Another Full Moon, another jet transit...

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Hi all,

Since noticing that the flight path out of Brisbane airport is near the location of moonrises, I can't resist having a go at capturing jets crossing the disk of the Moon. Here's one from last night. There's also an animation here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen...n/photostream/

The seeing was terrible, as you can see in the animation! Still, it was nice to catch another one.

Cheers,
Stephen

[stardust steve (Steve)]

Nice shootin'. They are addictive aren't they, and it seems the more you nab, the more you want. Transit greed, love it

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Transit bandit - great stuff Stephen - always great to see!

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Thanks Steve and Matt! Yes, they are addictive, Steve! And each one is a bit different.

Cheers,
Stephen

[Shark Bait (Stu)]

Plane spotting taken to the limits. Where did you set up?

I agree, the seeing was poor. It was impossible to test the performance of the Primary School's new telescope. I will have try again tonight.

I was putting a new 8" dob through its paces last night and watched a plane come close to a transit. I pointed the scope at the Moon trying to ambush it but the jet was about 2 degrees too low.

[leon]

Stephen, i can see how addictive this sort of thing can be, you seem to have mastered it very well, nice going indeed.

Leon

[Solar (Ralph Smith)]

Neato