I thought it might be fun to video my third viewing of the ISS flying overhead. It’s my buddy’s first look at the ISS and his first time seeing how well the 10Micron (with a TEC160ED) performs when tracking satellites.
The ISS appeared over LA’s NW horizon at 12:23pm on 12/22/20. The 10Micron points at the exact location it would become visible, waiting for it. As soon as it appeared in the eyepiece, it began to track it throughout the entire flight path to the SE horizon. It’s closest distance was about 250 miles when it reached the meridian of 80 degrees in altitude. If disappeared over the SE horizon at about 12:33pm.
It had a visual magnitude of -2.2 making it very easy to see lots of detail during the day.
And by the way, the solar panels are 240 feet long.
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