2 april 2012 Venus M45 space station a few boats and a bit of water

[h0ughy]

I got these tonight while waiting for my Daughter while she was at her guide night. I had a lot of fun with the 60D. The only thing that I have done with the images was reduce the size and save for the web. Taken from the foreshore area at warners Bay/ elebana area near the new over the water cycleway. Varied the lens and did some wide field ;):lol: used a tripod, an unsteady hand and some luck:rofl::screwy:

I got the space station transiting which was a suprise - wasnt expecting that and a few artistic shots:thumbsup:

[iceman]

Well done Dave they look great!

My daughter had her guide thing last night too, walking from Pt Clare to Gosford.

[luigi]

Very nice!
I specially like the long focal vertical shots with the boats in the foreground, the Venus-Pleiades pair is then really a focal point in the sky.

Kudos!

[hotspur]

very attractive images there David!,all very good.

I looked at Liz's images -Townsville location,and mine Brisbane area,and yours.

It appeared Venus was closer to M45 in Liz's and seemed to be slightly further away as southern images were viewed.Not sure if this is the case.

Hope the weather is kind to everyone tonight:thumbsup:

[Liz]

very nice David :thumbsup:

[RB]

Hey great captures David.
I especially like the first one and second one.
Well done bagging the ISS in there too.
Have you sent these to Spaceweather yet?

:thumbsup:

[multiweb]

Very nice shots. Right place at the right time... and no clouds! :thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Well guided shots Dave :P

I like the wide angle shot

Mike

[h0ughy]

thanks Mike - did you geta few shots?

thanks very much - didnt set out ot plan the shot but ended up with it. being on a tripod i thought it may not turn out with that focal length

thanks Chris - will get the same effect for the transit of venus

ta liz

no not yet RB maybe i missed the boat :rofl:

it does indeed - though tonight is looking rather dodgy

Wow Mike:thanx: - for that i will send you a copy:lol:;)

[Shark Bait]

+ 1 for the wide angle photo. I caught the ISS in my binos last night. They have just enough magnification to give a hint of its shape.

[Quark]

Good stuff Dave, reckon any astro shot with a boat in it has to be a winner, especially like the 1st wide field image.

Regards
Trevor

[h0ughy]

:thanx: Trevor:thumbsup:. its no Argo Navis:lol: but hey whatever floats your boat:rofl:

[h0ughy]

i just found out its passing the same spot tonight - but at 18:15 so if these clouds bugger off we might have a chance tonight:question:

[Quark]

Which just reminded me of another boat story Dave.
I recall the first 3 SPSP's that we went to, all we saw was rain. Thought something had to be done about that, when registering for our 4th SPSP, confronted with which box to tick regarding, camping, caravan etc, I created another box for a boat and ticked that. We arrived at this particular SPSP, after 2 days on the road from the Hill, and wheeled the LandCruiser through the gate with our Noelex 25 trailer sailer in tow. Told Don Whiteman I left the scope home & brought the boat to ensure clear sky's, it worked a treat for whole duration of the star party. We wandered on up your then and put in a month on Lake Macquarie, it was a most memorable trip.

Cheers
Trevor

[Derek Klepp]

Number Two has a lot going on thanks for the pics.

[h0ughy]

well tonights effort was dismal. bugger the high cloud.....

[RB]

At least you got the nice spike effect on Venus. :P

I was dissapointed at my effort tonight too.
Don't know if I'll bother processing anything.
I've even forgotten how to set up the mount and scope.

:sadeyes:

[StephenM]

Nicely done David! #1 and #2 are my picks.

Cheers,
Stephen

[Deeno]

Great collection of pics!

[rogerg]

Nice shots houghy :thumbsup:

I like the fisheye shot & portrait with orion, pleiades and venus the best :)

[alan meehan]

Nice shots Dave well done

[h0ughy]

i am glad you got out RB

Thanks Stephen

thanks mate:thumbsup:

thanks Roger - i still dont know which one i like:shrug:

thanks AL:thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

tried to fix up one of my boat shots, not sure if i made a difference?

[hotspur]

looks lovely David,you will do well with that image-well done:thumbsup:Be surprised if you don't get some sort of gong or similar.

[h0ughy]

thanks Chris