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 Solar transit of the International Space Station 
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Post Solar transit of the International Space Station
I think this is one amazing picture!!!

:clap :clap :clap

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Image of the solar transit of the International Space Station (ISS), taken from the area of Muscat in the Sultanate of Oman on January 4th 2011 at 9:09 UT, during the partial solar eclipse. Takahashi FSQ-106ED refractor on EM-10 mount, Canon 5D mark II. 1/5000s exposure at 100 iso.
Transit forecast calculated by http://www.calsky.com (many thanks to Arnold Barmettler for his help).
Transit duration: 0.86s. ISS distance to observer: 510 km. Speed in orbit: 7.8km/s (28000 km/h or 17000 mph).

The image shows three planes in space: the Sun at 150 million km, the Moon at about 400000 km and the ISS at 500 km.


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This dude Rocks!!

http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/eclipse110104_solar_transit.html


Check out his work!!


http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/


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Post Re: Solar transit of the International Space Station
very cool thanks for posting Sky :clap

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Post Re: Solar transit of the International Space Station
Yes this is really cool. It's interesting how it looks like a egg yolk except for the shadow. ;)

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