Good sights next month

[rmcpb]

Did some cruizing in Astronomy 2005 and in Starry Nights last night - to much smoke to even bother going outside.

On the 1st and 2nd September Jupiter and Venus will be really close.

On the 6th Venus, the Moon, Jupiter and Spica will be really close.

Worth keeping and eye out for them.

Cheers

[iceman]

Thanks for the heads-up Rob, hope to get a few pretty pics of the conjunctions.

[rmcpb]

Quick snap of Venus and Jupiter this evening. Hopefully someone with better gear can do it justice.

Cheers

[johnno]

Thats a nice shot Rob,
Thanks,Regards.John

[rmcpb]

Another go on the 2nd, note Venus is higher tonight.

[[1ponders]]

Looks like a good chance for an animated gif Rob :thumbsup:

[RB]

Hey what a great Idea Paul.
:thumbsup:

Goodonya Rob.
:thumbsup::)



Andrew

[h0ughy]

Rob,

I took these from my backyard tonight. will look up what the star is to the right of Jupiter, I am not sure. nice shots of yours too BTW :thumbsup:

[rmcpb]

Last night cloud from horizon to horizon, even some of that strange stuff we used to get. I think its rain :)

[rmcpb]

Still clouds everywhere. Can someone else get some shots. The animated gif is a great idea :) I'll have a go at it, just need the shots.

[rmcpb]

Well, the clouds finally cleared here so I could have a go at the major conjunction night last night was a disaster.

Pity about the animated gif, it was a good idea - maybe next time :)

[davidpretorius]

having a good play with neat image,

heres a amended copy

[RB]

Hey Rob,

Nice images, and I was going to suggest the same as davo. The second one would benefit from NEAT image, he beat me to it.

:thumbsup:

[rmcpb]

NEAT really did the job. Where do you get it from?

I am really pleased with these images. They are single frames taken with an Olympus mu 3.2 megapixel on a tripod. To be able to get the disks of the planets resolved is a real buzz.

Cheers

[davidpretorius]

rob, i saw that mike had used it and then searched google. i have downloaded demo version and put it here http://www.precons.com/iis/downloads/

mike will probably post it in resources i would think.

i will probably go full version some time, but i am so impressed with this demo version. it is pretty automatic, load image, ask it to auto filter, preview is and process. sometime it can't find a consistant noisy area, but you then can choose a wide range of noise removal filters and off you go!.

it really is a must have!

[RB]

I used the demo version for a while then bought the full version when I got 300D.
Best thing I did.
With the full version you can use it on 16 bit images.
I work on the image in 16 bit mode then run NEAT right at the end.



:)
RB