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Granada

31-05-2019, 07:40 AM

Living the dream: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-31/astronomer-photographs-jupiter-great-red-spot/11162824

Startrek

31-05-2019, 08:25 AM

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

31-05-2019, 09:26 AM

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

31-05-2019, 09:37 AM

Certainly nothing 'amateur' about Anthony's images :eyepop:

bojan

31-05-2019, 09:51 AM

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

Suzy

31-05-2019, 10:03 AM

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

31-05-2019, 04:56 PM

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

31-05-2019, 05:33 PM

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

GrahamL

31-05-2019, 07:21 PM

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

FlashDrive

01-06-2019, 01:35 PM

So you wore a ' Thong ' :lol:

01-06-2019, 03:10 PM

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

:lol:

FlashDrive

01-06-2019, 04:28 PM

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

GrahamL

01-06-2019, 08:30 PM

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

alpal

02-06-2019, 07:44 PM

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/showthread.php?t=165570&page=2

cheers
Allan

RobF

02-06-2019, 08:19 PM

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