My ISS passes on youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/jimmyjujames/videos My ISS webpage created with notepad. I pronounce the site as Jimmy J. U. James.com It kind of rings in my head. http://jimmyjujames.com/ October 31, 2016, 7:01 A.M. CDT (UT-5) Temperature: 58 F Humidity: 87 % Dew Point: 54 F ZWO ASI120MM Sensor temperature = 17.8 °C Sun was 3 degrees below the Eastern horizon. ISS Phase angle = 71 degrees (Sun-ISS-Telescope) A value of 0 indicates full phase, a value of 180 indicates new phase. ISS approached from SW, culminating at 71 degrees altitude in NW at a range of 268 miles. ISS departed to NE Tracked ISS from SW to NW to NE and into the trees. This ISS pass was above the trees for about 120 seconds. I normally adjust brightness so I can see the solar panels, but living quarters and heat radiators came out too bright this time. Collected 708 frames at 15fps with ISS on sensor. Used 556 frames in final avi. Mount: Astro-Physics 900GTO Equatorial Mount The 900GTO has features that allow me to track the ISS in the daylight. No meridian flip needed at meridian on SW to NE passes that culminate in the East. No meridian flip needed at meridian on some NW to SE passes that culminate in the SouthWest. This ISS approach was from the SW culminating at 71 degrees in the NW, departed to the NE. Set meridian from 0W to 1E but into the trees before meridian flip. Wow! Super Cool mount. Another user said this and I agree, "The mount is so good that you just forget about it during the session." Scope: 10'' f4.5 Newtonian ZWO ASI120mm mono cam at prime focus FOV = 10x14 arc-min Satellite Tracker v2.5.1 Satellite Tracker Setup for my Astro-Physics 900GTO Mount with a 10x14 arc-min FOV. Telescope-- Interface Protocol = LX200 Compatible Options-- Preferences-- Tracking Factor = 0 (0 delay between goto's results in about 29 GoTo's per second to mount) I'm under the impression that ascom will not issue a goto until previous goto completes. Satellite Tracker does not wait until last goto finishes. Satellite Tracker sends about 29 goto's to GTOCP3 per second. You will need to change the following 3 options as you change your eyepiece FOV Setup for a 10x14 arc-min FOV Options-- Preferences-- Timing Offset Increments Coarse = 0.5 second Options-- Preferences-- Timing Offset Increments Fine = 0.01 second Options-- Preferences-- Alignment Adjustment Increments = 0.5 step Leave window open until you get all increments correct for your present FOV setup. When you click save, the changes become active immediately. No need to exit and restart. Wiring setup: Laptop#1 Controls 900GTO mount and Joystick 5 foot USB to Serial adapter 15 foot serial cable to top Com port on GTOCP3 on mount USB transceiver for cordless Joystick Laptop#2 16 foot USB cable with 20awg power leads. 5 volts at laptop About 4.9V at ZWO ASI120mm mono cam Used a Simpson analog VOM on a home-made USP breakout-box. Cam at prime focus on 10'' f4.5 Newtonian. ZWO ASI120mm mono cam 1280x960 Gain = 32 Shutter speed = 0.950ms 17 fps 10x14 arc-min FOV Laptop#3 16 foot USB cable with 20awg power leads. 5 volts at laptop About 4.8V at TIS DBK41AU02.AS color cam Used a Simpson analog VOM on a home-made USP breakout-box. Cam at prime focus on ZWO 280mm f4.67 finder scope 53x70 arc-min FOV RoboFocus: Firecapture v2.5.09Beta captured ISS as avi movie. Procedure: Set both Laptop and 900GTO mount clocks to within 1 second. Focused and ReCal'ed on Betelgeuse Satellite Tracker: Click "Connect" button to connect to 900GTO mount. Only 4300 characters allowed in YouTube description. More info on website under "How I did it" My ISS webpage created with notepad. I pronounce site as Jimmy J. U. James.com, it kind of rings in my head. http://jimmyjujames.com/ My ISS passes on youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/jimmyjujames/videos Jimmy Andrews 33.6N, 88.6W I think when SatelliteTracker connects to mount, the Meridian is reset to 0W You will need to change keypad meridian delay from 1E to 2E or 0W and back to 1E Set meridian from 0W to 1E but was not needed on this pass. Into the trees before meridian flip at (1E). Clicked the Start Tracking button after ISS moved above SW horizon Here is where a good polar alignment is necessary at 10x14 arc-min FOV I had tracked a few satellites earlier and the ISS was on screen after moving above the trees in SW Image was too bright and saturated, Took a few seconds to get brightness down. After ISS is on sensor, switched from Buttons to Joystick control An accurate polar alignment will result in less joystick corrections. Post Processing: Virtualdub removed blank and partial frames Auto aligned avi in Regestax5, saved as 512x512 Closed and re-started Registax51 Opened new 512x512 avi into Registax5, Auto-Aligned and saved as 256x256. Closed and re-started Registax51 Opened new 256x256 avi into Registax5, Auto-Aligned and saved as 128x128. VirtualDub deleted poor frames and set final playback fps. TLE used by SatelliteTracker ISS 16304.0299 ZARYA 1 25544U 98067A 16304.02995464 .00005463 00000-0 88895-4 0 9993 2 25544 51.6441 105.4874 0007087 123.7567 327.2996 15.54382134 25961 Quicksat.exe output 33.600 88.600 240. 314 Easy St. 2000 6.5 40 F F T T F *** 2016 Oct 31 Mon morning *** Times are AM CDT *** 1847 627 H M S Tim Al Azi C Dir Mag Dys F Hgt Shd Rng EW Phs R A Dec 25544 ISS 348 -2.0 7 0 10 51 253 31 -3.0 1 8 254 235 320 2.3 54 611 16.3 7 0 12 51 253 32 -3.0 1 8 254 235 320 2.3 54 611 16.3 7 0 13 51 253 32 -3.0 0 8 254 235 320 2.3 54 611 16.3 7 0 14 51 253 32 -3.0 -1 8 254 235 320 2.3 54 611 16.3 7 0 30 64 272 48 -3.3 1 8 254 240 281 2.8 61 642 30.6 7 0 32 64 272 48 -3.3 1 8 254 240 282 2.8 61 642 30.6 7 0 33 64 272 48 -3.3 0 8 254 240 282 2.8 61 642 30.6 7 00 34 64 272 48 -3.3 -1 8 254 240 282 2.8 61 642 30.6 7 00 50 71 319 C 92 -3.3 1 8 254 244 268 3.2 71 733 46.9 7 00 52 71 319 C 92 -3.3 1 8 254 244 268 3.2 71 733 46.9 7 00 53 71 319 C 92 -3.3 0 8 254 244 268 3.2 71 733 46.9 7 00 54 71 319 C 92 -3.3 -1 8 254 244 268 3.2 71 733 46.9 7 01 10 63 4 134 -3.0 1 8 254 247 284 3.0 82 9 2 60.6 7 1 12 63 4 134 -3.0 1 8 254 247 284 3.0 82 9 2 60.7 7 1 13 63 4 134 -3.0 0 8 254 247 284 3.0 82 9 1 60.7 7 1 14 63 4 134 -3.0 -1 8 254 247 284 3.0 82 9 1 60.7 7 1 30 50 22 150 -2.6 1 8 254 250 323 2.6 91 1114 66.8 7 1 32 50 22 150 -2.6 1 8 254 250 323 2.6 91 1114 66.8 7 1 33 50 22 148 -2.6 0 8 254 250 324 2.6 91 1114 66.8 7 1 34 50 22 150 -2.6 -1 8 254 250 324 2.6 91 1114 66.9 123456789012345678921234 123456789112345678921234567893123456789412345678951234567896123456789 123456789112345678921234567893123456789412345678951234567896123456789 ISS 16306.1353 NASA ;1 25544U 98067A 16306.13533551 .00016717 00000-0 10270-3 0 9054;2 25544 51.6412 94.9954 0006500 127.4645 232.7100 15.54415209 26280 ISS 16305.1709 NASA ;1 25544U 98067A 16305.17097248 .00016717 00000-0 10270-3 0 9044;2 25544 51.6405 99.8052 0006528 126.0896 234.0862 15.54402735 26132 ISS 16304.1423 NASA ;1 25544U 98067A 16304.14231080 .00016717 00000-0 10270-3 0 9033;2 25544 51.6399 104.9344 0006552 121.1295 239.0502 15.54385178 25970 ISS 16304.0299 ZARYA ;1 25544U 98067A 16304.02995464 .00005463 00000-0 88895-4 0 9993;2 25544 51.6441 105.4874 0007087 123.7567 327.2996 15.54382134 25961 ISS 16304.0780 NASA ;1 25544U 98067A 16304.07801780 .00016717 00000-0 10270-3 0 9024;2 25544 51.6382 105.2557 0006565 122.6562 237.5225 15.54403819 25966 2.5 TIANGONG 1 ;1 37820U 11053A 16303.84390046 .00026969 00000-0 23551-3 0 9998;2 37820 42.7620 159.1303 0017305 258.9286 281.4685 15.68204580291680 tum 3.5 EGS (AJISAI) ;1 16908U 86061A 16303.54993022 -.00000064 00000-0 23463-3 0 9994;2 16908 50.0072 163.7187 0011188 226.6736 163.8340 12.44484673 42727 1.5 HST ;1 20580U 90037B 16303.19451389 .00000943 00000-0 47628-4 0 9994;2 20580 28.4696 93.6451 0002625 205.9189 140.6252 15.08567955255361 Thum Temperature sensor output Line, "Measure Time", "MonitorID", "MonitorName", "Temp", "RH" ,"DewPt","Unit","Alarm", "HeatInd" 4805, 10/31/2016 7:00:29, 1.00, "Astro-Physics 900GTO", 58.62, 87.52, 54.93, "F", 0, 0.00 My ISS webpage created with notepad. I pronounce the site as Jimmy J. U. James.com, it kind of rings in my head. http://jimmyjujames.com/ My ISS passes on youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/jimmyjujames/videos Jimmy Andrews 33.6N, 88.6W