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Forum: Solar System

Yesterday, 09:05 PM

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Full Moon Boeing 737 transit, 25th May 2013

Views: 115

Posted By von Tom

Excellent!

Excellent!

Forum: Solar System

Yesterday, 07:45 PM

Replies: 4

Saturn May23rd dark oval in very poor seeing

Posted By von Tom

Tough conditions Trevor! Well done on capturing...

Tough conditions Trevor! Well done on capturing the spot, and thanks for posting the animation.

Tom

Forum: Solar System

24-05-2013, 12:36 AM

Replies: 22

Sunrise on Copernicus

Views: 283

Posted By von Tom

I was surprised about the amount of change too....

I was surprised about the amount of change too. When I did the first image, I thought that the very shallow angle of the sun on the crater rim might give the best opportunity to see any change, so I...

Forum: Solar System

22-05-2013, 07:03 PM

Replies: 22

Sunrise on Copernicus

Views: 283

Posted By von Tom

Thanks guys. Unfortunately not Paul - just the...

Thanks guys. Unfortunately not Paul - just the three goes. Would like to do a continuous sequence - maybe next month.

Tom

Forum: Solar System

22-05-2013, 09:11 AM

Replies: 22

Sunrise on Copernicus

Views: 283

Posted By von Tom

Sunrise on Copernicus

Here is a sequence of images taken over 4 hours of the Sun rising over Copernicus. The Moon rotates once every 27.3 days, so the Sun appears to travel through the Moon's sky 27.3 times more slowly...

Forum: Solar System

22-05-2013, 08:25 AM

Replies: 1

Venus and Jupiter 19th May

Posted By von Tom

Venus and Jupiter 19th May

Low in the west, Venus and Jupiter shown at their current relative apparent sizes.

Tom

Forum: Solar System

21-05-2013, 02:53 PM

Replies: 12

Saturn May17 - more jetstream

Views: 269

Posted By von Tom

Nice one Ray - good to see the shadow back on the...

Nice one Ray - good to see the shadow back on the rings after opposition.

Tom

Forum: Solar System

21-05-2013, 02:47 PM

Replies: 4

Colour Moon One Day After First Quarter

Views: 109

Posted By von Tom

Thanks Dave and Bob :)

Thanks Dave and Bob :)

Forum: Solar System

21-05-2013, 02:46 PM

Replies: 2

Comet Pan-STARRS and Pan-STARRS 8th May UT

Views: 142

Posted By von Tom

Thanks Rod :) pretty cool but cold. I had planned...

Thanks Rod :) pretty cool but cold. I had planned to take some more shots but my poor wife was suffering a bit from the altitude so the mission was cut short! That night there were so higher thin...

Forum: Solar System

20-05-2013, 07:33 PM

Replies: 2

Moon 20th May

Posted By von Tom

Very nice image with that lens John!

Very nice image with that lens John!

Forum: Solar System

19-05-2013, 06:07 PM

Replies: 4

Colour Moon One Day After First Quarter

Views: 109

Posted By von Tom

Colour Moon One Day After First Quarter

Tonight's Moon from Brisbane. EOS 600D at prime focus of 12" SkyWatcher Dobsonian. Colour as shot but saturated.

Cheers,

Tom

Forum: Solar System

18-05-2013, 03:19 PM

Replies: 2

Comet Pan-STARRS and Pan-STARRS 8th May UT

Views: 142

Posted By von Tom

Comet Pan-STARRS and Pan-STARRS 8th May UT

Here's a shot of Comet Pan-STARRS taken from the 10,000ft summit of the Haleakala volcano in Maui ten days ago, using a Canon EOS 600D and 50mm lens. Not visible to the naked eye, 4 degrees above the...

Forum: Solar System

18-05-2013, 01:14 PM

Replies: 2

Maximum Partial Eclipse (32%) from Honolulu

Posted By von Tom

The buildings then got in the way!

The buildings then got in the way!

Forum: Solar System

17-05-2013, 09:26 PM

Replies: 2

Maximum Partial Eclipse (32%) from Honolulu

Posted By von Tom

Maximum Partial Eclipse (32%) from Honolulu

I was away on holidays but managed to shoot the Sun at maximum eclipse from Hawaii, using some Baader Astro Solar Safety film. This was taken at 3:43pm local, 11:43am AEST the next day, and 01:43UT
...

Forum: Solar System

17-05-2013, 08:32 PM

Replies: 2

Jupiter 17th May 15 degrees altitude

Posted By von Tom

Jupiter 17th May 15 degrees altitude

Jupiter this evening shortly after sunset in reasonably good seeing (for the altitude!). The red, green, blue channel displacements due atmospheric dispersion can be seen in the frame.

Tom

Forum: Solar System

03-05-2013, 05:40 PM

Replies: 24

May Day Saturn

Views: 365

Posted By von Tom

Thanks everyone for the kind comments. Jon,...

Thanks everyone for the kind comments.
Jon, stacked in Autostakkert! using 200 pixel squares.

Stuart, yes I did cheat. My fingers weren't fast enough to switch between slewing azimuth at 2x rate...

Forum: Solar System

02-05-2013, 11:44 AM

Replies: 24

May Day Saturn

Views: 365

Posted By von Tom

May Day Saturn

Saturn last night, 1st May, from Brisbane. The first image is at capture size, the second reduced and disc detail enhanced.

Canon EOS 600D, 1080p Video Crop Mode, 1500frames, 30fps, 1/30sec, ISO...

Forum: Solar System

30-04-2013, 08:53 PM

Replies: 1

Jupiter 29th April

Posted By von Tom

Jupiter 29th April

OK, getting a bit harder now at 14 degrees altitude ;)

Tom

Forum: Solar System

29-04-2013, 12:10 PM

Replies: 11

Saturn at Opposition, 28th April 2013

Views: 289

Posted By von Tom

Saturn at Opposition, 28th April 2013

Last night's Saturn at opposition. Bright rings and not a shadow to be seen.

Tom

Forum: Solar System

29-04-2013, 11:56 AM

Replies: 3

Some Moon Shots

Views: 162

Posted By von Tom

Some Moon Shots

Taken a couple of nights ago using a Canon EOS 600D, 5x Powermate and 12" SkyWatcher Dobsonian. Saturation may have been increased slightly in some images ;)

Tom

Forum: Solar System

26-04-2013, 09:16 PM

Replies: 6

Partial lunar eclipse at Moonset 26th April

Views: 125

Posted By von Tom

Thanks guys. One more:

Thanks guys. One more:

Forum: Solar System

26-04-2013, 09:13 PM

Replies: 0

Jupiter and GRS 22nd April

Posted By von Tom

Jupiter and GRS 22nd April

Getting harder to image Jupiter now. Here is an image from a few nights ago. More detail visible in the thumbnail image I'm afraid ;)

Tom

Forum: Solar System

26-04-2013, 08:34 PM

Replies: 6

Partial lunar eclipse at Moonset 26th April

Views: 125

Posted By von Tom

Partial lunar eclipse at Moonset 26th April

The partial lunar eclipse reach its maximum extent just as the Moon was setting, as seen from Brisbane this morning. In the third image, Saturn is visible centre top - also reaching its "full" phase...

Forum: Solar System

21-04-2013, 10:49 AM

Replies: 1

Moon 20th April 2013

Views: 137

Posted By von Tom

Moon 20th April 2013

Last night's Moon. 14 single exposures stacked in Registax and satuaration increased.

Thanks for looking,

Tom

Forum: Solar System

17-04-2013, 11:14 PM

Replies: 0

Returning to the Mother Ship

Views: 188