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Quark
19-11-2008, 12:56 PM
Hi All,
Noticed the General Chat thread on the old TV show UFO and thought I might drag out this very early attempt with a kit CCD from Oatley Electronics, from about 2001.

This was a monochrome CCD that had a video output at 22 frames per second, I was trying it out on the Moon and something flashed through the centre of the field of view, it is on 10 frames. I printed out the individual frames and took them to the 2001 SPSP and showed the first two frames to Ed Stone, Ed was the director of JPL and was accompanying Dr Mirriam Baltuck the then NASA rep in Australia.

Ed looked at them and said that he thought I had doctored them on my computer, that is until he saw the other 8 frames.

These are the first two frames, reminds me of the shadow of the alien space craft crossing the Moon in "Independence Day".

Regards
Trevor
firstlight
19-11-2008, 01:02 PM
Jet flying through the frame, Trevor?

Tony
Quark
19-11-2008, 03:02 PM
You got it Tony,
Check out the next 8 frames.

It looks really great as a video. After the jet exits stage right the jetwash from the engines appears to ripple the surface of the Moon.

Regards
Trevor
iceman
19-11-2008, 03:38 PM
That is so cool!

Post the animation!
Ric
19-11-2008, 04:02 PM
Great images Trevor.

Love to see the animation as well

Cheers
Quark
19-11-2008, 04:29 PM
I would Mike but it is 2.41 Mb as an AVI file

Regards
Trevor
iceman
19-11-2008, 05:11 PM
Can you email it to me? I'll upload it.
Quark
19-11-2008, 05:50 PM
Thanks for that, have emailed it to you.

Trevor
Craig.a.c
19-11-2008, 08:29 PM
They are really cool pics.
firstlight
19-11-2008, 10:18 PM
Hi Trevor, I put the images into an animation, and when Mike posts the avi, I'll download that to check it out.

Cheers
Tony

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leon
19-11-2008, 10:23 PM
Trev, that is fantastic stuff, I love it.
Leon
jjjnettie
19-11-2008, 11:40 PM
Very Cool Indeed.
Kirkus
20-11-2008, 10:04 AM
Wow!

How weird is it that I got chills up my spine looking at the video.

Outstanding!
iceman
20-11-2008, 10:38 AM
Ok here's the full video:

UFO over Moon (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/uploads/UFOAVIc.mpg) :) 2.4 mb mpeg.

Very cool Trev, thanks. I'm amazed at how sharp the jet is!
Ric
20-11-2008, 10:06 PM
Fantastic stuff Trev, a great capture.
firstlight
21-11-2008, 02:00 PM
I found a posting of my animation on the Brisbane Astronomical Society site. Unfortunately it is 320 kb so I can't post it directly here, and I really haven't looked at home to find and shrink it. I took the sequence with a Sony handycam on a tripod in my front yard, IR on, of C/2004 Q2 (Machholz) in January 2004. Comet image at the start was stacked in Registax. http://www.bas.asn.au/imaging/ts_machholz_ani.htm
iceman
21-11-2008, 02:02 PM
Wow that's so cool.
firstlight
21-11-2008, 02:13 PM
Yeah... I was toying with comet imaging with the handycam and stacking it in Registax as I didn't have a much other equipment. Worked to a degree.
Quark
21-11-2008, 05:36 PM
Looks great Tony, must be pretty long odds of an aircraft flying through the centre of the field of view, looks very similar other than the background.

Well done.
Regards
Trevor
firstlight
21-11-2008, 05:45 PM
You're not wrong... I couldn't believe it when it happened.
Kevnool
21-11-2008, 09:53 PM
Thats unreal trev i think your holding out on me with your collection...... :lol: Cheers Kev.