Some selected man-made satellite images. Unless otherwise indicated, images taken with a Meade 8" LX200-ACF telescope, until 2017, and then with a Meade 12" LX600. Click a thumbnail to see a larger version.

Sky Passes

Telescope Images

Sun & Moon Transits

	Sky Passes
ISS & Dragon Cargo Ship 9 October 2012 D7000 DSLR f/3.5, 89 seconds, ISO 800, 18mm	ISS & Dragon Cargo Ship 9 October 2012 D7000 DSLR f/3.5, 52 seconds, ISO 800, 18mm	3 Polar Orbiting Satellites 8 January 2013 D7000 DSLR f/5.6, 2 minutes, ISO 5000, 8mm
International Space Station 24 December 2015 NightCap Pro iPhone 6s Plus	Hubble Space Telescope 8 July 2016 NightCap Pro iPhone 6s Plus	International Space Station 18 October 2016 NightCap Pro iPhone 6s Plus
Chinese Space Station Tiangong-2 1 November 2016 NightCap Pro iPhone 6s Plus + Fisheye Lens	International Space Station & 12" LX600 28 January 2017 NightCap Pro iPhone 6s Plus + Wide-Angle Lens	International Space Station & 12" LX600 29 January 2017 NightCap Pro iPhone 6s Plus + Wide-Angle Lens
ISS 13 June 2017 D7200 DSLR FL 8mm Fisheye Lens, SkyTracker Pro	ISS 14 June 2017 NightCap Camera iPhone 6s Plus + Fisheye Lens, SkyTracker Pro	Geosynchronous Satellites 15 October 2017 D7200 DSLR 3 minutes, ISO 3200, FL 140mm
SpaceX Starlink Satellites (crop) 26 May 2019 D850 DSLR f/2.8, 10 seconds, ISO 4000, FL 28mm, SkyTracker Pro	SpaceX Starlink Satellites 26 May 2019 D850 DSLR f/2.8, 1 second, ISO 4000, FL 28mm, SkyTracker Pro	LightSail 2 24 August 2019 D850 DSLR f/2.8, 188 seconds, ISO 1600, FL 36mm, SkyTracker Pro
SpaceX Starlink Satellites 11 November 2019 D850 DSLR f/2.8, 10 seconds, ISO 1600, FL 24mm	SpaceX Starlink Satellites (crop) 11 November 2019 D850 DSLR f/2.8, 10 seconds, ISO 1600, FL 24mm	ISS 10 December 2019 D850 DSLR Focal Length 600mm
ISS 14 December 2019 NightCap Camera iPhone 11 Pro Max	Moon on Dome, Venus, & ISS 8 February 2020 D850 DSLR f/8, 30 seconds, ISO 800 14mm UWA lens (crop)	SpaceX Starlink train 17 February 2020 D850 DSLR f/2, 8 seconds, ISO 1600 50mm UWA lens (crop)
Moon on Dome & ISS 3 June 2020 D850 DSLR f/8, 30 seconds, ISO 500 14mm UWA lens	SpaceX Starlink Satellites 5 May 2021 D850 DSLR 1/15sec, ISO 12800 70mm lens	Tiangong 6 September 2021 iPhone 11 Pro Max 0.5X lens
Tiangong 19 October 2021 iPhone 11 Pro Max 1X lens	Tiangong 29 October 2021 iPhone 13 Pro Max 0.5X lens	SpaceX Starlink Satellites 3 December 2021 iPhone 13 Pro Max Still from video
SpaceX Starlink Satellites 6 September 2023 iPhone 13 Pro Max 1X lens	Okean 1 rocket tumbling 28 April 2024 iPhone 15 Pro Max 5X lens, then 2X lens	Cosmos 2360 (L) & Tiangong (R) 28 April 2024 iPhone 15 Pro Max 5X lens, then 2X lens
International Space Station 30 May 2024 iPhone 15 Pro Max 1X lens		International Space Station 10 July 2024 iPhone 15 Pro Max 0.5X lens