I recently acquired an SBIG AO-7 module for use with my ST-2000XCM deep space camera. This module allows me to use the SBIG camera at the full 2 meter focal length of the 8" LX200 Classic telescope, which simply wasn't practical before due to the limitations of the LX200 mount. This opens the door for higher resolution imaging of small deep space objects.
This was a spectacular morning twilight launch which went into sunlight right at booster separation while it was still dark down on the ground below.
This video is also my first time experimenting with Nvidia's Super SloMo AI algorithm (https://github.com/avinashpaliwal/Super-SloMo ) to interpolate slow motion video from 30 fps source video. The AI seems to work best with objects that are moving smoothly, like at liftoff and at engine cutoff.
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhWv8mvwIyM
Thanks again to Reds Rhetoric and Vincent for all their help with this project!
Reds Rhetoric's ISS Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zejiHaRhI4
Astrometrically solved star image from 9:03 UT:
http://nova.astrometry.net/user_images/2036410#annotated
Astrometrically solved image with the image data replaced with the image of the moon and ISS transit paths (as well as the transit positions .reg file for SAOImageDS9):
http://dropcanvas.com/ckifr
Altitude/Azimuth Calculations Spreadsheet:
http://dropcanvas.com/gvi04
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80y2LP1bWH4
WSO claims it's impossible that the eclipses seen in August and again a few days ago on October 30th were due to the moon because they occurred in different directions relative to the sun. That sounds sensible and logical, but is it? Tonight we test to see if it really was the moon, or something else.
SDO eclipse calculations spreadsheet and calculated eclipse trajectories:
http://dropcanvas.com/gi0xn
SDO Astrometry from 10-31-16:
http://nova.astrometry.net/user_images/1346173#annotated
SDO TLE from my own telescope observations:
http://dropcanvas.com/tb6sp
WT F Sky's hangout:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abpqEO69nnE
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kNL6ii80Rw
Annotated SDO:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJAoKCBmXcRY406OIBSo_Jg
TLE data from this morning's observations:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XWmbhFQukuW0R5At2N1lfGvyeehD-kGX/view?usp=sharing
Music: The Divine Cosmos by Stellardrone
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwDAqac_ALk
Tracked with SatTraker:
https://github.com/AstronomyLiveYt/SatTraker
Music: Between the Rings by Stellardrone
Filmed with an 8" Meade LX200 Classic with a 2x barlow (f/20) and Canon T5i. Tracked using SatTraker. The video frames were then stabilized and stacked in a 5 frame rolling average using a custom Python script which also added the time code, altitude, azimuth and range numbers to the video based on the orbital elements of the space station.
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjzAWvQvbmg