Thanks for the nice comments guys. Here are some of the capture details.
I had the Minolta DiMage (28-200mm) and the Pentax *istDS (80-200mm) fitted on a homemade accessory plate mounted on my Vixen GPDX mount. The mount was rough polar aligned using a compass and the altitude scale on the mount. Exposures ranged from 15 to 30 secs, mostly at 200ASA to limit the effects of the light dome of Brisbane.
I tried to stack a couple, but the movement of the Moon between frames (approx 1 1/2 mins.) prevented it. It seems every 2nd image had an airplane going through it!
Cheers
Dennis
PS – Soooooo much easier that DSO’s and Jupiter – I’ve found my niche in astronomy!
Great shot's Dennis. Good to see someone up this end of the country is managing to get some shots in. I really like the third on in your first post with the plane curving. It looks great.
Wasn't that annoying last night Dennis...totaly clear all day then once the sun went down I could hardly see anything but cloud.
Good to see you were able to take some images....I gave up around 8:30pm
Taking 5 minute images while their is fast moving cloud around is not even worth attempting.
Nice result with these images Dennis.
Yeah Tony, what a weird day! The forecast was for clear skies, yet, soon after my last shutter click around 6:30'ish, the cloud banks rolled in and never cleared. You were very patient (optimistic?, in love with your RC Meade?) to have soldiered on as long as 8:30!
I cant take any credit for patience Dennis....I have set up my wireless network to the observatory which means when I checked the images whilst watching Big Brother "Ok I admit it I watch Big Brother" on my main home computer and it was producing cloudy images for the last hour so then it was time to go outside and close the Observatory roof and get ready to watch house.....I love that show....lol
So I wouldn't say I'm an expert in patience...closer to lazy would be a better term for me how I have my telescope set up...hehehehe.
I cant take any credit for patience Dennis....I have set up my wireless network to the observatory which means when I checked the images whilst watching Big Brother "Ok I admit it I watch Big Brother" on my main home computer and it was producing cloudy images for the last hour so then it was time to go outside and close the Observatory roof and get ready to watch house.....I love that show....lol
So I wouldn't say I'm an expert in patience...closer to lazy would be a better term for me how I have my telescope set up...hehehehe.
Sigh...another illusion shattered, about staunch, brave, hardy, devoted astronomers, out in all weathers, until the wee hours of the morning.