It is easy to find out when the space platform is passing overhead, and you may have run outside to see the blip of light-footed moving at five miles per second. It turns out that some people make a hobby out of taking its depict, and if you have a reasonably beefy telescope you can get some good shoots.[ Scott ], on the other hand, wanted to take a handheld consumer-grade camera and try some characterizations. His ensues is an indication in the video below.

If you look at the second video from[ Thierry ], you’ll see[ Scott’s] videos are a far cry from state of the art. However, the[ Thierry] photos basically use a special telescope made to track the depot very precisely.[ Scott] is using a handheld, consumer-grade Nikon P1 000.

Granted, the P1000 has a pretty heavy-duty zoom lens with a focal section of 3,000. So don’t expect to get even close to these paints abusing grandma’s old-fashioned Brownie. Still, it is impressive what he was able to do, particularly after applying a moving window to the station’s image to counteract what[ Scott] calls” my old person pass .”

The[ Thierry] images are amazing if you haven’t seen them. It is reportedly the only image of an cosmonaut taken from an amateur telescope. You can be found in some images of them in the early stages of[ Scott’s] video. Of track, a handheld camera won’t be a likely competitor for best representation compared to those large-hearted remits with their impressive tripods.

Even with the Nikon,[ Scott] did have to hack the camera a bit. Unless, of course, you happens to previously have a range finder telescope attached to your camera’s hot shoe.

If you crave constant updated information about the ISS position, build this globe. Of track, won’t be long, your paintings will have nothing but Starlink in them, anyway.

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