Taurus cops an eyeful of Venus

[von Tom]

While waiting for the Tiangong-1 and Shezhou-9 spacecraft to transit Venus this morning (results here (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=92506) :) ), I took some wider shots of the scene. The centreline of the transit ran through Albert Bishop Park in Brisbane and you can see the early morning cyclists doing their circuits of the cycle track.

Venus is opposite Aldebaran in the Hyades while Jupiter stands higher up near the Pleiades.

Video here: http://youtu.be/f8HBVtRx0wU

Tom

[silv]

lovely shot!
and the colors are like in an advertising movie - or an animated movie? so clear..?

[h0ughy]

what a cool shot

[StephenM]

Very nice Tom! Can I ask what the lens and exposure details were?

Cheers,
Stephen

[Shark Bait]

Thanks for posting that shot Tom. I thought I recognised that location. I used to pack march 14km along the pathway that runs beside the canal in the mornings during the summer months.

The cyclists like to think they own the pathway. ;)

[Matt Wastell]

Great pics!

[von Tom]

Thanks guys. Stephen it was a Sigma 30mm lens at f/7.1, 15sec, ISO800, Canon EOS 600D.

[Derek Klepp]

Nice pic Tom

[Paul Haese]

Man it moves quick. Only 3 weeks ago it was in transit and already high in the sky.