Once every 47 years

[Nova_Tek]

Dunno about in the UK but in this part of the world where I am at the moment the moon and the closest star to it have come into very close proximity and this, according to the media over here, only happens every 47 years.

It looked really nice to see both the moon and the star (IIRC its actually Venus, may be wrong) so close to each other. Driving down a country road where there were absolutley no street lights and with not a single cloud in the sky, it looked so clear. The significance of this over here is that the national flag has a moon and star.

Anywho...
I thought 'splendid', a perfect opportunity to see if I could capture a shot with my camera and to post it up on PNG, seeing as many people were interested in photography. Its not a perfect shot so Im open to discussions with the pic and this could be a perfect time to discuss camera setting too. :thumb:

I have left it at full res 6MP - 16:9 format. Didnt directly post the image here as it would be too big.

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/4510/10003851xn6.th.jpg (http://img131.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10003851xn6.jpg)

May you have much enjoyage :)

[Dar]

That looks awesome, too much cloud cover here to even see the moon :(

[Stuart]

I can get my moon out but the only star is a starfish..

ace piccy!!

[Nova_Tek]

Cheers guys, that was the best shot I could get before haze started developing due to people using their chimneys. Very dfficult holding the camera dead still to capture the shot.

:thumb:

[Sturge]

The 2 big stars are Venus and Jupiter :)

[Asa-James]

awesome pic, is that the craters on the moons surface you can see fairly clearley?

[muzzy]

New wallpaper

Brilliant picture, everytime something like this ever happens here it is cloudy, i think ive only seem an eclipse once out of all the times it has happened.

[Nova_Tek]

The 2 big stars are Venus and Jupiter :)

Yep thats it, knew one of them was Venus.


awesome pic, is that the craters on the moons surface you can see fairly clearley?

Yeh I think you can make out the craters on the moon. I do like the effect of being able to see the rest of the moon's outline. And the star actually looks like a star rather then a small dot.

Was surpirsed that my camera was able to capture it well. I was on full optical zoom (x12). Not bad for a £135.

I have actually seen the craters on the moon by placing my camcorder on a tripod and doing a full optical zoom then a digital zoom upto around x600. You can cleary see it.


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Brilliant picture, everytime something like this ever happens here it is cloudy, i think ive only seem an eclipse once out of all the times it has happened.

Same here mate, makes a nice wallpaper. The sky over here is is generally clear with no clouds and the absence of street lighting in areas gives you such an amazing view of the constallations. And unless Im mistaken you can actually see the milky way!

[Philsutton]

Quite depressing really, ive been waiting for months an months to get out and use the new telescope / camera ect... Ive got but the skies have been just boring with lots of clouds.

We are just starting up a new degree course in the physics department and have invested 32k in an observatory (still to arrive) a 16 inch telescope (still to arrive) and a smaller 8 inch telescope with all the relevant ccd camera and computers.

Ive got one year to set it all up ready to be teaching students and its so annoying as the weather isnt playing ball. So far I have managed to get out an use it a couple of times with the smaller one and even with that I have the ability to magnify objects by 2000 and then 4000 for the larger one. The detail that can be seen on the moon is unreal, as well as Jupiter. Its the first itme ive actually seen the cloud structure perfectly through a telescope. So cant wait to get the rest of the equipment. Shall have to get some pictures when possible.

I know here that Jupiter was slowly moving further down in the sky the last few months so making it difficult to view, how ever Saturn should be quite visible now instead (thats a cool object to see through a telescope).

If you are out the way of city lighting and have a good clear sky you should be able to see a clear band across the sky, as that is where all the closest stars are. Also you'd be surprised at how many of the "stars" you see in the sky arent single stars but either Galaxies, nebulars, clusters or elft over supernovae.

[burgo]

^^^^ geek alert lmfao:p

[Nova_Tek]

Quite depressing really, ive been waiting for months an months to get out and use the new telescope / camera ect... Ive got but the skies have been just boring with lots of clouds.

We are just starting up a new degree course in the physics department and have invested 32k in an observatory (still to arrive) a 16 inch telescope (still to arrive) and a smaller 8 inch telescope with all the relevant ccd camera and computers.

Ive got one year to set it all up ready to be teaching students and its so annoying as the weather isnt playing ball. So far I have managed to get out an use it a couple of times with the smaller one and even with that I have the ability to magnify objects by 2000 and then 4000 for the larger one. The detail that can be seen on the moon is unreal, as well as Jupiter. Its the first itme ive actually seen the cloud structure perfectly through a telescope. So cant wait to get the rest of the equipment. Shall have to get some pictures when possible.

I know here that Jupiter was slowly moving further down in the sky the last few months so making it difficult to view, how ever Saturn should be quite visible now instead (thats a cool object to see through a telescope).

If you are out the way of city lighting and have a good clear sky you should be able to see a clear band across the sky, as that is where all the closest stars are. Also you'd be surprised at how many of the "stars" you see in the sky arent single stars but either Galaxies, nebulars, clusters or elft over supernovae.

That sounds like a sweet setup.

I've been wanting a telescope for quite a while but dont want to go down the road of cheap ones. So I think I will be saving some dough to get a half decent one in the year to come.

Over here mate, especially where my grandad lives, its dark hardly/minimal street lighting. Generally only in major towns and cities and highways. The sky at night can be seen so well even with the naked eye. So much so you can see satellites orbiting the earth, a faint white star like dot that doesnt blink and moves across the sky. Cant see anything like that in London.

Plus my grandad has a flat roof which is higher up then the street lights so it does a good job of atleast minimising the glow.

May have to go up there soonish and see if I can get some pics.

:thumb:

[General Lee]

I did see this yesterday. but the star was on the other side of the moon when i saw it.

[Pistol Pete]

Smart picture.

[Shaun_O'Donnell]

I did see this yesterday. but the star was on the other side of the moon when i saw it.

Same here, saw it about 5pm

[Sloth]

nova tek, your not in china by any chance?

[Riggy]

smart pic, but i do hate image shack , its pop up's galore

[Nova_Tek]

nova tek, your not in china by any chance?

Solly Im not in China. lol


smart pic, but i do hate image shack , its pop up's galore

Yeh it does do my head in at times not the pop-ups but sometimes it dont wanna know about uploading pics to it. But it was the easiest to start up and I cant be bothered to go elsewhere.

[Stuart]

one of these then :D

http://islam.about.com/library/weekly/aa060401b.htm

[Nova_Tek]

one of these then :D

http://islam.about.com/library/weekly/aa060401b.htm

Close but the flag isn't listed on that page :D