Object: International Space Station and Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-122)
Date: 2/17/08, 18:33 MST
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Telescope: 12" Lightbridge Dob @ f/5
Guiding: Manual
Camera: Vesta 690 Webcam @ 640 X 480 resolution, 1/2500sec shutter, 25% gain. (Image enlarged to almost 200%)
Comments: Imaging for this pass was hand guided using a Telerad for pointing. I used the technique of repeatedly leapfrogging ahead and letting ISS pass through the camera field with the scope stationary. Note: Image on left is a high resolution reference image taken by one of the shuttle astronauts.
© Dave Dockery 2008