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[Dave Mitsky]

I tracked the Tiangong pass with my Canon 15x50 IS and took some 10-second-long iPhone Night mode photos.  Here's the best one.  I had to darken the background sky quite a bit to bring out the stars.

 

The first-magnitude star Vega and the constellation of Lyra lie to the upper right of the Tiangong.  The double star Albireo is directly above the Chinese space station.

 

The Tiangong was quite ruddy in hue at the start of the pass.

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[Dave Mitsky]

Here's a screen capture of the Heavens Above pass details page.

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[afd33]

That's awesome! It transited the moon by my house last night, unfortunately clouds ruined that.

[Dave Mitsky]

There was another bright Tiangong pass earlier tonight. 

 

Here's one of the iPhone Night mode shots that I took of the pass.

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[Dave Mitsky]

The Tiangong traveled through the western part of Cassiopeia at one point during the pass.

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