Plane crossing middle of moon. - Page 3

ChrisM · #41 18-09-2010, 12:33 PM

Chris,
Have you thought of tracking down the pilot to offer him a copy? If I were the pilot, I'd certainly like that pic on my wall!

Chris

DavidTrap (David) · #42 18-09-2010, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ChrisM

Chris,
Have you thought of tracking down the pilot to offer him a copy? If I were the pilot, I'd certainly like that pic on my wall!

Chris

Peter Ward might be able to track those details down.

DT

hotspur (Chris) · #43 18-09-2010, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisM

Chris,
Have you thought of tracking down the pilot to offer him a copy? If I were the pilot, I'd certainly like that pic on my wall!

Chris

Yes,I had thought of that,It would be a very interesting thing to do,I think a signed copy by the photographer and the pilot framed in the office would be wonderful!.

I would have no way of trying to find that information,and the airline may not be interested in giving out those details.However if there is someone on this forum that is in the airline industry and wants to set about trying to find the pilot that day.

Here are the details as I know them.The plane left Brisbane airport at (my guess-approx 5.15 pm)

Photo taken at 17.24.35 on the 16-9-2010 as the plane flew over Blackbutt Range,aprox 2 Hours drive by car from Brisbane in a N.W direction.

I do not know where this plane goes,may be Longreach,Roma,or Emerald.It could be Emerald,as I have heard some locals here call it 'the mines plane'.

bkm2304 (Richard Brown) · #44 18-09-2010, 06:22 PM

Hi Chris,

Great shot. Contact QANTAS' marketing people. They would love this, I'm sure. Tell them you want the pilot to have it and perhaps they will make a story of it for their inflight mag.

QMedia runs the mag and the Queensland contact is:

QLD Contact
Kelly Myers
Advertising Sales Director
61 7 3000 8501
kmyers@acpmagazines.com.au

They handle editorial stuff as well apparently.

Good luck!

Richard

Ric · #45 19-09-2010, 02:07 AM

What an excellent image Chris

Well done

Jen · #46 19-09-2010, 03:57 AM

that is so cool i shared it on facebook too heheh

hotspur (Chris) · #47 19-09-2010, 08:59 AM

What did they think of it over on 'Facebook' Jen?

I am not on 'Facebook'.I have'nt had time to uploaded it on other photography

sites that I visit,I am still a bit stunned at how well this image came out.

Thanks too,to Richard- who gave contact details of lady at QANTAS,I will send Kelly a email,this week.

Cheers Chris

Jen · #48 19-09-2010, 12:07 PM

You got lots of likes of facebook Chris

Lester · #49 19-09-2010, 05:30 PM

Fantastic Chris.

spearo (Frank) · #50 19-09-2010, 06:43 PM

Very Awesome!
perfect framing of the plane against the Moon
I'm seriously impressed
frank

midnight (Darrin) · #51 19-09-2010, 07:51 PM

Truly spectacular!

What stands out for me (apart from the plane!!) is the crisp focus of the moon behind!

I have spent the last month tackling the moon trying get a decent shot and relying heavily on stacking multiple frames and your single shot Chris is superb. Just goes to show what good optics can do!! (and nerves of steel!)

Well done mate!

Darrin...

hotspur (Chris) · #52 19-09-2010, 08:09 PM

Thanks Darrin!

Yes,the optics is just so fine on the Vixen ED 103 refractor,It was expensive-the tube cost a fair bit-but it was worth every cent.Mate-do not worry about what a good tube cost,once you have it and use you forget about what it cost to buy.

As the enjoyment you get from great optics is a real pleasure,and you can go about planning photographs and know the optics will not let you down.I am so pleased you enjoyed the photo of the moon (and the plane too).

Hope you do really well in the future with your imaging and viewing

regards Chris

ChrisM · #53 19-09-2010, 08:56 PM

I've just done a bit of simple maths on Chris' wonderful effort:

The plane appears to be a Dash 8-400 series (based on the ratio of the plane's length to its wingspan).

Assuming that the moon (diameter) subtends an angle of 31 arc minutes, and knowing the length of the plane (107.75 feet), the height of the plane is just on 21,000 feet.

Based on the advertised cruising speed of 602 kph for this model, the plane travels its own length every 196 mS. And given that the plane just fits comfortably in front of the moon at this distance, I estimate that Chris had a window of +/- 5 mS in which to capture the plane, and he got it right in the centre of this very narrow window. A superb effort given shutter lag and other delays.

Well done again!

Cheers, Chris

hotspur (Chris) · #54 20-09-2010, 02:57 PM

Thanks ChrisM for doing the Maths_I was hopping someone might do that!

Thanks Richard for details to contact QANTAS-they have been in touch.

Thanks StephenM for kind comment and thought of APOD,however "Kangaroo Moon" is unlikely to make that grade,They have been in contact and I had to give permission for them to post on their 'feeder forum' Spaceship Astrisk

Here is the link of that post http://bb.nightskylive.net/asterisk/...p?f=29&t=21170

They said that is first hoop that it has to go through before it is then considered again,only may be it might make the grade.I did contact a few magazines- Sky and Tel,Australia Air,Spellcraft,as suggested,They are very keen-so Stephen you will see it in print.

Anyhow,I am more than happy to have captured this image for myself,by myself,and to share it here on IIS with real amateur astronomers,who appreciate it too.

Anything else is simply a bonus.Cheers Chris

spearo (Frank) · #55 21-09-2010, 07:47 AM

I'd approach Quantas, they might be interested in purchasing a high res version?
frank

Jeffkop (Jeff) · #56 21-09-2010, 07:52 AM

Just back from my honeymoon Chris .. so late on the thread .. better late than never though for this masterpiece .. BLOODY AWESOME !!!!!! .. Congratulations on the IOTW .. should be IOTM I reckon.

There are a many things photographically that are very commendable here, I am also really impressed with the observational side of things too ... Great perparation .. there are some fine talents in this forum, count yourself in there, cant say anymore.

Lucius · #57 21-09-2010, 12:39 PM

Great image. My screen saver already!!

Jay44 (Jill) · #58 21-09-2010, 02:20 PM

Just fantastic Chris!

Keep 'em coming!

Jill

Rattler (John) · #59 21-09-2010, 05:15 PM

Hey Chris,

What on Earth can I say that has not already been said?? "Ripper" perhaps?

Anyway, I popped over to Astrisk and left a strong vote for your photo to be elevated to APOD. Hope it helps and it makes the grade in their eyes. It has with all of us here.

Oh, hang on tight to copyright!!!! Really.

Well done and have fun!

John.

EDIT:: Get over to Asterisk and outline what you had to do to get that shot!! That is half the story behind it. Some won't get how hard it is to grab such a balanced photograph and thus you risk "under impressing them" J

Jabba (Keenan) · #60 21-09-2010, 07:26 PM

oh wow thats awesome!