Satellites
A countless number of artificial celestial bodies
is now orbiting our earth. Have 50 years of space travel
Leaving their traces, orbiting countless satellites
the earth. It's actually hard to imagine life without them.
Reason enough to stop and take a few pictures.
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The ISS approaching on April 6, 2008 at 9:16:30 p.m over Kletzen and narrowly missed Saturn! Photographed directly from the dome, with a brightness of over 2m It is the third brightest object in the sky next to the sun and moon. Some People thought they saw a UFO... |
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My second attempt to photograph the ISS turned out quite well. The telescope is controlled with a satellite tracker. It is important to always use the latest TLE data from NASA. Nevertheless, the telescope still has to be adjusted by hand, because even a 1/10 second difference in the timer throws the ISS out of the webcam's field of view. |
 The ISS over Kletzen June 29, 2010 / 12:57 a.m |
 The ISS over Kletzen July 3, 2010 / 10:24 p.m |
 The ISS over Kletzen 04/24/2011 / 10:10 p.m. CEST |
 The ISS over Kletzen 04/25/2011 / 10:59 p.m. CEST |
 The ISS over Kletzen, altitude 48° above the horizon. 05/29/2018 / 00:17:32 CEST 16" Newton, Satellite Tracker, ASI178MM |
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Ralf Heckel created a successful animation ISEI in Leipzig with one of my recordings: