Although the International Space Station is traveling at an average speed of 27,724 kilometers per hour and stays at the altitude of approximately 350 kilometers, it still attracts many astronomy amateurs' focus on the earth.
French astronomy photographer Laurent Langelez has taken a lot of ISS images with the DMK 31AU03.AS astronomy camera.On 30.Aug.2009, he captured another two pictures of ISS and sent them to us.
His photography kits:
Télescope de Newton 254 mm
barlow x1,6
DMK 31AU03.AS
About the Passage
Date:Sunday, 30 August, 2009
Satellite:ISS
Observer's Location:Ramicourt ( 49.5700°N, 3.1930°E)
Local Time: 5:44 Central European Summer Time (GMT + 2:00)
Orbit:342 x 354 km, 51.6° (Epoch 29 Aug)
Sun altitude at time of maximum pass altitude:-11.8°