Moon and Antares from Brisbane 14July08

StephenM (Stephen) · #1 15-07-2008, 08:59 AM

Hi All,

We didn't get an occultation in Brisbane last night, but there was a nice close pairing of the Moon and Antares. It was mostly cloudy here, but there were some gaps, and I managed to get a few hand-held afocal shots of the pair at about 10pm, using a 130mm Newt. One of the better ones is attached. It was a great sight through the scope!

Cheers,
Stephen

sheeny (Al) · #2 15-07-2008, 09:09 AM

Nice one, Stephen. Good exposure on the moon and a bit of colour in Antares.

Al.

StephenM (Stephen) · #3 15-07-2008, 04:10 PM

Thanks Al.

Cheers,
Stephen

Dennis · #4 15-07-2008, 04:12 PM

Wow – how did you manage to pull that one off, all I saw were clouds! Very nice photo Stephen – well done!

Cheers

Dennis

WadeH (Wade) · #5 15-07-2008, 05:22 PM

I like that picture Stephen. Amazing how a differance in latidude affects the position of Antares.

StephenM (Stephen) · #6 15-07-2008, 07:47 PM

Thanks guys.

Great shots from you too, Wade.

Dennis, it was mostly clouds here too (Indooroopilly), but there were breaks of about 15 or 20 seconds every few minutes. Just enough time to grab a couple of shots!

Cheers,
Stephen