2 april 2012 Venus M45 space station a few boats and a bit of water
I got these tonight while waiting for my Daughter while she was at her guide night. I had a lot of fun with the 60D. The only thing that I have done with the images was reduce the size and save for the web. Taken from the foreshore area at warners Bay/ elebana area near the new over the water cycleway. Varied the lens and did some wide field used a tripod, an unsteady hand and some luck
I got the space station transiting which was a suprise - wasnt expecting that and a few artistic shots
Very nice!
I specially like the long focal vertical shots with the boats in the foreground, the Venus-Pleiades pair is then really a focal point in the sky.
Hey great captures David.
I especially like the first one and second one.
Well done bagging the ISS in there too.
Have you sent these to Spaceweather yet?
My daughter had her guide thing last night too, walking from Pt Clare to Gosford.
thanks Mike - did you geta few shots?
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Originally Posted by luigi
Very nice!
I specially like the long focal vertical shots with the boats in the foreground, the Venus-Pleiades pair is then really a focal point in the sky.
Kudos!
thanks very much - didnt set out ot plan the shot but ended up with it. being on a tripod i thought it may not turn out with that focal length
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Originally Posted by hotspur
very attractive images there David!,all very good.
I looked at Liz's images -Townsville location,and mine Brisbane area,and yours.
It appeared Venus was closer to M45 in Liz's and seemed to be slightly further away as southern images were viewed.Not sure if this is the case.
Hope the weather is kind to everyone tonight
thanks Chris - will get the same effect for the transit of venus
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Originally Posted by Liz
very nice David
ta liz
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Originally Posted by RB
Hey great captures David.
I especially like the first one and second one.
Well done bagging the ISS in there too.
Have you sent these to Spaceweather yet?
no not yet RB maybe i missed the boat
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Originally Posted by multiweb
Very nice shots. Right place at the right time... and no clouds!
it does indeed - though tonight is looking rather dodgy
Trevor. its no Argo Navis but hey whatever floats your boat
Which just reminded me of another boat story Dave.
I recall the first 3 SPSP's that we went to, all we saw was rain. Thought something had to be done about that, when registering for our 4th SPSP, confronted with which box to tick regarding, camping, caravan etc, I created another box for a boat and ticked that. We arrived at this particular SPSP, after 2 days on the road from the Hill, and wheeled the LandCruiser through the gate with our Noelex 25 trailer sailer in tow. Told Don Whiteman I left the scope home & brought the boat to ensure clear sky's, it worked a treat for whole duration of the star party. We wandered on up your then and put in a month on Lake Macquarie, it was a most memorable trip.
Cheers
Trevor
Last edited by Quark; 03-04-2012 at 04:57 PM.
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used a tripod, an unsteady hand and some luck
- for that i will send you a copy
