ISS - Part 2

My dad, now in his early seventies, having seen the wide angle shot of the ISS (see the post ISS - Part 1) mentioned that they used to watch Russian satellites as kids from the terrace of their home in Calcutta (Golpark) based on schedules published in local dailies.  This made me think that we should be able to do something more advanced in 50 years time.



Turns out, a "household" telescope can actually see details on an object about the size of a football field (70m X 200m)  flying at 34 times the speed of a commercial aircraft (17,000 miles/hr) in low earth orbit (250 miles above earth).

The photo above was taken on December 25, 2018 at 6:13 a.m. EST.

ISS - Part 1

International space station flying over our neighborhood at 6:22 a.m. on Dec 22, 2018. Shot with a wide angle lens and a composite of several timelapse shots to create the streak (center to left of frame).