Pune based, Aditya Kinjawadekar captures rare moment of ISS and moon

Renuka Suryavanshi 

We often marvel at the beauty of a sunrise or the magnificence of a full moon. Similar, magnificent photographs were recently clicked by a Pune based amateur space enthusiast, Aditya Kinjawadekar. He perfectly managed to click photographs of the transit of the International Space Station orbiting between Earth and moon. 

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Speaking to Pune Pulse, Aditya said, “It was a moment of excitement to be able to click photographs of such a rare occasion, where the International Space Station leaves in front of the moon in just 500 milliseconds.”  

The image was captured from the outskirts of Pune, near Khadakwasla near the NDA Gate, where a telescope with a mirrorless camera was used, he said.  

These photographs are a blend of 14 images which were extracted from a video and another image which were overexposed for the clouds, added Aditya, who is a second year engineering student of PVG college.

Equipment details : 

Skywatcher 150O telescope (6″ mirror) mounted on EQ3-2 mount. 

Camera : Sony a7iii camera 

Video captured at 4K 25 FPS 

Aditya Kinjawadekar is a member of Pune based Jyotirvidya Parisanstha for the last four years. He handles telescopes and also helps in conducting various events. Jyotirvidya Parisanstha, also known as JVP, is India’s oldest association of amateur astronomers and conducts various public outreach programs and stargazing events.