I photographed the International Space Station crossing the full moon Thursday evening during a transit window which lasted a mere 0.58 seconds

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image showing I photographed the International Space Station crossing the full moon Thursday evening during a transit window which lasted a mere 0.58 seconds

johnkphotos on January 12nd, 2020 at 12:26 UTC »

Nikon D500, Tamron 150-600mm lens

1/3200, f/8, ISO 800, 600mm

Calculated with transit-finder.com.

Captured from near Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, south of Gainesville, Florida, on Thursday evening at 10:32:43pm EST.

I also captured video, viewable here.

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mrRandomGuy02 on January 12nd, 2020 at 13:09 UTC »

The crazy part is that the moon is 239,000 miles away and the ISS is only 250 miles away.

bassanaut on January 12nd, 2020 at 13:10 UTC »

Wow, I never knew the window was so small, gives me much more appreciation for these kind of shots. Thanks!