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ISS Jupiter flyby, Rudi Bjørn Rasmussen

ISS Jupiter flyby

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
ISS Jupiter flyby, Rudi Bjørn Rasmussen

ISS Jupiter flyby

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Normally, I don't open my R.O.R observatory in a gale, so yesterday evening, when it was very windy, but clear, I was in the observatory, to grab my TS-AZ5 to use for some visual observations outside. I was checking on my iPhone, ca where C/2022 E3 ZTF was at the moment, and then I noticed, that ISS would pass very close by Jupiter in just 15 minutes!!! Then I got very busy, opened the observatory roof, turn off the tube/camera heater, mirror fan full speed - normally, I let the telesope and observatory cool for hours.
Then slew to Jupiter, autofocus with R filter, start Firecapture, and hey, there was ISS slowly rising in the west.
No time to fiddle too much with other settings but the exposure, and when ISS was nearly at Jupiter, I hit the REC button and crossed my fingers.
You can see the video here, but dont blink, it's fast:
https://youtu.be/ESpDZaYe4oI

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ISS Jupiter flyby, Rudi Bjørn Rasmussen