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.

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