Wyoming Photographers get the chance at the great photo
Aug 18, 2017 16:46:13 #
At about 16:40 GMT (9:40 Local MDT), the international space station will cross under the partially eclipsed moon ALONG THE RED LINE BELOW. If your camera is pointed in that direction at that time, with your solar filter in place, you should be able to capture the threesome (Sun, Moon, ISS). I think I would use video to make sure I capture the image. If you are at the point where the red line and the eclipse line cross, you will be able to get the ISS at the listed time and the total eclipse later.
Anybody going to Wyoming for the eclipse?
OBTW, the other two ISS passes under the eclipse occur out over the Pacific.
NASA wrote:
ISS Transit Across the Sun
While an ISS transit of the Sun will occur over a very thin ground track from California through Canada, only at the intersection of this transit path with the Moon's shadow path in Wyoming can one stay in one place and witness both a transit of the ISS across the partially eclipsed Sun and the total solar eclipse later in the morning. TOPO recommends checking the recommended websites mentioned earlier in this write-up for location.
While an ISS transit of the Sun will occur over a very thin ground track from California through Canada, only at the intersection of this transit path with the Moon's shadow path in Wyoming can one stay in one place and witness both a transit of the ISS across the partially eclipsed Sun and the total solar eclipse later in the morning. TOPO recommends checking the recommended websites mentioned earlier in this write-up for location.
Anybody going to Wyoming for the eclipse?
OBTW, the other two ISS passes under the eclipse occur out over the Pacific.
Aug 18, 2017 16:48:17 #
Oh, the full data for all three passes are at https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/iss-observations
And the lat/long is where the x is on the red circle (So Cal)
And the lat/long is where the x is on the red circle (So Cal)
Aug 19, 2017 11:11:28 #
SS319 wrote:
Oh, the full data for all three passes are at https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/iss-observations
And the lat/long is where the x is on the red circle (So Cal)
And the lat/long is where the x is on the red circle (So Cal)
That would be such an awesome, historic photo.
Aug 19, 2017 12:49:23 #
barbie.lewis
Loc: Livingston, Texas
Oh wow! If I'd known this in advance I would have headed for Wyoming instead of Oregon! But isn't the ISS visible because of sunlight on the huge solar panels? With the sun behind the moon and the ISS in front of the moon, will it be visible?
Aug 19, 2017 15:18:38 #
SS319 wrote:
At about 16:40 GMT (9:40 Local MDT), the internati... (show quote)
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Hi - We will be in or around Casper, WY for the totality. Do you know if we should look for the ISS crossing at about 11:43 am MST?
BTW - Any suggestions of where to go in Casper?
Thanks,Dan
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Aug 20, 2017 04:03:47 #
SS319 wrote:
At about 16:40 GMT (9:40 Local MDT), the internati... (show quote)
Fantastic shot! With 77,000 members, someone should be able to get it.
Aug 20, 2017 11:55:39 #
barbie.lewis wrote:
Oh wow! ...will it be visible?
I saw an image taken during the 2004 Venus Transit of the sun where the ISS was captured in the ball of the sun. I could not find that image just now, but here is an image of the ISS on the face of the sun...
https://eclipse.astronomie.info/transit/venus/isstransit/img/ISS-Transit-Edelmann-s-hor.jpg
Aug 20, 2017 12:02:57 #
Dan De Lion wrote:
-----Hi - We will be in or around Casper, WY for the totality. Do you know if we should look for the ISS crossing at about 11:43 am MST?
BTW - Any suggestions of where to go in Casper?-----
BTW - Any suggestions of where to go in Casper?-----
You will have to look up the ISS current path information and find the time at your lat/long and then compare that to the path of the eclipse. Just looking at the NASA drawing above, it "appears" the the cross under may occur west and north of Casper - BUT - that is only a drawing. Check with local Star clubs - I guarantee someone there will know the location and time to the second and the second.
Aug 20, 2017 14:14:47 #
SS319 wrote:
Hopefully someone there can also untangle the lighting situation then - moon "blocking the sun" or "in the background" will be completely different exercise than "silhouetted against sun".You will have to look up the ISS current path information and find the time at your lat/long and then compare that to the path of the eclipse. Just looking at the NASA drawing above, it "appears" the the cross under may occur west and north of Casper - BUT - that is only a drawing. Check with local Star clubs - I guarantee someone there will know the location and time to the second and the second.
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