Lunar occultation of Jupiter - December 25, 2012

A great job by Rafael de Favari

Jupiter being occulted by the Moon on 25th December 2012, as seen from São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. This video shows the event 5x faster than real time.

ISS near Edasich

ISS near to Edasich (iota Dragonis, mag.3.3)
27 December 2012 - 18h02m20s CET, Catania, Italy
Angular velocity 0.51°/s, distance 869 km, mag. -2.4
Nikon D5100 300mm
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ISS
Edasich

Star chart

Start chart by CalSky

ISS crosses the disk of the Sun

International Space Station (ISS) crossed the disk of the Sun on December 27, 2012 at 11h33m48s CET, Catania, Italy
Sun position: Azimuth 172.87° Altitude 28.87°
ISS angular diameter 35.7", distance 775.4 km,
angular velocity 28.0'/sec, transit duration  0.81 sec

Nikon D5100 at the primary focus of the Celestron Nexstar 127
1/1000 sec, ISO 1250, 4 fps continuous shooting


ISS

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ISS is illuminated by sunlight reflected from Earth, nearly noon.

Star chart and observation times by

CalSky.com

Satellite Tiangong-1 close to Diphda

Satellite Tiangong-1 close to Diphda (Deneb Kaitos - Beta Ceti)
26 December 2012 - 18h18m55s CET, Catania, Italy
Angular velocity 0.77°/s, distance 555.4 km, mag.1.2
Nikon D5100 300mm

Diphda (Deneb Kaitos - Beta Ceti)
Satellite Tiangong-1

Star chart

Start chart by CalSky.com

Satellite ERBS near Pleiades

Satellite ERBS near Pleiades
26 December 2012 - 18h00m40s CET, Catania, Italy
Angular velocity 0.70°/s, distance 632.6 km, mag.2.8
Nikon D5100 300mm

Satellite ERBS
Pleiades

Star chart

Star chart by CalSky.com

ISS near Polaris

ISS - International Space Station passes near Polaris (Alpha UMi)
14 December 2012 - 17h37m35s CET, Catania, Italy
Angular velocity 0.85°/s, distance 521 km
Nikon D5100 70mm
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ISS
Polaris (Alpha UMi)

Trail of ISS near Vega (in the clouds)

Nikon D5100, 50mm, 30sec, ISO 100

Star chart

CalSky website

ISS trail

Trail of Internation Space Station

10 December 2012 - 17h44m30s CET, Catania, Italy
In the upper left the Pleiades
ISS magnitude -2.1, distance 1888.2 km, angular diameter 14.6"
Nikon D5100, 18mm, 30sec
Original image (3.4MB)

Star chart

CalSky website