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An excellent early morning twilight image showing the International Space Station (thick streak) with the SpaceX Dragon CRS-9 cargo vessel (thin streak) seen chasing it approximately 25 seconds later.
It was acquired on 20 July 2016 at 01:41 GMT (03:41 CEST), just a few hours before the planned berthing at 10:00 GMT (12:00 CEST).
The image was taken by Marco Langbroek from his home in Leiden, the Netherlands. It is a five-second exposure using a Canon EOS 60D + EF 2.0/35 mm lens, 800 ISO.
More details on Dragon berthing and live coverage on 20 July via NASA.