The International Space Station and space shuttle Atlantis transiting the sun as seen from Laurie Field in Haskell, NJ on July 16, 2011 at 3:32:23 p.m. EDT. The above image is a combination of three exposures that were separated by 0.2 seconds. ISS was roughly 300 miles away moving from upper right to lower left. The entire transit took ½ second. Several sunspots are visible on the sun, including a fairly large one below and to the left of center. The image below shows more detail of ISS and Atlantis.

Astro Physics 155mm refractor at f7.1, Baader AstroSolar solar filter material, and a Canon 40D at ASA 200. Three 1/3,200 second exposures centered at 3:32:23 p.m. EDT on July 16, 2011. Photographed from Laurie Field in Haskell, NJ. North is up. ©2011

Above is a detail assembled from the same three exposures as the above image of ISS & Atlantis transiting the sun. Atlantis was docked at the International Space Station during the last shuttle mission. The four large rectangular shapes are ISS's main solar arrays. Atlantis is the large shape centered between the solar arrays on the right. Its nose is pointing to the left and its delta-shaped wings are visible on the right.

Astro Physics 155mm refractor at f7.1, Baader AstroSolar solar filter material, and a Canon 40D at ASA 200. Three 1/3,200 second exposures centered at 3:32:23 p.m. EDT on July 16, 2011. Photographed from Laurie Field in Haskell, NJ. North is up. ©2011

The International Space Station transiting the Sun as seen from Voorhees State Park in New Jersey on August 20, 2008. This image was taken before major construction on the space station was completed. The larger set of solar array wings can be seen as a rectangular shape at the top of ISS's silhouette. (See this NASA photo for a somewhat similar view rotated 90° from orientation seen above.) The smaller set of solar array wings on the opposite end of the station are aligned to our line-of-sight and aren't visible. (They weren't being rotated awaiting joint repair.) The integrated truss structure that forms the main axis of the station appears vertical in the silhouette. The long stack of laboratory, control, and service modules that are perpendicular to the truss structure appear on the right.

The entire transit took ½ second. The above image is a combination of three exposures that were separated by 0.2 seconds. ISS was 300 miles away moving from upper right to lower left. Compare this to the transit of the Moon a month later.

Astro Physics 155mm refractor at f7.1, Baader AstroSolar solar filter material, and a Canon 40D at ASA 200. Three 1/800 second exposures centered at 3:32:44 p.m. EDT. Photographed from Voorhees State Park, New Jersey. North is up. ©2008