Astronomer complains: The ISS passed through NGC7000

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2 pointsColinWright4 comments

I wouldn't be complaining about having taken that shot. It's pretty great.

Also, it's not like NGC7000 is about to go anywhere. Do it again tomorrow night!

? I don't see a complaint there.

The wording feels like a complaint to me. Maybe it's a British thing, and slightly more subtle than comes across in most internet text. It feels gently annoyed, slightly tongue-in-cheek.

I read it more as chagrin. I was once looking at Saturn through a telescope and a satellite (of Earth) crossed the scene. As it's rather rare for "fast" events to happen while looking at the sky, I was somewhat thrilled. I interpreted that poster's comment with similar context.

The author did say the observation was "just to test a new guide camera", so it's not like ISS interrupted the main purpose of shot, and a picture of NGC7000+ISS is much less common than NGC7000 by itself.

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