New moon occults the Pleiades on 17Apr

[cookie8 (Vincent)]

Don't forget to look at this rare occultation tomorrow after sunset low in the west.3 days old moon occults the 7 sisters cluster. Visiable from eastern Australia.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Cheers Vincent. Thanks for the heads up.
Fingers crossed the weather up here clears up for it.

[Liz]

Originally Posted by cookie8

Don't forget to look at this rare occultation tomorrow after sunset low in the west.3 days old moon occults the 7 sisters cluster. Visiable from eastern Australia.

Should be a beautiful sight Vincent .
Alas, weather looking dodgy up here too.

[cookie8 (Vincent)]

Cleared up in the west. A beautiful sight. Will upload image tonight

[Liz]

Originally Posted by cookie8

Cleared up in the west. A beautiful sight. Will upload image tonight

Damn!! Very cloudy here
Good on you Vincent, look forward to seeing your pic(s).

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

darn I missed it

[h0ughy (David)]

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ad.php?t=59934 i got something in the twighlight

[hotspur (Chris)]

Yes,it was most beautiful to see,I used Vixen 15 by 80 binos on tripod.

and also managed to snag a few pics with my 450D on ED 81 Vixen refractor.

Here's a couple of pics.hope you like

PS the last is a pic my son and I took,as a tribute to our 20 yr old hilux,with the southern cross behind

and a bit of strobing with red lite torch,just a bit of fun!as we packed up gear

[cookie8 (Vincent)]

image uploaded http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...388#post582388

[DavidTrap (David)]

Nice shooting Gents,

DT

[Liz]

Yes, well done guys!! Looked a beautiful sight