19 June 2007 Venus, moon and Saturn

[h0ughy]

WHAT LUCK, the clouds parted this afternoon just in time to get a view of this spectacle. AND its very cold too. didn't get to see the final bit when Saturn was very close to the moon, but I have at least seen something.

OK canon 400D very standard on a tripod trying hard not to wobble in the breeze, sigma 18-125mm lens and no bulb, just the timer function. the first couple were handheld, as I couldn't believe my luck

[h0ughy]

and now in overload for not seeing a sky for a long time, seems I am trying to compensate for that.....;) :rofl:

[iceman]

Nice work Dave - driving home I saw some clear skies to the north and saw the sun for the first time in weeks. It didn't last long.

[h0ughy]

yep your not wrong there. by the time I bathed the kids and got dinner ready with the wife, the cloud came back over. man it is cold though:D I was going to try for another shot when it got darker. Well lucky I got to see it at all really:thumbsup:

[ballaratdragons]

Woo-Hooo!

They are great Mr. Houghy Sir! Nice string of planets. The orange clouds in pic 1 are very nice too.

[h0ughy]

it was a beautiful sunset, so spectacular and golden colours. but I didnt have my camera with me did i until I got home with the kids.:whistle:

[rogerg]

nicely captured :thumbsup: Nice clear moon in that last one...

[RB]

Nice captures Houghmiester !!

Glad you got to shoot it.

:thumbsup:

[tornado33]

Well done, first clear skies for a long time. I saw the moon as I was heading off for the Newcastle Space Frontier Society meeting :)

[h0ughy]

thanks Roger and Andrew. I was so excited I saw anything I tried heaps of settings. there was some high and low cloud though that tended to bloat the images.

[h0ughy]

thanks SCott

[bluescope]

Glad you got your shots in between clouds hOughy, they came out good ! Bit of a ghost moon in image no.5, what caused that do you think ?

:thumbsup:

[davidpretorius]

yes i have felt for you guys not seeing the sky!

i have being hanging out for some classic houghy widefields

[h0ughy]

too much exposure and reflections of the lens and the sky haze filter and I held my tongue in the wrong position;) :P

[h0ughy]

yes we have been yearning for the heavens. Even almost completely missed out on the current STS mission. Bet the bloody thing lands before I can sneak a shot of it orbiting!!!!!:D :whistle:

[davidpretorius]

yes, Ralf vanderburg keeps imaging the two space crafts via hand almost in his sleep now......... every time he sends an email, i falloff my chair!

[davidpretorius]

one of his latest

http://img32.picoodle.com/img/img32/8/6/12/t_ISSAtlantism_9c68d90.gif