ISS Transit

Blogged by Xiao Sun on June 7, 2010 and tagged with Sample Images, Moon, Transit.

The following picture was submitted by French astrophotographer Jérôme Delpau. This is not the first time Jérôme captured great views of ISS transit. Last time he managed to photograph the shadow of ISS on the Moon.

ISS Transit

Beside the info in the caption, Jérôme sent some more details in the e-mail (translated from French):

At that moment, the shuttle Atlantis (STS-132) is docked to the ISS. Its presence can be seen in the middle bottom (the Triangular shape).

ETX 90
Filters: ND AstroSolar 3.8 UV / IR cut
DMK 31AU03.AS
Focal Length: 1250 mm
Speed: 1 / 5000 s
15 fps

On 19/05/2010 at 13h09m20s UT
Transit time: 0.55 s
Location: in Moncé Belin (72)

Many thanks to Jérôme!

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