ISS transit

[Bruce D]

The ISS will transit the sun as seen from my backyard this afternoon, but it looks like I won't see it. Too bad, a duration of 1.58 seconds is almost an eternity as these events go. Well, it happens a few times a year, maybe next time

Crosses the disk of Sun. Separation=0.076°
Position Angle=115.5°, Position angle vertex=72.2°. Transit duration=1.58s
Angular diameter=35.3" size=109.0m x 73.0m x 27.5m
Satellite at Azimuth=246.7° WSW Altitude= 29.6° Distance=782.7 km
In a clock-face concept, the satellite will seem to move toward 0:36
Angular Velocity=19.4'/s

[TimW]

I want to photograph an ISS lunar transit.

[Bruce D]

Those seem to occur with similar frequency, next one comes up I'll post here