ISS pass near Venus – 17th April 2012
April 17, 2012by yaska77
There’s a great account you can follow on Twitter if you’d like to be sent alerts whenever the ISS will be passing your location. Twisst ISS alerts send out thousands of messages every day, and right on shedule this evening the ISS began a pass over my house.
The ISS streaks across the sky near to the bright planet Venus from 17th April (click to enlarge) - Credit: Sky-Watching/A.Welbourn
Taken using a 50mm lens on a 6 second exposure (f/2.5 ISO-200), I think enough of the stars appear cleanly without too much drifting. Venus is beautiful at the moment, and it always looks great in an image!
The ISS streak seems to "phase" as it passes behind part of a tree (click to enlarge) - Credit: Sky-Watching/A.Welbourn
So, 10 minutes in the cold and a nice, bright, high ISS pass later I’m back indoors with a hot cuppa.
And my Canon Eos 550D is having its batteries charged. The Lyrids meteor shower peaks soon, I think I’ll get the flask ready for a night in the cold!
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