By Christopher Kipkemei | 2020-06-21
On 06/21/2020 02:01 pm by Alexander Krivenyshev| Cedar Grove Beach, Staten Island, New York
Today International Space Station transiting across the face of the Sun
(0.55 sec);
the same Sun which had been obscured by the Moon just 8 hours earlier
during an Annular Solar Eclipse over Africa and Asia.
High level clouds, ground humidity, and strong ocean breeze
on Cedar Grove Beach, Staten Island, New York didn't help image quality.
http://www.wtz.com/images/2020-06-21-iss-over-sun-krivenyshev.jpg
ISS angular size: 61.38″; distance: 450 km
azimuth: 222.4°; altitude: 68.4°
Transit duration: 0.55 s;
ISS velocity: 7.39 km/s (transverse)
Sun angular size: 31.5′; 30.8 times larger than the ISS
Current ISS crew: Expedition 63
Chris Cassidy, KF5KDR (USA)
Anatoly Ivanishin (Russia)
Ivan Vagner (Russia)
Robert Behnken (SpaceX, USA)
Douglas Hurley (SpaceX, USA)