Many people have asked me if deep space photos can be captured from the ISS. This image I took aboard of the Large Magellanic Cloud shows how! More details in comments.thejml2000 t1_irmx1eu wrote
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First off, this is an awesome photo! I’m sure I speak for everyone here when I thank you for posting today!
Reading your explanation, does this mean we can no longer take these exposures since it’s LVLH? Is there/could there be a mount on the station to allow a camera to track for 30s exposures again, or is the station moving too fast in its orbit for that to be viable? Are there windows that face outward still?
Also, for this photo, we’re you able to mount the camera or strap it to a wall or the like? Or did you actually hand hold for 30s exposures? (Which is super challenging here on earth, I can only imagine it’s even more impossible when floating in the ISS!)
astro_pettit OP t1_iroxuth wrote
I use Bogen arms as camera mounts to hold the camera in the position to make the wanted composition. In weightlessness, two Bagen arms can be connected together to make a very flexible positioning system. Now that ISS is flying LVLH attitude, making star field exposures longer that 2 seconds with a 24mm f1.4 lens gives stars as streaks.
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