2019 Sep 19 Brunei Spots Spectacular ISS Transit across the Moon

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Sep 19, 2019 iss, moon, space station, transit

A rare ISS transit the Moon, a composite of 5 images by Hj Md Azri

Kuala Belait – The International Space Station (ISS) flew exactly in front of the Moon on Thursday morning, Sep 19, 2019 at precisely 05:29:46.49 am for 0.61 seconds.

Despite of the hazy sky, the space station passing in front of the moon which takes less than a second was observable by a group of astrophotgraphers from the Astronomical Society of Brunei Darussalam over Panaga, Brunei Darussalam.

At zoomed in, the array of solar panels and outlines of the station are fairly visible.
Picture by Hj Md Azri

Although ISS flyovers are frequent, lining up exactly with the moon happens rarely. Visit www.transit-finder.com to find the next lunar and solar transit of ISS from your location.

“The split second moment as the ISS transits across the moon (@ 5s into the video) captured from Panaga, Seria. Its phenomenal to think that on that bright fast tiny speck of light, 400 Km away from Earth there are people on board.” – Photo by Waliyuddin of the Astronomical Society of Brunei Darussalam.

by Hj Md Azri
by Hj Md Azri
Shot a burst of the ISS traversing the moon this morning with a DSLR hand held (high speed exposure with high ISO) and extremely lucky to end up with several shots of the ISS over the moon. Here’s sharing three: one going in, one over and the last exiting. Photo by Poh-Yuk Bong
Shot from the Panaga 2000 houses area. Used a Canon 1DX Mk2 with EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM +1.4x III teleconverter. Hand held. 1/2000sec ISO 16000 F8. 0
Shot from the Panaga 2000 houses area. Used a Canon 1DX Mk2 with EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM +1.4x III teleconverter. Hand held. 1/2000sec ISO 16000 F8. 0