ISS flyby of Jupiter in broad daylight

[Ayiomamitis]

Dear group,

A few days ago I captured the ISS transiting the sun (as per http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Sat-Trans-2010-05-25.htm ) and less than a couple of hours ago I caught the ISS again in broad daylight but this time on a flyby of Jupiter.

Further details at http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Sat-ISS-2010-05-29.htm .... focusing was VERY difficult against a low contrast brightly-lit sky. Sol did help but there were no sunspots to finetune focusing and I got very lucky in getting as close to perfect focus as possible.




Anthony.

[Ayiomamitis]

PS. Perhaps a more accurate description would be an occultation of Jupiter by the ISS and as indicated by the annotated diagram below.



Anthony.

[nerbyon]

Hi Anthony,

It´s really a great image and unusually view, of the ISS.

Thanks for sharing with us.

Best regards

Miguel Claro
http://miguelclaro.com

[owlice]

Anthony, thanks for posting this!!

[Ayiomamitis]

Thank you Miguel and owlice!

The image is front page on SpaceWeather and there is a serious amount of interest and feedback. Who would have thought that an occultation during broad daylight would be possible involving such a fast-moving object.

We have a couple of orbit manouvres coming up and, if all goes as planned, I should have a repeat of both a solar transit and another Jupiter occultation (speak about lightning striking twice).

Thanks again.

Anthony.