ISS transit and IC5068 in Cygnus

[Roberto]

First the transit that after clear blue skies all day turned to clouds just in time for this transit.  Lower altitude pass compared to recent (overcast) events but beggars can't be choosers.

Details of the transit from ISS Transit Finder for my driveway:

Sun 2024-07-28, 18:46:45.97  •  Sun transitISS angular size: 24.96″; distance: 1107.07 km
Angular separation: 4.8′; azimuth: 278.2°; altitude: 17.5°
Center line distance: 1.54 km; visibility path width: 10.56 km
Transit duration: 2.88 s; transit chord length: 30.0′

Acquired with SharpCap using a double-stacked Coronado SM60 on a Sky-Watcher Solar Quest mount.   51 out of 401 frames were used for the animation and the overlay.
Resized to 50% resolution.

https://www.astrobin.com/xtfjqx/0/



https://cdn.astrobin.com/images/5378/2024/b68f7f28-49fe-4b10-af7c-873d2df741ad.gif

And overlay:



And for some deep sky:

IC5068 region in Cygnus - SHO with RGB stars

https://www.astrobin.com/dudzed/G

Dates: 11 Oct 2022, 17 Jul 2024, 19 - 20 Jul 2024, 22 Jul 2024, 26 - 30 Jul 2024
Frames: OSC - 265×300″(22h 5′)
Astrodon H-alpha 5nm 50x50 mm: 24×1200″(8h)
Astrodon OIII 3nm 50x50 mm: 25×1200″(8h 20′)
Astrodon SII 3nm 50x50 mm: 24×1200″(8h)

Integration: 46h 25′

OIII



SII



Ha



SHO starless



RGB data from OSC camera



SHO with RGB stars



And full resolution of above:  https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/l47Un0tWQlYS_16536x0_UyysOTOH.jpg

Roberto

[Rick]

Cool selection! Nice to see the component parts as well as the finished image, too.

[Carole]

Super images Roberto.  Well done with the ISS again.  Hopefully I can get a video to work on the presentation.

As for IC5068, that's a stunning result.  It is a target I have never been interested in imaging as I thought it looked so messy, but you have brought out some brilliant colours, and now I have to go back to my widefield NA, Pelican and IC5068 (which was included in the FOV) and re-process it. 

[Dave A]

Roberto,
Great images and brilliant video of the ISS
well done

[Roberto]

Thank you Carole, Rick and Dave. 

Carole, there are some very nice dark structures in this area. Some with very delicate detail. I'm still not sure about the colour palette. May reprocess later.

Roberto

[The Thing]

Super stuff Roberto