[AZ-Observing] Space Station Lunar Transit Picture

Jenn and I set up the Pronto with DMK monochrome digital video camera and a 
TV101 for Jenn's visual view.  Our site, which CalSky put right on the 
centerline was where 38th Place meets the Highland Canal, just south of 
Baseline Road.  CalSky's prediction put us at least 8' off the actual 
centerline, so I'll have to see what's going on with the error.

Fortunately, I picked the right part of the moon to image, and the ISS transit 
crossed through the video frame.  I recorded at 60 fps and 1/5000 second 
exposures.  The mosaic result is posted here.

http://www.pbase.com/polakis/image/95661776

It has been scaled up by about 60% from the original scale of 2.4" per pixel.

The surface brightness of the Station is much higher than the moon in places, 
but in other places (such as the solar arrays), it's actually fainter.  This 
makes for a difficult blend job in Photoshop, and since tomorrow's a work day, 
I will have to leave that for another night.

Tom
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