Another Conjunction Picture from North Carolina 09-07-05

[RapidEye]

I got really lucky again on the clouds and managed to grab some more shots of the Lunar, Jupiter, Venus, and Spica Conjunction on the second night! When you see the picture, you'll see what I mean about the clouds!

The newest Picture can be found at:
http://www.rapideye.us/astro/conjunction-09-07-05.html

Getting two good nights of weather for the same conjunction amazed me.
How well the Canon Rebel (D300) worked with just a plain stock setup, stock lens, and no touchup required on the photo stunned me!

I have renamed and moved the picture from 09-06-05 to here:
http://www.rapideye.us/astro/conjunction-09-06-05.html

I apologize for the size, but I'm still not sure of how to shrink it down and still keep Spica visible as anything more than a single pixel.

Thanks for looking, and I'd be happy to have some feedback on how I can improve both of those shots. I use GIMP as my main processing software - so be gentile with the Photoshop speak =-)

Thanks
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[h0ughy (David)]

Rapideye,

you must have a few photo processing errors , everything is sideways

nice shots there!

[acropolite (Phil)]

This link will give you a very simple method if you're using WinXP. http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.p...63,212,0,0,1,0

[RapidEye]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

everything is sideways

Must be from all of the XXXX you guys drink - its the "RIGHT" way up here

Just look at the "Moon Phase" picture to the left of this post

I've got an awesome clear night tonight: http://www.rapideye.us/astro/RapidEye-ClearSky.html
So I'm off to hit the binos and see if I can finish up all of the Sag Binocular Messiers before its gone for the year.

I'll work on the photo some tomorrow, if work is slow

Thanks for the feedback

Originally Posted by RapidEye

The newest Picture can be found at:
http://www.rapideye.us/astro/conjunction-09-07-05.html

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Man I see what you mean about the light polution in the northern hemisphere

Great photo dewd!

regards

[ving (David)]

i want a clearsky clock!!!

[Lee]

I had to load up Stellarium, guestimate where Nth Carolina is (North of Florida on East Coast????) to double check which was which! You are lop sided

[RapidEye]

Originally Posted by plasmodium

I had to load up Stellarium, guestimate where Nth Carolina is (North of Florida on East Coast????)

Pretty good Guestimate!

NC is almost halfway up the East Coast of the US.
My GPS tells me that my pasture is at: Lat 35:27.793 Lon 78:59.121 around 110 Meters above sea level.