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Jeremy Likness
Monroe, WA
03/27/2023
08:53 pm

Equipment Details:

Sony Alpha 6300 mirrorless camera
Svbony sv503 70ED doublet refractor
Sky Watcher Star Adventurer GTi mount

Post-processing Details:

PixInsight to overlay with existing nebulae photos

Image Details:

On March 27, 2023, at 20:53 Pacific, the International Space Station (ISS) passed between the Heart (IC1805) and Soul (Westerhaus 5) Nebulae. I captured the transit from my backyard in Monroe, WA with a 3-minute exposure at 336mm then superimposed it on previous observations of the nebulae. If you look closely, you can see the faint separation in the middle of its track caused by the gap between the solar panels.