Here's no. 7 in #IansTop102022 (Which was wrongly named #ianstopten2022 in my 1st toot because I had a brain fart.) Anyway this one was fun. On 17th July I was on board NASA's SOFIA Observatory on what turned out to be her last ever southern hemisphere science flight. I was there to commission a NZ (Otago Museum) designed camera platform to photograph the aurora australis (more later) Anyway, one of the crew asked if I wanted to sit on the flight deck for take off... well duh! AWESOME! #awesome

Well here's number 9 in #ianstopten2022 on 25th March this year I drove approximately 40km from home and set up my telescope in a remote field. I set up my telescope, and just after 7:11am took 29 images each of 1/2000 sec in 1.5 seconds as the Space station crossed the last quarter moon. You can't see the solar panels as they are edge on facing the sun (as is the illuminated portion of the moon! At the time the images were taken the ISS was more than 450km away from me. #astronomy

Well here's number 9 in #ianstopten2022 on 25th March this year I drove approximately 40km from home and set up my telescope in a remote field. I set up my telescope, and just after 7:11am took 29 images each of 1/2000 sec in 1.5 seconds as the Space station crossed the first quarter moon. You can't see the solar panels as they are edge on facing the sun (as is the illuminated portion of the moon! At the time the images were taken the ISS was more than 450km away from me. #astronomy