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Date: 2007:11:30 17:09:08 | Exposure Time: 1/750 sec | F-Number: F0

International Space Station transits the sun.
Prime-focus photography.

Unprocessed 100% crop.

Time: 17h09m09.17s
Object: International Space Station
Event: Crosses the disk of Sun. Separation=0.255° Position Angle=40.4°. Transit duration=0.33s
Angular diameter=30.1" size=73.0m x 44.5m x 27.5m
Satellite at Azimuth=258.1° WSW Altitude= 31.9° Distance=615.7 km
In a clock-face concept, the satellite will seem to move toward 1:49
Angular Velocity=32.5'/s
Source: CalSky.

Backdropped by a blue and white Earth, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS-120 and Expedition 16 crews concluded 11 days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 4:32 a.m. (CST) on Nov. 5, 2007.
Source: STS-120 Shuttle Mission Imagery.