@freemo Very nice image, but is it a real photo or a montage of the spacecraft silhouettes against the solar disc?
We are so far away from it, the ISS is minuscule compared to the Sun, I would think.
Mercury seemed about that size when photographed in transit a few days ago.
@design_RG I dont know for sure but ive seen similar pictures and the perportions are actually about right. You can make out the shape of the ISS with a telescope and this is about how big it appears next to the sun.
@freemo Thank you! Interesting, would never have thought it would appear so.
It does appear to be in close orbit around the Sun in the photo.
@design_RG sizes in the universe is very deceptive.
If it were in closer orbit to the sun thant he earth **then** we could barely see it.
Keep in mind mercury is much closer to the sun and much bigger than the ISS yet would appear as a small dot about the size of the ISS in this picture.
@design_RG At those sorts of distances depth of field isnt really an issue. You are focused towards infinity at that point.
Keep in mind the focal distance of a lens is non-linear.