Nice photo Deeno. I got a kick out of it. Thanks for posting it!
Im guessing:
Corvus is down the middle,
Spica is the bright blue trail at 2oclock
Saturn is the top trail on the right.
Can you share any technical details?
Type of camera?
Exposure length and ISO?
Number of frames?
Cheers
Quote:
Originally Posted by Deeno
Great to be out under the stars.....it’s been a while.
Good to see the Pony Club turning on a reasonable night despite the primary dewing up shortly after midnight.
Always seems to be fresh faces (well...voices...it is dark after all) every time I manage to make it to the PC these days which is encouraging plus, not forgetting the regular 'old stalwarts'.
Had a pretty good run with the new 12". Easily hunting down 12th magnitude galaxies as the Argo Navis cruised through Hydra and Libra. Good fun!
Highlight for me was M83 (I think) through Ricks 14"er. What a view!
Is anyone still keen for this saturday night (weather pending)?
Hi carly,
The TALK last week was that there were a few interested in coming back this saturday (weather permitting)
also, there are a number of new members that I have invited to attend, so unless it is a total wash out, I expect to be there myself.
And I am a keymaster.
I will aim for pre sunset, which means circa 4:30.
e advised, we still have no access to the Clubhouse last I heard.
And Mr Owl will be in Port Macquarie, so even if he has got a key since last week, it wont do us any good.
Nice photo Deeno. I got a kick out of it. Thanks for posting it!
Im guessing:
Corvus is down the middle,
Spica is the bright blue trail at 2oclock
Saturn is the top trail on the right.
Can you share any technical details?
Type of camera?
Exposure length and ISO?
Number of frames?
Cheers
Sorry should have included details
Nikon D200. 226 30sec exposures, iso640 at 18mm
Fed into startrails.de (freeware) and tweaked in ACDsee.
The camera is set up to take the shots on its own but, for some reason would stop, hence the gaps in the trails. Might try a slightly longer pause between frames next time.
Hi Dave,
It looks promising from the Central Coast.
I will be there before Sunset today, hopefully.
And Joanne bought a PineApple Charlotte for anyone who wants to join me tonight.
(and to avoid any ......, well lets just say she intends to slice it here Geoffro)
(never mind, if you are quick maybe you can get seconds )
And Joanne bought a PineApple Charlotte for anyone who wants to join me tonight.
(and to avoid any ......, well lets just say she intends to slice it here Geoffro)
(never mind, if you are quick maybe you can get seconds )
What a great time was had by a small band.
Weather turned out good.
seeing was extra good - very still - best in a while.
Dew was present but heaters kept it at bay (while batteries lasted)
But in the end, everything got wet, as usual.
Todays a good drying dry.
Notable occurrences:
a very bright fly over from the ISS; and
a bright fiery meteor that left a smoky trail that hung in the sky for twenty minutes or more. WOW! Did you catch that on your time lapse Deeno? ... or was it
Notable absences:
Carly, what happened?
Dave, did you have trouble finding us?
Inmykombi, Geoff, Ric ate your piece of pineapple charlotte (mmm!)
Eric, are you arrived in the Premier State yet?
Thanks everyone a another great night of viewing and socialising.
Yeah, it was a great night. The best viewing that I have seen from there, that is for sure.
We were all worried when some cloud threatened, but it wimped off to the east, to try it's luck in Sydney.
I gave up at 11pm, and I still got in 5 hours' worth of vision.
My dew controller battery only used up 25% (that was the yellow jump starter from Supercheap) with the 2 straps running on it. The main battery for the telescope didn't even drop 10% over that time.
Thanks to Allan and Mrs L for the charlotte. It tasted excellent, and was sliced just right ...
Excellent night of visual delights but was thwarted by becoming a tad dewish towards the end. It took ages to dry out all the bits at home today.
Small crowd this week and some absences, but all who attended I think had a good night.
Good to see Mr Bones back with the scope fired up. Thanks Al for that treat of pineapple charlotte. Awesome.
Hope you got those pesky encoders sorted Deeno. Any trails?
Thanks to all for assorted views and for great company. Cheers till next one.
Rickapoodyandafandoogally.
Pretty good night even considering the dew. Saturn looked damn good at 300x with the 12"er. Was wondering whether or not it was worthwhile hanging onto the 5mm radian. Glad I still have it.
The Pineapple Charlotte was a highlight, thanks Al
Think an encoder drowned on the Argo, was a bit iffy during the night and finally threw in the towel and stopped working altogether. Might be a good idea to keep a spare in the kit for those away trips. Still found some nice galaxies and planetries during a tour in Lupus.
Here are a couple versions of the star trail effort. The darker ones have had the frames with white light taken out. The alleged shooting star (I didn't see it) isn't evident.
Love that second shot Deeno of the 'tunnel to the SCP' with all of our white light accidents removed.
Shame that meteor trail is not evident. I think it was too far to the east of your setup. Good result.
Thanks all for a great night, amazing clarity... left at just after midnight as the Zombie mist rolled in.
Got a reasonable piccie as well.. well actually, 24 reasonable piccies that i have spent a fair bit of the day stitching together.
I only wish i had of thought of doing this earlier in the night, I could have lowered my ISO and got a little less noise.
The end result is nice though, its a full North to south using my Nikon D7000 at stupid ISO (i think thats the official terminology) @ 30sec shots.
