Editing International Space Station (section)

====Astrophotography====
<!-- Re: Section title: using the popular conversational usage of the term-->[[File:Isshtv120090917200858nm.jpg|thumb|The ISS and HTV photographed from Earth by [[Ralf Vandebergh]]]]
Using a telescope-mounted camera to photograph the station is a popular hobby for astronomers,<!-- there are a million refs that can go here, pick one from google --><ref name="hobbyspace-satwatching">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hobbyspace.com/SatWatching/|title=Satellite Watching|publisher=HobbySpace|access-date=1 May 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811162457/https://www.hobbyspace.com/SatWatching/|archive-date=11 August 2023}}</ref> while using a mounted camera to photograph the Earth and stars is a popular hobby for crew.<ref name="nasa-20030324">{{Cite web|url=https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2003/24mar_noseprints/|title=Space StationAstrophotography – NASA Science|date=24 March 2003|publisher=[[NASA]]|access-date=1 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811173359/https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2003/24mar_noseprints|archive-date=11 August 2023}}</ref> The use of a telescope or binoculars allows viewing of the ISS during daylight hours.<ref>{{cite web|date=20 July 2011|title=[VIDEO&#93; The ISS and Atlantis shuttle as seen in broad daylight|url=http://www.zmescience.com/space/video-the-iss-and-atlantis-shuttle-as-seen-in-broad-daylight/|access-date=1 May 2012|publisher=Zmescience.com|archive-date=20 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820023638/http://www.zmescience.com/space/video-the-iss-and-atlantis-shuttle-as-seen-in-broad-daylight/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Composite of 6 photos of the ISS transiting the gibbous Moon.jpg|thumb|Composite of six photos of the ISS transiting the [[Lunar phase|gibbous]] Moon]]

[[Transit (astronomy)|Transits]] of the ISS in front of the Sun, particularly during an [[Solar eclipse|eclipse]] (and so the Earth, Sun, Moon, and ISS are all positioned approximately in a single line) are of particular interest for amateur astronomers.<ref>{{cite web|date=22 August 2017|title=Space Station Transiting 2017 ECLIPSE, My Brain Stopped Working – Smarter Every Day 175|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lepQoU4oek4|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/lepQoU4oek4|archive-date=11 December 2021|url-status=live|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="wired-20110105">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2011/01/double-eclipse/|title=Moon and Space Station Eclipse the Sun|last=Grossman|first=Lisa|date=5 January 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810130728/https://www.wired.com/2011/01/double-eclipse/|archive-date=10 August 2023|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|WIRED]]}}</ref>