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ISS as it passed overhead August 19, 2014

How fast does the Space Station travel? | Cool Cosmos

The International Space Station travels in orbit around Earth at a speed of roughly 17,150 miles per hour (that's about 5 miles per second!

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Hard to imagine that kind of speed.

Yeah.... You don't want to stick your head out the window.

Those are nice shots. Something I have been thinking about trying, astrophotography. However I do not have a lens fast enough.

richnmib said:

Those are nice shots. Something I have been thinking about trying, astrophotography. However I do not have a lens fast enough.

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Sure you do. Your 18-55 will work just fine. Wide open at f/3.5, bump the ISO up to 3000 and experiment from there. Leave the shutter open for 30 seconds.

SteveL54 said:

Sure you do. Your 18-55 will work just fine. Wide open at f/3.5, bump the ISO up to 3000 and experiment from there. Leave the shutter open for 30 seconds.

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Thanks. I did not think the f3.5 lens would work. I will give it a shot.

Try not to go over 20 sec. exp. if you can. You will get star trails if you go to long. That is unless you want them. Use a remote shutter or your timer to elim. shake.

I agree with Sailor and you will need to bump the ISO to over 4,000 at 20 seconds. At 18mm you might get by with 25 but probably not on a DX camera.