This Photo of the ISS Next to Jupiter Was Two Years in the Making
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Astrophotographer AJ Smadi captured an image of the International Space Station crossing in front of Jupiter using a 9.25-inch telescope, having planned and calculated the alignment for two years, driving over an hour north of Seattle to capture it within a window shorter than a second.
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