domenica 30 dicembre 2012
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.
giovedì 27 dicembre 2012
ISS near Edasich
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
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
First frame
Second frame
Two frames animation
Zoom x 10
ISS is illuminated by sunlight reflected from Earth, nearly noon.
Star chart and observation times by
mercoledì 26 dicembre 2012
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
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
venerdì 14 dicembre 2012
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
Watch the video in HR
ISS
Polaris (Alpha UMi)
Trail of ISS near Vega (in the clouds)
Nikon D5100, 50mm, 30sec, ISO 100
Star chart
lunedì 10 dicembre 2012
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
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