Moon & Venus

Dave47tuc (David) · #1 08-08-2005, 06:48 PM

Hi

The Moon & Venus looked great tonight. I tried to take a photo with my Finepix s5500. On automatic on tripod.

Ok I suppose.

asimov (John) · #2 08-08-2005, 06:57 PM

That's better than just 'ok' Dave. Nice shooting!

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #3 08-08-2005, 08:12 PM

Same shot through thin fog from my back paddock. Not as good as Daves though!

asimov (John) · #4 08-08-2005, 08:25 PM

It's an ok shot Ken....no tripod?

ving (David) · #5 08-08-2005, 08:28 PM

sweet. glad you guys were on the case.. saw it on the way home and thought "wonder if anyone'l catch that?" I even almost SMSed narayan

very pretty!

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #6 08-08-2005, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by asimov

It's an ok shot Ken....no tripod?

Nope! Just turned the flash off and set the exposure for 1 second. Held the camera as still as possible and went 'click'.

As crummy as it is, It seems OK for a little Kodak Digital pocket camera.

David, you probably agree, no photo will do justice to how beautiful it looked with the unaided eye!

h0ughy (David) · #7 08-08-2005, 10:10 PM

hi guys here is my effort, one inthe car park of Mcdonalds at Grafton. the other at home this evening. handheld Pentax!!

robin · #8 08-08-2005, 10:12 PM

Here's my effort from Warrnambool.Nikon D100, 200iso, 300mm Nikkor telephoto lens @ f5.6. 8ths ec exp.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../venusmoon.jpg

h0ughy (David) · #9 08-08-2005, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robin

Here's my effort from Warrnambool.Nikon D100, 200iso, 300mm Nikkor telephoto lens @ f5.6. 8ths ec exp.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../venusmoon.jpg

very nice

cometcatcher (Kevin) · #10 08-08-2005, 10:16 PM

This one caught me off guard! Didn't know it was happening until I saw it in progress after the mowing.

Just sneaked in this shot with the Nikon Coolpix 2100 before the clouds rolled all over it.

tornado33 · #11 08-08-2005, 11:03 PM

Hi all
Heres my effort tonight
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http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/a...tid=3523&stc=1
3 x 0.3 sec shots with Meade 6 inch F3.6 "Cometracker" Schmidt newtonian, Lumicon 2 inch Coma Corrector, EOS 300D ISO 200
no tracking (on alt az mount)
Taken at 5:53 pm.
Scott

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #12 08-08-2005, 11:11 PM

WOW!

I think Robin and Scott both win first prize in this thread.

Terrific pics guys!!

I came 2nd of course!!

janoskiss (Steve H) · #13 08-08-2005, 11:20 PM

Awesome shots Robin & Scott. I was wondering what kind of processing you may have overdone to get that jagged edge between the day and night regions on the Moon, but then I realised that the jaggedness simply shows a slice through the rough terrain that is the Moon's surface.

tornado33 · #14 08-08-2005, 11:29 PM

Thanks.
I did minimal processing, just stacked 3 images and stretched the levels a bit to show the Earthshine

Scott

iceman (Mike) · #15 09-08-2005, 06:42 AM

Incredible shot Robin! I love the diffraction spikes on Venus.

I had my mother in law call me last night wondering what the bright thing was next to the moon

It was a beautiful sight, one which I didn't even know was coming up!

Striker (Tony) · #16 09-08-2005, 08:33 AM

Nice shots guys...

Funny thing was I got a call about 6:30pm last night from my mum saying she is getting all these emails and phone calls from her friends saying to go outside and look at this bright object beside the moon...."ITS THE SPACE SHUTTLE"

So after I calmed her down and explained to her its just Venus and if you have another look tomorrow night its in about the same position...well she was more excited that she could see a planet so bright visually that the space shuttle story sounded insugnifient....lol