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Moon Phase
CURRENT MOON
Waning Gibbous 66.6%
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11-12-2011, 01:31 PM
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It was a miracle- Eclipse inbetween clouds.
and Greg raisedeth his hands and said unto the clouds "Go Away"...... and it was so.
I think I got incredibly lucky last night. Had a heap of cloud and rain during the day into the evening. But just before midnight the clouds broke up a bit and I managed to get a few shots off before a storm came through about half an hour after totallity. 
Canon 60D
10 inch (25cm) F/4 Newtonian Reflector Telescope
Baader Coma Corrector
NEQ6 Pro Goto Mount set on Lunar Tracking
ISO 100
20 second exposure
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11-12-2011, 02:58 PM
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Nice shot Greg, nothing but cloud and rain here.
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11-12-2011, 03:05 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Darwin, Australia.
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Amazing shot Greg, wish it looked like that from Darwin!
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11-12-2011, 03:42 PM
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Great image there, skill,perserverance,and a little luck goes a long way 
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11-12-2011, 04:38 PM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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Location: Gosford, NSW, Australia
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Beautiful shot Greg, one of the best I've seen!
20s exposure, wow I couldn't do that. I just plonked my mount down and had to keep adjusting using the hand controller to keep it in frame 
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11-12-2011, 04:43 PM
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Look up, look good!
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Hi Greg
That is a super image - congratulations!
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11-12-2011, 05:09 PM
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Great capture Greg.
Ross.
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11-12-2011, 05:15 PM
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I've told you once.
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Canberra, Australia
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Fantastic image Greg, really well done. Best Eclipse I managed last night was the cloud in front of the Moon. 
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11-12-2011, 05:30 PM
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Location: Thornlands, Brisbane.
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Can you come down my way and do the raithdeth stuff!
Its great to steal an image when nature has other ideas, great colour, I could see the whiter top through the clouds.
John.
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11-12-2011, 06:11 PM
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Lovely Sharp image. Well done.
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11-12-2011, 06:49 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2011
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Beautiful shot.
Love your work
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11-12-2011, 09:42 PM
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Moving to Pandora
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11-12-2011, 11:05 PM
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new telescope....old eyes
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Ellalong N.S.W
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great!...... having the tonal range like that gives a real 3d effect
regards brad
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12-12-2011, 06:55 AM
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Thank you all so much for the great feedback I'm glad you all like it. Sorry to hear so many people missed out with bad weather. I still can't believe my luck with this one.
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12-12-2011, 07:03 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
Beautiful shot Greg, one of the best I've seen!
20s exposure, wow I couldn't do that. I just plonked my mount down and had to keep adjusting using the hand controller to keep it in frame |
Thank you so much Mike That means so much. Yeah I was quite surprised I could go that long without some small amount of blurring even with the NEQ6 Pro mount set on lunar tracking considering I couldn't properly polar allign the mount with all the cloud around. I just plonked the tripod legs down on their marked positions on the concrete slab I use and started taking shots. It did drift a small amount over the course of the eclipse but obviously not enough to effect a 20 second shot. I had to do a 20 second exposure as this particular shot was actually taken through some faint wispy high level cloud, thus making the moon even dimmer than normal.
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12-12-2011, 07:58 AM
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Lost in Namibia
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Location: Albury NSW
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Brilliant Greg
Clouded out in Albury :-(
Cheers Petra d.
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12-12-2011, 12:26 PM
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Casual Cosmos Capturer
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Location: Gold Coast SE QLD
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Wow, Very impressive Result , , , Awesome ! !
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12-12-2011, 05:17 PM
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Location: NEWCASTLE NSW Australia
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mmmm i thought i replied to this one - fantastic shot!!!
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13-12-2011, 06:32 AM
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Thank you so much Petra, Bob and David
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13-12-2011, 05:14 PM
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The sky is Messier here!
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Cracker of a shot! 
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