Nyngan transit of venus - Hydrogen Alpha timelapse

[h0ughy]

ok i have had a hack at the data - and towards the later part of the transit i suffered from droopy scope, wind, clouds and user errors but i made the most it i could. the BF1200 is stuffed and that is the root cause of all the evil dust bunnies....... (http://youtu.be/iLBYAUYMj7Y)it will be replaced in a few weeks:question:

[batema]

Dave, you might be disappointed but I think it looks fantastic and you have captured a piece of history. Well done.

Mark

[Dennis]

Nice work Dave – I hope that the 159 GB Mountain is slowly but surely being ascended and that the summit is nigh…

Cheers

Dennis

[sheeny]

Very cool, Dave!

Al.

[h0ughy]

thanks guys - all that was killing me was the bf1200 filter (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=91015&highlight=lunt)

[Quark]

I superb piece of work Dave regardless of the dust bunnies.

Regards
Trevor

[astronobob]

Agree, A very fine result David, A credit to the work you have out into it, well done :thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Awesome Dave, well worth the trip my friend (brother..?) :thumbsup:

Mike

[h0ughy]

thanks Trevor - its something i set myself as a goal way back in 2004 at that tranist

i could have processed the images better but i lack the skill set just now - maybe over the next 100 years i can learn :rofl:..

Mike it was an experience that i wouldnt have missed. I learnt lessons for the solar total eclipse and also that even with basic gear, impossible odds and a fair amount of luck its possible to image. Also I still cant turn a average image into something desireable:rofl:

[seeker372011]

Awesome work

[Bassnut]

Thats great Dave, it's the only TL I've seen of this and it's excellent.

[h0ughy]

Thanks Fred I appreciate that thought

thanks a lot:thumbsup: Narayan

[Peter Ward]

I wondered if anyone would do a timelapse... and yours is a definitive answer.

Some technical quibbles, but hey, you stayed on target for 6 or hours...not an easy task! Nice to watch :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

thanks for looking Peter. yes there are more than the odd quibble, but then thats what makes it unique;) (I keep telling myself that). I have to say that without Mike being there pushing the buttons it would have been even more a daunting task. Nature calls :lol:

[Derek Klepp]

Dave thats very good.

[RobF]

Stuff venus - I've had a great time watching the sun slowly turn, replaying this one over and over. Any imperfections lost in the magnificence of it. Thanks David.

[h0ughy]

thanks Derek

there is stuff happening all over this - from proms to sunspot movement. I have another 300 odd video files to process so i will be redoing this again at some time:thanx:

[multiweb]

That's avery cool time lapse. Well done. :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

thanks Marc:thumbsup:

[tornado33]

Fantastic stuff, in the HD version I can clearly see some solar features in motion, some surprisingly quick too.
Scott

[trent_julie]

David,
That's a wonderful sequence! You have really brought out the active regions nicely, I wanted to get the same sequence myself. Could I ask how you went for tracking? And what software did you use to capture your AVI's? As you might be aware I have a vested interest in guiding and sequencing etc.

Trent

[h0ughy]

thanks Scott. currenltly processing the white light filter shots the same way, but have nearly 850 images to do

Well tracking is a bit of a sore point - we had it close but i forgot to lock the dec bolt - it shifted when we checked the filter was secure - with a crack!. so was hand guided after that - for the whole event. did have solar rate selected. the dmk capture software was used, manually set everything and pushed button to record

[Matt Wastell]

Despite your BF the result is very good - hope you can get it sorted!

[h0ughy]

apparently the new BF 1200 filter will be sent from the US for the replacement to fix the diagonal

[zardos123]

That came up very nicely, considering the technical challenges, i also have not seen many time lapse clips. the detail is all there well done :thumbsup:

brad

[h0ughy]

i finished my timelapse sequences Brad see here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uOo_bK7LoM)

[Derek Klepp]

That Ha one is a beauty your efforts are appreciated.

[alan meehan]

Nice work Dave well worth the trip
AL :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

Derek I took over 400 30 second shots. i haven't processed them all yet - some will work and some wont due to wind and other movements but what i tried to do was cover the event in the Ha in 3 min increments for the video (though i took 30 second shots all thoughtout), though there were a few technical difficulties resulting when i tried to meridian flip - i had to put it back the way it was and image through to the finish - we quickly tested to see if the gear would slew through to the finish without hitting the mount - just jagged that one as well. I will redo the video again after i learn to process Ha shots better and process the backlog

[h0ughy]

thanks Al - it was indeed - one for the age....

[zardos123]

Now thats the good gear..........well done very nice sequence
brad

[gary]

Fabulous stuff David!

Bet somebody comes out with a remake though in 105 years time.

[h0ughy]

And I wished I will be here to see it. Lol
;)

[h0ughy]

Thanks brad

[Dennis]

Hi Dave

Excellent work – the animation is as smooth and polished as your good self!:)

Cheers

Dennis

[h0ughy]

:rofl: me polished my goodness:lol:

[h0ughy]

transit of Venus memories - 8 years ago.....

[redbeard]

That is fantastic!


Very well done.


Cheers,
Damien.

[h0ughy]

thanks Damien, I have to say Mike Sidonio really made the moment as well. Great company and amazing knowledge . We shared the duties for the whole 6 hours. The visual scope he set up with my heqpro5 never missed a beat.