and ... a meteor!
StarLink L24, launched 29 April 2021 03h44 on Tissington meteor camera UK000Z from 02h29m39 to 02h31m52s GMT in 27 images - GIF animation
and ... a meteor! I ran Stack-track for both Tissington cameras for the Lyrids, where the second night (22th) was more active than the actual maximum night (21th).
UK000Y_20210421 lyrids = 16 UK000Y_20210422 lyrids = 29 UK000Z_20210421 lyrids = 31 UK000Z_20210422 lyrids = 38 Camera Z has Lyra about in the middle, while camera Y is more NNW (Cassiopeia to the right). The software creates a "track-stack" where instead of stacking on the static ground, it stacks on the moving sky. For the first time I managed to process an International Space Station transit footage in one single frame. Thank you Geert Vandenbulcke helping me out to make this "ISS Zipper". The gap in between is caused by the two footages I made - transit prediction was 10 seconds later. The entire transit lasted 2.55 seconds.
This morning, just 2 hours after Sunrise, the International Space Station (ISS) crossed the Sun from Tissington. Transit duration 2.55 sec, nearly through the middle of the Solar disc. Predicted event 08h05m04s BST. Nearly 10 seconds too early, ISS crossed the Sun. So I got the footages in two parts. Stitched the footages, but missed a few frames. Here's the GIF file in original speed.
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