Lunar Eclipse video

[rat156]

Hi All,

I too was out last night.

See http://members.optusnet.com.au/~rat156

Sorry for the crappy html, I was in a hurry.

Details:
Nikon D100 in time lapse mode, one shot every 30s @ prime focus.
Combination of 230ish frames.
Meade LX200GPS with f6.3 focal reducer.
Registered and video generated in Registax to avi.
Size reduced and converted to quicktime in IMovie on MacG4.

Share and enjoy
Stuart

[ballaratdragons]

:sad: Stuart, it won't open for me. :sad:

I followed all the prompts about letting it through the pop-up blocker and allowing the apple program to get in etc. but it still won't open

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[RB]

That's one of the coolest video clips I've seen.

Congrats Stuart.

Thanks for sharing.

:cool:

[h0ughy]

Absolutely fantastic!!! That is one awesome effort

[rat156]

Try it now, revamped the links to avi and quicktime movie.

BTW warning 2.3Mb and 1.3Mb (removed the colour info) files respectively.

Cheers
Stuart

[ballaratdragons]

Nup! Still won't work.

I will take everyones word for it, and just say "WOW! Great video Stuart" :P

[rat156]

Works on both the Mac and PC for me!

Cheers
Stuart

[Jonathan]

:thumbsup: Good one Stuart, thanks for sharing it with us. :)

[Lee]

Thats very cool.... I thought I saw it as good as it would get.... could only get glimpses at 9.40pm and 10.20pm..... so missed the maximal time - it really increased in that time!.....
Great movie!

[iceman]

That's an excellent video, great work!

[davidpretorius]

Brilliant. That gives a great example of field rotation!!!!!

Ken, I have downloaded and will show you at camp!!!!

[Hitchhiker]

Outstanding!

Great video Stuart. Thanks for posting.

[toetoe]

:2thumbs: top stuff :2thumbs:

[rumples riot]

Great stuff, you get a feel for the earths shadow slipping by the moon.

[atalas]

Very cool Stuart :thumbsup: thanks for sharing that with us .

[ving]

sweet stuff :)

[Striker]

Nice work Stuart.....was going well until a shadow appeared across the moon....lol

[[1ponders]]

Way Cool Stuart. How big would the avi be if you didn't us compressed images?

[rat156]

Thanks for all the positive feedback.

Yes, it's a great example of field rotation as well...

Uncompressed file sizes 126Mb as full colour avi, 43Mb as 256 greyscale...

Cheers
Stuart

[Mick]

That's big, nice vid Stuart.

[[1ponders]]

If you have enough room to store it somewhere, I'd love to see the uncompressed greyscale.

[h0ughy]

yes please , that should be a real treat. make a note though, no dialup people to attempt it ;)

[gaa_ian]

Thats a very good avi, I too would like to see the full greyscale version!
I was surprized what a great event it was, I wasn't expecting much of it, and was taken by surprize.

[rat156]

OK try this ...

http://192.168.0.171/~stuartthomson/

Trying to setup my own webserver, here's hoping I don't get hacked!!

Cheers
Stuart

[[1ponders]]

Nup, not working for me. That's OK. Take your time Stuart and keep yourself safe.

[davidpretorius]

rat, pm me and i will chuck on my servers for the guys

[h0ughy]

Yeah, ona Dave :)

[davidpretorius]

have rec stu's cd today and will work out the best way to put on the server


thanks stu!!!!

it is an awesome video.

it will be making the trip to star camp and shown there with your permissioni of course!!!

[ving]

dont ya just love events likethis where you dont need anything to see it... its all nakid eye! :)

thats a great vid!

[davidpretorius]

here it is!!!!
http://precons.com/iis/gallery/Tracking/rat156_LunarEclipse17102005.bik
in all its majesty

You will need bink & smacker to convert back to an avi
available here http://www.radgametools.com/down/Bink/RADTools.exe

it is 17 mbyte and decompresses to 135mbyte.

I tried to convert to bmp and then centre with ppmcentre - no go! I will have to ask a few questions on the weekend.

Thanks again stu. This is fantastic work!!!