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JOSE PALMA
Mina São Domingos , Beja , Portugal
07/29/2023
10:10 pm

Equipment Details:

SONY A7III , Lens Samyang 12mm-Fisheye ,
10 shots - F 2.8 , 12mm , ISO 320 , 30"

Post-processing Details:

The 10 shots were stacked and blend together in Photoshop and the exposure of stars slightly increased to compensate the strong Moon light.
Ursa Minor overlay added to help people identified location of North Star.
Minor processing required as the landscape was strongly illuminated by the Moon.

Image Details:

ISS - International Space Station Expedition 69.
With 7 astronauts on board from 3 nationalities, USA (3), Russia (3) and UAE (1) the ISS crosses the sky at 27000km/h over the Tapada Grande dam - Mina São Domingos,Portugal
In the center, the "overlay" of the constellation of Ursa Minor, in whose tip of the tail is the North star.
Among other constellations we can see Ursa Major "crossed" by the ISS on the left, the North Star in the center and the constellation Cassiopeia on the right over the illuminated area.
The Moon on the way to Full Moon with an illumination of ~78% allows you to record all the details of the landscape.
Goodspeed ISS....