Hi all , With just hours to go before the Venus transit starts I managed to catch the station crossing the sun from here in the UK at 1422 gmt. This is probably the last glimpse we will get of ISS before tomorrows event , and it was important that the capture showed the full transit in order to verify it against Tom ( ISS Alerts)and Arnolds (Calsky.com) predictions. Despite the usual intervention by the English weather...from clear sky to low cloud in the time it takes to align the telescope .... a break appeared just in time. Five minute after the pass , it was clear blue sky again.....Hmmmm ! The video , with data is posted here http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/satcom_transits or if you wish to access just the video.......here.... http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/satcom_transits/june7.gif Height above sea level , from the location of the scope was 47 feet Seven GPS .......satellites 03 04 12 13 17 24 and 27 were "in view" Outside air temp 26C.....OTA temp pushing 50 C !!! Time seemed a tad early , but I dont have an accurate enough timepiece , and working on my own , I couldnt leave the laptop as I was dealing with brightness adjustments. LX90 8 inch ....ToUcam .... 25mm eyepiece projection FOV 30 arc minutes.Full aperture solar filter Regards, John http://www.satcom.freeserve.co.uk/ http://www.satcom.freeserve.co.uk/geos.htm http://www.satcom.freeserve.co.uk/isstrans.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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