the ISS did a high pass on the last work day of 2023, the ship orientation, illumination angle and seeing cooperated to show detail. The Station is flying towards the right inferior edge: european, japanese and USA modules are located at the bow and russian modules are right between the two bright radiators above the central bar (partially obscured by the modules shadow). The four pairs of ISS photovoltaic panels are well represented and their red tone contrasts with the white structures; the canted partitions seen in the inferior panels 1, 3 and 4 from left to right (port to starboard) are the new iROSA panels deployed to compensate the degradation of the original ones.

Newt 8" f/6 1/1250s ISO800, hand tracked

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