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UniPol
29-08-2007, 06:28 PM
Perfect night up here in the Lower Blue Mountains, I wore a short sleeve shirt as the weather was so mild. Took these pics through my ED80 and 400D ( prime focus, uncropped). A pity they don't capture the true beauty of the event but they will bring back memories when I'm old, old. Viewing the Moon in the ED80 with a 26mm EP/70 degree field (23X) was simply stunning and to see pin point stars surrounding the Moon was an added bonus. I saw at least three occultations and as yet have to find out the star names. It is surprising how fast the Moon moved in relation to the background stars.

iceman
29-08-2007, 06:38 PM
Beautiful images Steve, very well captured.
Like you, I found the background stars next to the full moon to be very unexpected and exciting.