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StephenM
05-06-2010, 10:04 AM
Hi all,

I took another image of Jupiter and Uranus this morning with my tripod-mounted K100D and 300mm telephoto, and combined it with an image from Tuesday to produce this little animation. It shows nicely the movement of these 2 planets against the background stars. If the weather co-operates I'll try and add some more frames over the next few days.

Hope you like it!

Cheers,
Stephen

Shiraz
05-06-2010, 10:31 AM
thanks for the post Stephen
That is really cool. Hope the weather is kind to you.

Liz
05-06-2010, 10:57 AM
Thats great Stephen!! Very interesting to see the movement among the stars. :thumbsup:

StephenM
05-06-2010, 12:05 PM
Thanks Ray and Liz!

It is interesting to see how fast these wanderers wander. I didn't expect to see as much movement for Uranus, but I guess it's 4 times the distance of Jupiter, so should move about a quarter the distance against the background stars (at least with respect to parallax?)

Cheers,
Stephen

Matt Wastell
05-06-2010, 02:27 PM
Hi Stephen
I really like your stuff - very different from the pack!

michaellxv
06-06-2010, 01:52 AM
That looks excellent, lets hope the weather holds up for you.

StephenM
06-06-2010, 08:53 PM
Thanks Matt! I have a fairly basic setup, so I like seeing what can be achieved with just a dSLR and tripod.

Cheers,
Stephen



Thanks Michael. I was clouded out this morning, but will try again tomorrow.