North of the Equator

robin · #1 27-08-2007, 09:46 PM

While in Europe recently, I snapped these pics of Venus framed by the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, The London Eye & at picturesque Murten in Switzerland. Also was a big buzz to see Polaris,the Big Dipper & Cassiopeia as well. The latter 2 being as easily recognisable as the Southern Cross & the Pointers.
All pics taken with a pair of Nikon D200's with 2 zoom lenses: a nikkor 17-55 f2.8 & a nikkor 80-200 f2.8

[1ponders] (Paul) · #2 27-08-2007, 09:52 PM

Hey, nicely done Robin. Welcome back. Glad to see you still had your priorities straight gettin' astropics while you were OS.

robin · #3 27-08-2007, 10:09 PM

Thanks Paul. We had a great time & without wanting to offend any of our northern hemisphere IIS'ers, we really do have the greatest skies south of the equator

BTW...big thanks for locating the "$$$ that went walkabout"

[1ponders] (Paul) · #4 27-08-2007, 11:14 PM

Happy to help.

erick (Eric) · #5 28-08-2007, 12:08 AM

What's all that extraneous stuff - got in the way of your photos of Venus! Sheeeeesh!

iceman (Mike) · #6 28-08-2007, 06:16 AM

Hi Robin, nice to see you again. It's been ages!

Great photos, I love the 1st and last ones.

robin · #7 28-08-2007, 08:49 AM

Thanks guys, it was a hoot seeing the sky from a northern perspective. Having to look south to see objects in the sky & barely 4 hours of darkness in northern England during midsummer was really special.
Yeah, its been ages for me Mike but work & other committments have been in the way but back into the sky again.

Its been great to see the rise & rise of your outstanding planetary imaging & AS&T work too Mike.