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Monthly Archives: September 2015

ISS Transit of September 24, 2015 over Northwestern Italy

Overhead ISS Transit

On September 24th, 2015, it was a crystal clear night over Northern Italy. The day before I had come across the news (wonders of Facebook ) that a transit of the International Space Station (ISS) would take place almost overhead during the morning twilight. The ISS was expected to cut straight across the entire sky dome, passing very close to the local zenith, for a total transit duration of about six minutes (from 6:23 to 6:29 CEST). Had I known about […]

By Emmanuele Sordini Astronomy: images 26 September 2015 0

M31 The Andromeda Galaxy

Here’s an old and evergreen deep-sky classic… M31, aka the Great Andromeda Galaxy, taken during my 2014 stay at Colle dell’Agnello, a pass in the Italian Alps on the border with France, located at a whopping (at least by European standards ) 2700 m elevation. Worth noting is the fact that this picture was made with a PC-less, fully stand-alone setup: Canon 6D + Pentax 75 OTA riding an Avalon M-Zero mount, autoguiding and exposure timing with a Lacerta MGEN stand-alone […]

By Emmanuele Sordini Astronomy: images 8 September 2015 0

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