Since it
was the last night of the Texas Star Party, I needed to pack up that evening so
we could take off in the morning for the long drive back. However, I decided to grab at least a little
more data – you know I can’t resist. The
ISS was scheduled to make a twilight pass near the crescent Moon, so I went to
SkySafari to figure out how far away, and then decided to use the 55-200mm lens
on the D3200 piggybacked on the Borg. I
grabbed several frames as it moved across, and then also some nice ones of the
earthshine as well. I took some videos
on the C11 too, but haven’t processed them.
Moon, Nikon D3200 piggybacked on Borg 76ED on the Celestron AVX mount
200mm @ f/5.6, 0.77s, ISO-800
I made a GIF of the ISS pass (and I think I've figured out how to control the frame rate now):
ISS passing by the moon, Nikon D3100, 165mm @ f/5.6
1/4s, ISO-800 (except for those two weirdly longer frames in the middle, which are 1/2s - not sure why that happened)
What a
great trip! I was glad to spend some
time with Melody, and I got some absolutely incredible images. I imaged 22 separate targets that week, we
had clear nights nearly the entire week, I met some awesome people, and had a
nice relaxing time out in the middle of West Texas. I’m so glad I went! And I’m definitely going to plan on going
next year, this time with Miqaela!
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