I photographed the International Space Station crossing this morning's full moon! The ISS orbits Earth at 17,500mph, and this transit lasted only 0.90 seconds.
This is a single image taken in Titusville, Florida at 4:19:24am this morning.
Gear: Nikon D500 DSLR and Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6 lens at 500mm. The camera and lens setup was mounted atop a SkyWatcher Star Adventurer equatorial mount, which was set to track the moon, keeping the moon in the center of the frame.
Feel free to follow me on Instagram @johnkrausphotos, where I post daily content from around Florida’s Space Coast as a part of my 2017 daily photo challenge.
A collection of my best work (including rocket launch photography!) is available on my website.
There's a really cool app on the Apple Store called ISS Finder which tells you where the space station is at any given time. You can use it to try and see it for yourself.
If you're interested in seeing a 7-photograph composite of the same exact transit, I was standing about 5 feet away from OP! We frequently shoot together and are both participating in the 365-day photo challenge!
johnkphotos on November 5th, 2017 at 00:04 UTC »
This is a single image taken in Titusville, Florida at 4:19:24am this morning.
Gear: Nikon D500 DSLR and Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6 lens at 500mm. The camera and lens setup was mounted atop a SkyWatcher Star Adventurer equatorial mount, which was set to track the moon, keeping the moon in the center of the frame.
Settings: 1/3200, f/7.1, ISO 640.
Location/timing info acquired from http://www.transit-finder.com, thanks to /u/_bar for making this incredibly helpful tool!
Feel free to follow me on Instagram @johnkrausphotos, where I post daily content from around Florida’s Space Coast as a part of my 2017 daily photo challenge.
A collection of my best work (including rocket launch photography!) is available on my website.
littleM0TH on November 5th, 2017 at 00:30 UTC »
There's a really cool app on the Apple Store called ISS Finder which tells you where the space station is at any given time. You can use it to try and see it for yourself.
marcuscotephoto on November 5th, 2017 at 00:34 UTC »
If you're interested in seeing a 7-photograph composite of the same exact transit, I was standing about 5 feet away from OP! We frequently shoot together and are both participating in the 365-day photo challenge!