schmutz
Friday, May 8th, 2009
Since I’m hosting an astrophotography “Boot Camp” in a few weeks I thought I’d post an image that we will try to avoid making!
This is an ISS pass from 5:44 AM May 8.
As you can see there’s a LOT of schmutz in the image because it was approaching daylight and the sky was very bright. There’s also no context or point of scale in the image. I usually like to have an identifiable star field or nice landscape in the foreground to make it more interesting. Too much daylight made this impossible.
Visually the pass was great! The ISS flared for a few seconds as it neared zenith.
1 second @ ISO 200 F/16
Auto levels applied in Photoshop allowed this quick and very dirty image.
Looks like my sensor needs a cleaning too.
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