ISS 19-May-2024

[thick obsidian]

The ISS last night under good seeing - possibly my best series yet.
30% stack of 108 frames each. Animation coming soon.
SW400P, 2x barlow, ADC, Uranus-C (IMX585) at ~4700mm f/11.5. 60° peak altitude.

[gray wave]

bro fr thinks hes a spy satellite with that quality

[nocturne agate]

Lmao how is that even possible

[lapis mantle]

How do you tune the adc pre iss pass? Do u use a low alt star?

[wet pasture]

HOW

[hushed dock]

bro has some secret acess to nasas ground scopes

[open ravine]

tom always makes us surpsied by his images

[hushed dock]

tom is gonna be the first person to image aliens for us

[plucky yacht]

How do you track the ISS?

[frozen crypt]

How do you focus an a satellite?

[austere jungle]

How??

[cerulean forum]

OMG BRO HAS JWST AS HIS SCOPE

[kind haven]

HOOOWWWW

[cerulean forum]

MY GUY HOOOW

[kind haven]

Bro made history

Bro literally created history

[thick obsidian]

Aligned it on Polaris which was 51 degrees

[cerulean forum]

yo i can see someone using his phone in the shot

[thick obsidian]

pass max alt was 60 degrees

[kind haven]

You are insane brother

Hats off

[thick obsidian]

Turns out it was tuned nominally around ~45 altitude looking at the data & timestamps

[thick obsidian]

thank you kindly

[cerulean forum]

im on my knees rn

[kind haven]

🗿🫂

[hushed dock]

tom can you adopt me so i can inherit your setup and knowledge?

[kind haven]

Jaw dropped

[thick obsidian]

Sat tracker, top of this page https://skywatcher.com/download/software/synscan-app/

[cerulean forum]

this guy needs a nasa sponsorship

[kind haven]

Ikr

[thick obsidian]

Polaris, or any other mid-high altitude star before hand. Just gotta make sure the scope is cooled down to ambient so focus point doesn't change

[kind haven]

Tom can I post it on Instagram? Do you use Instagram? So I can just @ you or else I have to write ur dc username

[silk wren]

My jaw is ON THE FLOOR

[cerulean forum]

oh my god OH MY GOD ALBERT EINSTEIN ALBERT EINSTEIN!!!!

[thick obsidian]

https://www.instagram.com/tw.astrophotography/ I will post myself soonish with the timelapse. Just waiting on a friend to batch NoiseX the frames in pixinsight.

[regal nimbus]

AWESOME

[kind haven]

Thanks! So I can post it right?

[thick obsidian]

sure with credit

[kind haven]

Yes ofc

[elder mortar]

I say again, this man knows no boundaries, holy shit this is incredible. Genuinely might be the sharpest, most detailed image of the ISS taken with ground based equipment I've ever seen

[cerulean forum]

im crying

hubble and jwst better be scared of him

[kind haven]

YEAH

[thick obsidian]

I've seen better from the likes of a planewave 24" which was ground based 🤏

[cerulean forum]

still you are basically jwst but ground based

[thick obsidian]

lol

[cerulean forum]

its a bit smudged

[hushed dock]

yea its too wobbly

[gray wave]

they always are

thats is very little wobble compared to most

[cerulean forum]

bro has a atom precise mount

[elder mortar]

That's good too, really good. But your most recent image not only has almost the same quality, but it has color too, and I think that really spikes up the overall quality and image appeal

[thick obsidian]

True colour is nice

[elder mortar]

yee

[cerulean forum]

agree

FULL COLOR FOR THE WIN

[elder mortar]

Out of curiosity, have you ever photographed Uranus or Neptune using your god-tier seeing and equipment? Might be a dumb question but oh well

[cerulean forum]

yes im curious too

[ebon totem]

So humble

[cerulean forum]

voyager quality

[lethal pendant]

for real, i respect that

[real crag]

makes me excited to have access to a 27” planewave this fall

[thick obsidian]

Imaged them with Lyaphine in Germany with her 20". I'll try find my best with my 16"

1 sec

This was my 16"

[elder mortar]

Holy cow dude

[thick obsidian]

I haven't really had good enough seeing/altitude on Neptune to get an equal result

it's still pretty low here at 51N

[elder mortar]

Honestly I'm genuinely so glad that amateurs like you and Lyaphine and every other beautiful talented person on this server exists, it's incredible seeing what can be done with amateur equipment

this is amazing

[jolly parcel]

If only there was a spacewalk during the time he imaged it.

[elder mortar]

it's hard to say whether astronauts would actually be visible or not if that were to happen, the ISS is tiny in the night sky, but it's absolutely gargantuan compared to the size of a person

if visible at all, they'd probably appear as tiny misshapen dots surrounding the ISS

that'd still be ridiculously cool to capture though

[thick obsidian]

Anim

[nocturne agate]

amazing

[jolly parcel]

It’s been done, and that’s pretty much exactly what it looks like but you can still tell that it is astronauts.

[gray wave]

how big of a barlow do you have xd