DIY - Photograph the space station

The space station is a very large object - bigger than a football field. And when it is overhead it is only 200 or so miles away. That means that it is possible to see it with the naked eye if the conditions are right:

How to Photograph the Space Station

With the naked eye, it looks like a dot:

Here is a full description for how to find the space station:

If you want to go to a little more trouble and use a telescope, you can actually get a pretty good view. For example, this photograph:

Photo of the space station

was taken through a telescope. From spaceweather.com:

On the night of May 11th, the ISS flew over Sonnenbuehl-Genkingen, Germany, where Martin Wagner was waiting with his 10-inch telescope and a Canon 400D. He snapped this picture.

This video was also taken through a “Meade 10″ LX-200 with a Philips ToUCam and home written tracking software”:

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