It is fun and easy to spot satellites. I like to use
CalSky to give me personalized reminders of when and where to look.
This evening we had a bright iridium flare. It was shining at magnitude -5.6, but only 17.6 degrees above the horizon. I didn't have my camera quite set when I spotted the satellite. I plunked it down and grabbed this shot just in time:
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| Canon 3Ti 18-55mm lens, ISO 1600, f/5.6, 5 sec. |
We also had a bright passage of the International Space Station this evening. At its highest it was 68 degrees above the horizon and shining at -4.3. Here are two shots combined into one frame from the end of the passage:
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| Canon 3Ti 18-55mm lens, ISO 1600, f/5.6, 2 30 sec. exposures |
The bright star just to the right of my house and the trail of the ISS is Vega in the constellation of Lyra, the harp.
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