Limerick Astronomy Club

I had my camera set up to try and get a shot of the shuttle
and its tank the other day but the clouds rolled in.
As usual they cleared right after they were gone so I said
I'd leave my gear standing and try catch the an ISS pass.
I decided I'd try and see just how much of its current shape
was visible in a photograph without using a scope.

Turns out it's quite a lot! I used a Canon 350D camera and a 300mm zoom lens on a tripod.
I used various aperture values to be sure as to eliminate motion blur or camera wobble.
The resulting set of shots shows the ISS and even the solar panels quite clearly.
I was amazed to see the cigar like shape even in the viewfinder!
The image reads right to left as the ISS passed over.
Each image is a crop from the full image size and the
inset shot is a stacked image of all 11.





A curiosity none the less but it's amazing to think just how big it is.

Wow Frank some shot, I too am taken aback at how big it is.

Any idea of the orientation Frank ??

I had a prog before that generated an image of the orientation
of the ISS (and even the shuttle docked)
at a particular time for your location but I can NOT find it for the life of me!