I nearly missed it... I've been flat out trying to solve some power problems with my mount and wasn;t thinking about it at all, but I spied on one of my trips in and out of the observatory so decided to take some time out and catch it.
Fantastic shots Al. I was able to see the disappearance (or would have if my youngest son had not distracted me by trying to climb the telescope), and the reappearance. However, all my photography was rubbish. You can read the saga and see the (somewhat blurry) images here http://astroblogger.blogspot.com/200...cultation.html.
Thanks very much, H! That means a lot from from someone who does such gorgeous work as yourself.
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Originally Posted by ian musgrave
Fantastic shots Al. I was able to see the disappearance (or would have if my youngest son had not distracted me by trying to climb the telescope), and the reappearance. However, all my photography was rubbish. You can read the saga and see the (somewhat blurry) images here http://astroblogger.blogspot.com/200...ultation.html.
At least you got to see it. It would've been behind the ridge for me before disappearance.
Yes, very nice Al! nice composition.
Looked real bad here to see it but right on sunset the last of the storm cells move off and had some nice clear breaks before low cloud rolled in! So luckily got a few piccs in
cheers
Good to hear some of you were able to see/photograph it.
I took a friend out observing/camping that night and we managed to see it - although it was by mistake as I didn't know it was happening . Unfortunately there was a mini dust storm blowing but the view of both in my 40mm eyepiece was still very nice. The crescent moon was an orange/red colour and you could still make out Jupiter's bands through the distortion. She was pretty impressed with the view (never having even seen Jupiter itself before) but unfortunately the seeing during the rest of the night was very average.
We did manage to catch an Iridium Flare which was quite impressive as well, not to mention more than a dozen shooting stars before midnight. All in all we were pretty lucky
. Unfortunately there was a mini dust storm blowing but the view of both in my 40mm eyepiece was still very nice. The crescent moon was an orange/red colour and you could still make out Jupiter's bands through the distortion. She was pretty impressed with the view (never having even seen Jupiter itself before) but unfortunately the seeing during the rest of the night was very average.
