North of the Equator

[robin]

While in Europe recently, I snapped these pics of Venus framed by the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, The London Eye & at picturesque Murten in Switzerland. Also was a big buzz to see Polaris,the Big Dipper & Cassiopeia as well. The latter 2 being as easily recognisable as the Southern Cross & the Pointers.
All pics taken with a pair of Nikon D200's with 2 zoom lenses: a nikkor 17-55 f2.8 & a nikkor 80-200 f2.8

[[1ponders]]

Hey, nicely done Robin. Welcome back. Glad to see you still had your priorities straight gettin' astropics while you were OS. :thumbsup:

[robin]

Thanks Paul. We had a great time & without wanting to offend any of our northern hemisphere IIS'ers, we really do have the greatest skies south of the equator:lol:
BTW...big thanks for locating the "$$$ that went walkabout":P

[[1ponders]]

Happy to help. :thumbsup:

[erick]

What's all that extraneous stuff - got in the way of your photos of Venus! Sheeeeesh! :D

[iceman]

Hi Robin, nice to see you again. It's been ages! :)

Great photos, I love the 1st and last ones.

[robin]

Thanks guys, it was a hoot seeing the sky from a northern perspective. Having to look south to see objects in the sky & barely 4 hours of darkness in northern England during midsummer was really special.
Yeah, its been ages for me Mike but work & other committments have been in the way but back into the sky again.:) Its been great to see the rise & rise of your outstanding planetary imaging & AS&T work too Mike.:thumbsup: