[Public Domain] 1 Jul 2015 Dylan O'Donnell 
 
 CATEGORY : Astrophotography, Notable 
 
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 I was super happy to catch the silhouette of the ISS over the disc of the moon last night! The CalSky website sends me alerts for potential fly overs for which I’ve been waiting a long time – about 12 months. I got one this week and this was adjusted by 15 seconds by the time of the “occultation”. 
 
 If you think that it might be a case of sitting there with your camera and a clock, with one hand on the shutter release, you’d be absolutely correct! The ISS only passed over the moon for 0.33 seconds as it shoots by quite quickly. Knowing the second it would pass I fired a “burst” mode of exposures then crossed my fingers and hoped it would show up in review – and it did! 
 
 The setup was my Canon 70D attached to the rear cell of my Celestron 9.25″ telescope (2350mm / f10). The shutter speed was a quick 1/1650th of a second and ISO 800 in order to freeze the ISS in motion. 
 
 I took about a second of further exposures on either side of the pass to stack the lunar surface detail using AutoStakkert2, and the increased the saturation in post to create this colour enhanced version of the moon. The colours on the moon relate to the chemical composition of moon geology. 
 
 Here is a close up so you can see the modules and the solar arrays captured fairly clearly! 
 
 UPDATE : This kinda went viral on all the major social networks. I’m so glad others were as excited as I was about this photo! Thank you everybody for all your kind words. 
 
 UPDATE 2 : I’ve reprocessed the image into a higher resolution! The new version above is 2998 pixels wide and much cleaner. 
 
 ABC http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2015/07/02/4266055.htm 
 
 NORTHERN STAR : http://www.northernstar.com.au/news/holy-grail-shot-for-byron-photographer/2692816/ 
 
 CANON AUSTRALIA https://instagram.com/p/4k2LoVGksb/?taken-by=canonaustralia 
 
 ICE IN SPACE (Image of the week) http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=136328 
 
 CNET : http://www.cnet.com/au/news/stunning-photo-catches-the-iss-in-transit-over-the-full-moon/ 
 
 GIZMODO : http://gizmodo.com/photographer-catches-the-iss-flying-past-the-moon-1715563657 
 
 PETAPIXEL : http://petapixel.com/2015/07/03/photographer-captures-the-iss-flying-across-the-face-of-the-moon/ 
 
 FSTOPPERS : http://fstoppers.com/landscapes/photographer-captures-image-iss-crossing-front-moon-75310 
 
 HUFFINGTON POST : http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/07/03/international-space-station-flying-past-moon_n_7720776.html 
 
 9MSN : http://www.9news.com.au/National/2015/07/04/17/20/Spot-the-space-station-in-this-incredible-celestial-portrait 
 
 DAILY MAIL : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3148960/Can-spot-space-station-Australian-photographer-captures-stunning-image-ISS-moon.html 
 
 BOING BOING : http://boingboing.net/2015/07/04/epic-photo-of-the-internationa.html 
 
 CHRIS HADFIELD : https://www.facebook.com/AstronautChrisHadfield/posts/1043752455642491 
 
 EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA) : http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/International_Space_Station/Highlights/Station_Moon_transit 
 
 SPIEGEL : http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/weltall/mondtransit-der-internationalen-raumstation-iss-a-1042545.html 
 
 TIME MAGAZINE : http://time.com/3948830/international-space-station-moon/ 
 
 FLIPBOARD : https://flipboard.com/@inphotos/the-shot-5vranjmcz 
 
 SPACE.COM : http://www.space.com/29889-space-station-crosses-moon-photo.html 
 
 AOL NEWS : http://www.aol.com/article/2015/07/09/photographer-captures-insanely-rare-view-of-space-station-crossi/21207308/ 
 
 SPACEFLIGHT NOW : http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/07/07/photographer-catches-space-station-transiting-the-moon/ 
 
 YAHOO : http://news.yahoo.com/space-station-crosses-moons-face-stunning-photo-114904983.html 
 
 SILICON REPUBLIC : https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/2015/07/03/the-iss-from-earth-is-stunning 
 
 FOX NEWS : http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/07/08/guy-takes-incredible-photo-iss-flying-by-moon/ 
 
 TV mentions included 7 News (AU) & Weather Channel (USA) 
 
 UDPATE 2 : Just had a request for the RAW straight off the camera.. sure, why not? Enjoy! IMG_0093-ISS.CR2 
 
 Download Full Resolution (2998x1996) 3998KB ||||| This image of the Moon was taken by amateur photographer Dylan O’Donnell as the International Space Station passed by at 28 800 km/h. At such speeds the weightless research laboratory was visible for only about a third of a second before returning to the dark skies. 
 
 Dylan captured the moment in Byron Bay, New South Wales, the eastern-most point of Australia, where the absence of larger towns offers low levels of light pollution. 
 
 The image was taken on 30 June 2015 at 19:54 local time with the Space Station flying 400 km above the Pacific Ocean. A conventional camera was placed behind a 2300 mm / f10 telescope and Dylan took as many pictures as possible during the Station’s brief passage and hoped for the best. 
 
 Five images of the Moon taken before and after the Station passed by were processed using freely available astrophotography tools to improve sharpness, a process called stacking. Lastly, the colours were enhanced to bring out the Moon’s colourful surface geology. 
 
 This is the first picture of the Station Dylan has published, commenting, “I take many types of pictures but the International Space Station is a wonderful target and one I’ve wanted to capture for a long time.” 
 
 Spotting the orbital complex yourself is easier than you might think. It can be seen and photographed without special equipment as it passes overhead. As it moves so fast, the hard part is to know when and where to look. ESA’s tracker shows you where the Station is at any time and you can sign up to receive alerts for your neighbourhood here. 
 
 Once you know where the Space Station will be, it is best to wait for dawn or dusk. It looks like a very bright star or aircraft gliding through the sky. For less advanced pictures without using the Moon as a background, use a tripod and set the shutter speed to a long exposure of up to a minute. The Station will always arrive from the west and will appear as a white streak in the photograph.
– All it took for Dylan O'Donnell to capture this image from his perch in southeastern Australia of the International Space Station (visible in the upper-right part of the frame) passing in front of the moon: a Canon camera set to burst mode, a Celestron telescope, and a quick eye, per his website. The European Space Agency says the amateur photographer took the photo on June 30 as the ISS, soaring 250 miles above the Earth, flew by at almost 18,000mph, meaning it was only in view for about a third of a second. O'Donnell credits alerts from an online astronomical calendar for letting him know when the space station does its "flyovers," noting he had been waiting a full year for this photo op. "If you think that it might be a case of sitting there with your camera and a clock, with one hand on the shutter release, you'd be absolutely correct!" he notes. (Too bad his telescope-camera contraption couldn't pick up the space station's new espresso machine.)