June 11, 2004

Photos courtesy of Bill Hartenstein, who photographs for Aviation Week and other media sources.

In these two photos I took this morning the ISS passed in front of the Sun at 9:01:41 PST. The ISS is at the top center of the first photo [red arrow inserted by CSA]. In the second photo the ISS is in the center, left side [red arrow inserted by CSA]. The two dots in the center and the darker one in the lower left are sunspots. In the enlarged image at right you can see the 240-ft. solar panels extending from lower left to upper right. Photos were taken with a Canon D10 digital camera on a 8 inch Celestron Telescope.

Here's some stats on the ISS

186,880 kg (412,000 lbs.)
Habitable Volume: 425 cubic meters (15,000 cubic  feet)
Surface Area (solar  arrays): 892 square meters (9,600 square feet)
Dimensions: Width: 73 meters (240 feet) across solar arrays
Length: 44.5 meters (146 feet) from  Destiny Lab to Zvezda; 52 meters (170 feet) with a Progress resupply vessel docked
Height:  27.5 meters (90  feet)

Bill

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