{"id":6220,"date":"2019-09-19T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T04:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/?p=6220"},"modified":"2019-10-14T13:26:19","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T05:26:19","slug":"2019-sep-19-brunei-spots-spectacular-iss-transit-across-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/2019\/09\/2019-sep-19-brunei-spots-spectacular-iss-transit-across-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Sep 19 Brunei Spots Spectacular ISS Transit across the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit01-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6223\" data-link=\"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/?attachment_id=6223\" class=\"wp-image-6223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit01-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit01-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit01-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit01.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A rare ISS transit the Moon,  a composite of 5 images by Hj Md Azri<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kuala Belait &#8211; The<\/strong> 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit03-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6221\" data-link=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/?attachment_id=6221\" class=\"wp-image-6221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit03-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit03-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit03-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit03-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit03-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit03.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption> At zoomed in, the array of solar panels and outlines of the station are fairly visible. <br> Picture by Hj Md Azri<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Although ISS flyovers are frequent, lining up exactly with the moon happens rarely. Visit <a aria-label=\"www.transit-finder.com (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.transit-finder.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.transit-finder.com<\/a> to find the next lunar and solar transit of ISS from your location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit1.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption>&#8220;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.&#8221; &#8211; Photo by Waliyuddin of the Astronomical Society of Brunei Darussalam.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit01-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6223\" data-link=\"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/?attachment_id=6223\" class=\"wp-image-6223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit01-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit01-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit01-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit01.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>by Hj Md Azri<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit02-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6224\" data-link=\"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/?attachment_id=6224\" class=\"wp-image-6224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit02-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit02-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit02-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit02.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>by Hj Md Azri<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"662\" src=\"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit12.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6233\" data-link=\"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/?attachment_id=6233\" class=\"wp-image-6233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit12.jpg 662w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit12-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit12-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit12-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><figcaption>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&#8217;s sharing three: one going in, one over and the last exiting. Photo by Poh-Yuk Bong <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit04-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6225\" data-link=\"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/?attachment_id=6225\" class=\"wp-image-6225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit04-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit04-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit04-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit04.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit05-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6226\" data-link=\"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/?attachment_id=6226\" class=\"wp-image-6226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit05-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit05-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit05-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit05.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit06-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6227\" 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https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit08-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit08.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit09-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6230\" data-link=\"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/?attachment_id=6230\" class=\"wp-image-6230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit09-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit09-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit09.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit10-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6231\" data-link=\"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/?attachment_id=6231\" class=\"wp-image-6231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit10-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit10-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit10.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit11-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6232\" data-link=\"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/?attachment_id=6232\" class=\"wp-image-6232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit11-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit11-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit11-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit11.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"662\" src=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit13.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6235\" data-link=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/?attachment_id=6235\" class=\"wp-image-6235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit13.jpg 662w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit13-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit13-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit13-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><figcaption>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<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"669\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit14.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6236\" data-link=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/?attachment_id=6236\" class=\"wp-image-6236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit14.jpg 669w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit14-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit14-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_isstransit14-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><figcaption>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<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kuala Belait &#8211; The International Space Station (ISS) flew exactly in front of the Moon&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,17,61],"tags":[297,9,298,44],"class_list":["post-6220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-pabd","category-gallery","tag-iss","tag-moon","tag-space-station","tag-transit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}