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19-02-2013, 05:46 AM
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Fly Me To The Moons (Now with animated GIF)
Hi all,
No matter how much you plan and prepare, sometimes you just have to be very lucky.
I had my camera imaging The Moon and Jupiter occultation through my telescope at about 10 second intervals when I noticed the lights from a plane close to the moon. I realised that there was a chance that it would pass in front of the moon, so I quickly canceled the remote timer I was using to take the shots and instead started shooting high speed continuous frames. I managed to get this plane crossing the moon in five individual frames just as Jupiter was about to be occulted by The Moon.
This is a two image composite. The Moon, Jupiter and the plane are all one single image. I then took an overexposed image to bring up the Galilean Moons of (from left to right) Io, Callisto and Europa. Ganymede had already been occulted by The Moon.
18/02/2013
Canon 60D (Prime Focus)
10inch F/4 Newtonian Telescope
NEQ6 Pro Goto Telescope Mount set on Lunar Tracking
ISO 100
Single 1/200th of a second exposure for The Moon, Plane and Jupiter
Single 1/10th of a second exposure for the moons of Jupiter
I have added an animated GIF sequence showing 12 frames of the plane transit. I have to admit that I did get some help from Adobe and Photoshop guru Russell Preston Brown with this. He made a tutorial featuring it which can be viewed here if you wish: http://youtu.be/fQzp-fEeqY0
Cheers
Greg
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Last edited by CapturingTheNight; 24-02-2013 at 03:14 PM.
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19-02-2013, 05:48 AM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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Seriously!??
Incredible shot Greg!
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19-02-2013, 06:01 AM
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Yep, Seriously Mike. Thank you.  I'm still shaking with excitement from capturing the moment. I have now been awake for 25 hours straight and I have not yawned once yet. Going to be an interesting day at work......
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19-02-2013, 06:13 AM
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What was the cause of the moon going bright red ??
When Jupiter went behind it
People in melbourne are saying it was due to the fires
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19-02-2013, 06:13 AM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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Sometimes, when you're always out there, you can make your own luck.
You've done it this time!
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19-02-2013, 06:25 AM
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Thats an awesome capture, congratulations. I saw planes crossing where the moon was meant to be lastnight and thought of this. Lucky for me my moon was clouded out... :/
Well done!
Hi Gilbert, not knowing where the fires were, but the moon would have appeared to have turned red for several reasons. The Sun being at a low altitude, you would have been looking through more atmosphere, if the atmosphere was dusty or smoky then it would appear to make the moon turn a more red colour in the sky. It would have made for an interesting photograph.
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19-02-2013, 06:57 AM
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Dazzled by the Cosmos.
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Excellent shot Greg. All that is missing from this incredible scene is an ISS transit!
Cheers
Dennis
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19-02-2013, 07:20 AM
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Excellent shot Greg 
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19-02-2013, 07:23 AM
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Nicely caught, Greg !!! Around 10.30pm I watched from Isaacs, ACT, through binoculars as another plane from the opposite direction did the same, bisected the moon and skimmed below Jove.
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19-02-2013, 07:35 AM
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Great capture, Greg!
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19-02-2013, 09:00 AM
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Perfectly timed shot Greg, well done on a unique capture.
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19-02-2013, 09:14 AM
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Well done Greg! That's a great shot.
Cheers,
Stephen
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19-02-2013, 09:16 AM
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well we now know the winner of the solar section of the Malins eh!!
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19-02-2013, 10:54 AM
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Make it so! - Capt.Picard
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That's a fantastic shot!!
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19-02-2013, 11:04 AM
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Galaxy hitchhiking guide
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Very cool
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19-02-2013, 11:22 AM
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The sky is Messier here!
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Incredible shot, nice work
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19-02-2013, 11:35 AM
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So cool, Greg! Agree with Mike, the more you're out there the more luck goes your way... or at least the beacons of good luck outshine all the bad luck. 
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19-02-2013, 05:41 PM
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Thank you so much for the great feedback everyone Still buzzing with excitement from it even though I have had no sleep in the last 36 hours or so. Going to sleep well tonight
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19-02-2013, 06:12 PM
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Dazed and confused
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There was lots of bushfire smoke in Melbourne, from the Grassfires in Craigieburn, Sun was even red at one stage.
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19-02-2013, 06:18 PM
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Greg, very well spotted and then captured.
All you need to do now is identify the flight.
Chris
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