Australian backyard astronomer praised for epic photos of Jupiter's Great Red Spot

[Granada]

Living the dream: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-...-spot/11162824

[Startrek (Martin)]

Great story !
Passionate Amateur Astronomers doing what they love as well as providing valuable information to the scientific community
Like another Jupiter enthusiast Trevor Barry from Broken Hill !!

[PCH (Paul)]

That's Anthony Wesley or "Bird" as he used to be called in this forum. He hasn't posted here for yonks but even back in the day his images were always stunning. Some of the older members here would remember 'bird' I'm sure.

[Shark6]

Certainly nothing 'amateur' about Anthony's images

[bojan]

Professional or amateur, that is the question... but he is certainly top expert in the field :-)

[Suzy]

Originally Posted by PCH

That's Anthony Wesley or "Bird" as he used to be called in this forum. He hasn't posted here for yonks but even back in the day his images were always stunning. Some of the older members here would remember 'bird' I'm sure.

Hi Paul, Anthony regularly posts his Jupiter pics on facebook and in turn they're also regularly shared on our facebook page. Bird is a legend for sure, so great to see ABC doing an article on him.

[bird (Anthony Wesley)]

Thanks all, yes it's been a while since I posted here, due entirely to my own laziness... but I appreciate the kind comments above. It's good to see Jupiter back in the news again :-)

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

WOW X 2 ... Just amazing and the detail ....

[GrahamL]

What a great capture ,, I stayed at rubyvale several weeks back almost got flooded in .
great little pub there minumum dress one thong

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Originally Posted by GrahamL

I stayed at rubyvale several weeks back almost got flooded in .
great little pub there minumum dress one thong

So you wore a ' Thong '

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by FlashDrive

So you wore a ' Thong '

You HAD to say it didn't you....

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Originally Posted by RB

You HAD to say it didn't you....

Graham left himself wide open on that one .... couldn't resist ....

[GrahamL]

Two thongs and a g string actually ,,no one seemed to care .

[alpal]

Originally Posted by Suzy

Hi Paul, Anthony regularly posts his Jupiter pics on facebook and in turn they're also regularly shared on our facebook page. Bird is a legend for sure, so great to see ABC doing an article on him.

Thanks Suzy,
So great to have someone we sort of know to get into the main news.


His Facebook page is here:
https://www.facebook.com/anthony.wesley.3572


I am hoping that one day he tries for the Homunculus Nebula -
(if he hasn't already and I don't know about it.)

I mentioned it in a thread here:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...=165570&page=2


cheers
Allan

[RobF (Rob)]

Originally Posted by Suzy

Hi Paul, Anthony regularly posts his Jupiter pics on facebook and in turn they're also regularly shared on our facebook page. Bird is a legend for sure, so great to see ABC doing an article on him.

Thanks Suzy. I hadn't thought to look for bird on FB. Miss his pics.