erbojones
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Post by erbojones on Mar 3, 2007 17:48:37 GMT -5
;D
Anyone looking at the lunar eclipse right now?
Very pretty - a little misty but a good view nonetheless - I've never seen it this red/orange before!!
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Post by pho on Mar 3, 2007 18:04:36 GMT -5
Still daylight here.....
Pho
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Post by ladyt on Mar 3, 2007 18:10:53 GMT -5
To many clouds, can't see a thing Tonja
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Mar 3, 2007 18:24:23 GMT -5
Freaken all clouded over!!! Dang
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Post by Condor on Mar 3, 2007 18:52:52 GMT -5
Waiting for it to get dark. Still have some daylight left.
Condor
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Post by Cher on Mar 3, 2007 19:22:22 GMT -5
I can see it Erbo, pretty cool. Darn batteries are dead in my camera though
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erbojones
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Post by erbojones on Mar 3, 2007 19:29:26 GMT -5
Ain't it cool that we can see the same thing and we're so far apart!!!
I'd love to be able to do proper astrophotography - I didn't bother getting my telescope out tonight but I wish I had one of those doodahs for attaching my camera to the 'scope.
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KG1960
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Post by KG1960 on Mar 3, 2007 21:43:25 GMT -5
Too cloudy here. I haven't seen the sun, moon, or blue sky for quite awhile. I have seen lunar eclipses before - always interesting!
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Post by Bikerrandy on Mar 3, 2007 21:59:29 GMT -5
I saw it! Wasn't a cloud in the sky here (finally)
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Post by Cher on Mar 3, 2007 22:04:30 GMT -5
That is really neat Erbo, had to run upstairs and tell my hubby about you posting and how we're on different sides of the pond and both watching it. Kind of amazing isn't it! ;D I wish I would have had batteries, did anyone take pics?
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Post by lbowman1 on Mar 4, 2007 11:48:05 GMT -5
It was beautiful. That's the first one I've had the opportunity to watch in several years.
Lori
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Mar 5, 2007 11:31:12 GMT -5
Caught like 2 minutes of it between clouds- I was rushing to get the Scope and the Astro camera all set up- then the cloud break closed and we were plunged into moonless skies (Damn)
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Post by LCARS on Mar 5, 2007 21:49:47 GMT -5
It was a no-go for the eclipse here this year which is the norm whenever there is something of celestial interst going on. ...but I did get some killer photos of previous ones. This was taken afocally with my Canon G5 through my C114GT newtonian using a 25mm eyepiece with a circular polarizer to cut sky glare. Post-processing was limitted to black threshold/ballancing. (Yes, I know i've posted this one here before) Also, i'm not sure how many people caught a glimpse of *(or even knew about) C/2006 P1 McNaught. It whizzed by us in mid January over a few days but I managed to snag a half decent composite of it on the only evening it was clear on the western horizon during it's fleeting flyby. I believe it was taken on Jan 13th at about 5:35pm near Victoria B.C. 5-frame composite taken with tripod mounted Canon G5, 65mm tele-converter with 7.5x equiv optical zoom. Frames stacked with Registax to reduce pixel noise and enhance definition. The dynamic range has also been slightly enhanced to show the contrast of the tail better. If you look really carefully, you can see it actually extends right through the top-right of the image.
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Post by Condor on Mar 5, 2007 22:33:50 GMT -5
That's a heckuva picture of that comet Lcars. You definately know your photography.
Condor
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rollingstone
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Post by rollingstone on Mar 5, 2007 23:18:28 GMT -5
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erbojones
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Post by erbojones on Mar 6, 2007 5:27:53 GMT -5
Wicked photos!!!
The night sky is a great place to explore - peace, quiet and billion year old history.
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Post by LCARS on Mar 7, 2007 1:13:10 GMT -5
Yeah, as nice as my photo is, the conditions were less than optimal, lots of haze and too much residual scatter. It sure did lick up a brilliant display for the Auzies and S. Africans for sure! It was closely chasing the sun for us and not at it's peak magnitude yet but i'm just happy to have been able to see it at all. It was not widely announced until it was blatently obvious in the sky at dusk and alot of people who would have liked to see it missed out. It wasn't expected to get as bright as it did though so I guess that's why it never caught the mainstream media but as soon as it made it's pre-dawn appearance in the southern hemisphere it was a whole different ball game! I was impressed by Huyakutake but it was large and clearly visible in dark skies for days. When I saw some McNaught images from Capetown and New Zealand I could hardly imagine how cool that must have been to see!
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