Please welcome my first ISS video with the new iROSA solar arrays.
Orientation was perfect possibly due High Beta Angle season.
ISS has 4 pairs of older solar arrays and 1 pair of brand new ones (iROSA) which rotates with the old ones.
During High Beta Angle season Sun constantly shining on ISS (as you can see in the video), which can cause overheating. So they turn 2 of 4 pairs of solar arrays away from Sun to reduce chance of overheating. Also solar panels can cast shadow onto the station structure which also reduced direct sunshine.
So the pair of solar panel which iROSA is fitted onto on port side was turned away from Sun (and from us) which allowed me to snap frames about the iROSA at a perfect orientation.
Very pleased with the outcome!

I also saw the trunk section of CRS-22 spacecraft, about 7 minutes before ISS I saw flying on almost the same path as the International Space Station, but faded into Earth's shadow after passing zenith.

Date: 11.07.2021 1:51am-1:56am
Equipment: 10" dobson+ASI224MC+TV2.5x powermate

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Music
Vlad Gluschenko - Stars (Extended)

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