The ISS through my 12″ scope
It’s been about 9 months since I was last able to capture an image of the ISS through the scope – the weather and timing have meant I just haven’t had an opportunity until last Thursday night.
It was a nice overhead pass, mag -2.1, but due to trees I could only capture it once it passed overhead until it started setting.
I used my 12” dob, with a 2x barlow and the DMK21AU04 at 60fps, 1/1250s exposure. I manually tracked the ISS through my RA 9×50 finderscope.
A small animation from some of the best frames is here: Animation
I’m really happy to have captured that amount of detail, and look forward to the next opportunity to capture it again in a few weeks. Hopefully it won’t be another 9 months before my next image of it!
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My name is Mike Salway and I'm an amateur astronomer and photographer. I'm the co-founder of 
Hi Mike
Great image.
Well done.
Thank you
Rob