Venus 15th Dec.

[asimov]

Hi all.

Not a bad night for a change, 7/10 seeing.

400 total frames @ 10 per sec 53 stacked.

6" refractor & toUcam.

I'm beginning to REALLY like this lil' toUcam. :)

[Chrissyo]

Australian Ido Judge - "Thats what I'm talkin' 'bout!"

Great shot! Huge image scale (compared to anything I've done), and no gross chroma ghosts around the edge. :)

[asimov]

What means "aussie Ido Judge"? :confuse3:

Thanks Chris.:)

[iceman]

Huge image scale asi, nice work. Very sharp.

[[1ponders]]

Jees Asi, I don't even watch the stuff but even I know. One of Aussie Idol Judge (Mark Holden) top ten favourite embarassing preformance comments. :lol:


Great shot by the way. Have you grey scaled the images?

[asimov]

I don't watch TV full stop.

Their both colour...but subtle colour.

[ballaratdragons]

Ah-Hah! So that's what Venus is supposed to look like!!!!

Makes mine pitiful. Very nice AsiJohn.

Don't worry, I didn't get the 'Aussie Ido judge' bit either. I still don't!

[Robert_T]

very nice Asi, this looks very fine and planetty :) , can almost see-imagine some density differences in the atmosphere - have u got a violet or blue filter to try...

how a rebadged "stairway to the stars" ever managed to become a popular TV past-time is to me a greater mystery than the missing dark matter in the universe...:confuse3: I only watch ABC and SBS.
cheers,

[ballaratdragons]

'Planetty'. Is that a technical term Robert? :lol:

[asimov]

We get 3 channels down here, but I prefer the fourth one. (the power button on the remote)

If I want the latest news, I come to IIS.....faster than any TV station I know. If I wasn't a PS2 maniac I'd sell the TV.

My best, & last images of venus...she's on her way down fast. Getting too low to image successfully for me.

[Robert_T]

yeh, it's like starry... and asteroidy, and comety (comety, comety, comety... now where have I heard that before...:confuse3: ):rofl:

[ving]

great shot asi!! :)

is that grain, cloud structure or surface in the picture?

[asimov]

I'd like to say: I bought a special filter ving, cuts thru the cloud...& thats the actual surface of venus...YAYY! :prey2:

It's from giving her too much with # 6 wavelett in registax....:o :)

[atalas]

Nice shots John ! me like em . :)

[acropolite]

Well captured Asi..:camera:

[Stu]

Well done Asi. Even better than the last one. Venus is fast becoming my favorite planet and soon we will loose it behind that big bright yellow thing...

[asimov]

Thanks all.

Not the best venus capture in the world, but for a slap together job out of a very poor seeing affected AVI it came up pretty nice.

[RB]

Very nice John, great image scale too.

:thumbsup:

[asimov]

Cheers rocket-mate!

I originally posted these pics for Dave P 'cos I thought he liked piccies of venus!?:confuse3:

[davidpretorius]

ok, now this is the best venus pic i have seen.!!

[asimov]

LOL! Dave!

Merry Xmas to you & all your family! :)

[ballaratdragons]

AsiJohn, be proud mate! Yours looks as good as one of Erwin van der Veldens!

Here is Erwins! Hard little critter to get good definition on.

[h0ughy]

Asimov, is that your smile mate, if not it should be, that is a top shot.

Nice comparison Ken, Erwin is an excellent benchmark!

[asimov]

WOW...Thanks Ken! I dunno what to say except....HERES TO ERWIN VAN DER VELDEN!

[asimov]

Thank you Houghy :)