{"id":26307,"date":"2026-08-02T15:35:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T14:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/?p=26307"},"modified":"2026-08-02T15:42:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T14:42:47","slug":"space-station-and-cloudy-spotted-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/?p=26307","title":{"rendered":"Space Station and Cloudy, Spotted Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Space Station and Cloudy, Spotted Sun<\/p><\/div>\n

This noon, on 2 August 2026, I got extremely lucky in Chloumek, Czech Republic. I captured the International Space Station<\/a> in front of the Sun at a very short-term hole in the clouds just by the current large sunspots AR 4495 and AR 4500. I was actually about to give up today. But I did not. And this is what it looked like! The duration of transit was incredibly short, only about 0.6 s. And the clouds were moving truly quickly. So what are the odds?<\/p>\n

Used Nikon Z6III, SkyWatcher 254\/1200mm, f4.7, ISO 2000, 1\/6400s.<\/p>\n

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Space Station and Cloudy, Spotted Sun – Detail<\/p><\/div>\n

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Space Station and Cloudy, Spotted Sun – Detail Annotated (EN)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Space Station and Cloudy, Spotted Sun – Detail Annotated (CZ)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Space Station and Cloudy, Spotted Sun – Large Detail<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Backstage<\/a>

Backstage of observation on 2 August, 2026, nearby Chloumek. Czech Republic<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Map<\/a>

Map of observation Spot<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Details<\/a>

Details of the ISS transit from www.transit-finder.com<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This noon, on 2 August 2026, I got extremely lucky in Chloumek, Czech Republic. I captured the International Space Station in front of the Sun at a very short-term hole in the clouds just by the current large sunspots AR 4495 and AR 4500. I was actually about to give up today. But I did…
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