate pudding, and Dominoes Pizza. :lol: ;)

Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

Nice capture including the light flaring of the Dragon.
It looks like the space station is gaining on the Dragon not the other way around. The ISS is the really bright fellow and they would have been moving downwards in your shot?
The Dragon is in the lead slot unless I have the direction of travel wrong.
Well done.

hettmoe Loc: Rural ND

Thank you. They are traveling upwards, so you can see just how far the Dragon was behind at the beginning of the exposure. I had not really thought about the possibility of seeing it the way you did. Thanks for that thought.&#128512;