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Evasive
Maneuvers.
I was observing
at "Stardate 2008" in Hastings, New Zealand, when the ISS flew
over early in the evening. I grabbed the camera and tripod, set
the frame to include Orion and Mars, and hit the button for an ISS
trail shot. However, I didn't quite get the result I expected...
The ISS did an evasive maneuver to avoid hitting the belt stars
in Orion, before resuming straight flight...
Well, at least
that's how the picture shows it...
It turns out I
hadn't tightened the camera knuckle properly, resulting in the
camera slowly tilting during the exposure, resulting in the weirdest
star trail image I've ever seen. Photo details: Canon 350D, ISO 800,
68 second exposure with a Canon EF
15mm fisheye lens @ f-2.8.
Image taken January 13th 2008 |