By Brendan Loy
Tonight’s directly-overhead flyover by the International Space Station was as spectacular as promised. That thing is really bright now!
Unfortunately, my efforts to photograph it were somewhat less spectacular. My SLR’s shutter problem has now evolved into a focus problem — it can fill the frame again, but autofocus is completely busted — and my hasty efforts at manually focusing the lens as the ISS was appearing over the horizon were, well, rather off. (You’d think the “infinity” setting, all the way to the left, would focus correctly on the sky, but nooooo.) So what I have is a blurry fisheye view of the ISS passing overhead:
Well, it was a good idea, anyway. :)
To view upcoming flyovers by the ISS and other satellites at your location, go to SpaceWeather.com’s Simple Satellite Tracker, or for more detailed info, Heavens Above.
