ISS Tracked Manually

While looking at Saturn tonight the ISS came into view by the time I'd changed from a 7.5 to a 25mm it was nearly over head but managed to track it with my 8" dob for a good 60 deg, the glare was amazing but could still make out an oblong shape,was hoping to get a better view as it faded in the East but the boiler house roof got in the way :x Stood for another 15 to 20 seconds watching it fade away :roll:
Nevertheless was very chuffed to be able to track it manually for so long
Eugene
IFAS Club :DAS

Great stuff,
how big was compared to jupiter or saturn on the telescope?

I remember a few years back myself and Dave Moore set up his C8 in 'False Pole' alignment (this is polar aligning to a false pole which is the center of a satellites apparent orbit). We used a video camera to capture MIR. When we analysed the individual frames on the resultant video you could clearly make out stuff like solar panels etc. I must ask him if he still has that video. I wonder what registax would make of it!!

Cool stuff!!

I wonder what registax would make of it!!

Cool stuff!!

Dave,
I'd say if you have the video source, then why not give it a go! I don't know if Mr. Moore uses it (Registax), but I have seen your photographic handy work! Give it a shot!

Yeah, Give it a try!!!! Even a video mode on any digital would do, right?

Keith..

It would be interesting to see how registax handled that, does the ISS change orientation (rotate) as the video goes on?, if so stacking the image will only give you a blur, you might be able to stack a small number of similar frames to avoid bluring