One more down on my quest to capture Crew 8 as they cruise around our little rock! This time, it was an early evening fly-over just after sunset at 9:52 pm on May 30, 2024, while the Sun's rays could still provide enough of a reflection off the Station to light them up for a brief few minutes as they sailed overhead. It rose in the NW portion of the sky and proceeded over The Cove to the South. With a magnitude of -4.2, it was very easily visible (keep in mind, the more negative the number of magnitude, the brighter of visibility; a full moon has a magnitude of -13 for comparison). It took only 4 minutes total before it faded into the night. This image is approximately 2 minutes of its visible journey. During that 2 minute exposure, you can also see some star trails as they too moved through my frame. While it looked like a smooth sail overhead, the Station hurtles through space at 17,500 mph on its orbit around Earth.

Click on the photo to see a larger version, and to see more in my nightscapes and astro images. You can also see my Lunar Transit HERE and the actual launch images HERE and HERE.

ISS Over The Cove