Went out stargazing Sunday morning as I heard the International Space Station was going to be flying overhead. I decided to bring up my camera to shoot a composite photo because I was able to see that it was going to fly near the Milky Way. So took my camera out and was able to get this really cool composite photo (a combination of multiple photos) of the ISS flying through the Milky Way core. The ISS trail is a composite of two shots that were 95 seconds long and was overlaid with the Milky Way that was shot only 5 to 10 minutes prior. The path of the space station is accurate in relation to the position of the Milky Way.
Background: 10 photos of 95 seconds at f/4.0, ISO1600, tracked with a star tracker.
Foreground (road and trees): 5 photos of 15 seconds, f/5.6, ISO 1250 just before civil twilight.
Sony a7ii, Sigma 14mm f/1.8 Lens, Star Adventurer 2i.
smcgowan10 on March 15th, 2022 at 12:18 UTC »
Absolutely stunning!
wdd09 on March 15th, 2022 at 12:18 UTC »
Went out stargazing Sunday morning as I heard the International Space Station was going to be flying overhead. I decided to bring up my camera to shoot a composite photo because I was able to see that it was going to fly near the Milky Way. So took my camera out and was able to get this really cool composite photo (a combination of multiple photos) of the ISS flying through the Milky Way core. The ISS trail is a composite of two shots that were 95 seconds long and was overlaid with the Milky Way that was shot only 5 to 10 minutes prior. The path of the space station is accurate in relation to the position of the Milky Way.
Background: 10 photos of 95 seconds at f/4.0, ISO1600, tracked with a star tracker.
Foreground (road and trees): 5 photos of 15 seconds, f/5.6, ISO 1250 just before civil twilight.
Sony a7ii, Sigma 14mm f/1.8 Lens, Star Adventurer 2i.
GodMeyer on March 15th, 2022 at 13:59 UTC »
Where in Florida is this? I’ve been trying to find a good place to see the Milky Way in Florida but I’ve only been disappointed so far