Well, simulation pics.
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/2483/picture4qh5.png

Best viewing from about 6:30PM onwards :)
Brisbane Times link.

Sweet as! Time to bust out the cameras. I expect parabol to win unless iceman makes a return.

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Looks like the telescope is out of the question, can't fit all three objects in its FOV, too far apart :(

Camera and tripod it is then.

Yeah I think I will bust out the camera and tri-pod. Not sure the zoom will be enough though :/

Haha I tried to take photos of the sky once. As as I stuck my eye behind the view finder I couldn't see s***! I even switched to 0 lux - did not help!

He's so happy! : )

Will try and get better oneshttp://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k479/ontheinternet/qgl/smile.jpg
http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k479/ontheinternet/qgl/smileagain.jpg

freaky

That's pretty cool! So how often does this happen? Maybe it's god smiling down upon us!??!!?!?

pretty impressive that it occurred to someone to predict this event (and then they did it)

next one isn't for another 28 years (link)

Couldn't get any better ones!

http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k479/ontheinternet/qgl/smileagainagain.jpg



But I got an 'O' face hehehe
http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k479/ontheinternet/qgl/oface.jpg

astrovisuals - Events

i tried to get pics, but the best i could do was on a hardcover angled folder on top of the roof of my housemates car.

some didn't turn out too badly..
http://www.boonahdrivingschool.com/random/P1020099.JPG

http://www.boonahdrivingschool.com/random/P1020108.JPG


last edited by Staroka at 21:15:38 01/Dec/08

Wow what a night! Managed to get a few GB worth of imagery through my telescope + CCD combo as well as a regular camera (on tripod), just have to sort through and process a selection which will take ages. Will post when I'm done tonight or tomorrow.

I tried but suck at photography.
Click for big.
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm190/pointyfork/random/th_IMG_2877.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm190/pointyfork/random/th_IMG_2874.jpg

Also along with kat a couple of mine turned into O faces.

last edited by whoop at 21:13:17 01/Dec/08

Good work guys! For your interest, we have an area in our brains that is dedicated to face recognition (fusiform face area, FFA), and it loves things in that sort of configuration:)

Wow, well done Kat. Thats way better than I got!

haha awesome stuff, I saw it walking back from work but my camera phone sux arse

Nice work people :)

Here's my best shots:
http://photos.aaron-77.com/upload/smiley/smiley_1.jpg
http://photos.aaron-77.com/upload/smiley/smiley_2.jpg
http://photos.aaron-77.com/upload/smiley/smiley_4.jpg

That's pretty neat, I'm so glad I have the Internet to be able to see awesome stuff like this.

Some awesome photos here guys, keep it up!

Canon camera on tripod:

http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~boldajis/images/shot_00.jpg


Same camera hand-held behind telescope (very dodgy setup!):

http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~boldajis/images/shot_01.jpg


Webcam inside telescope:

http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~boldajis/images/shot_02.jpg


Again but with 2x mag of same crater:

http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~boldajis/images/shot_03.jpg


Jupiter:

http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~boldajis/images/shot_04.jpg


Venus:

http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~boldajis/images/shot_05.jpg

Nice Para

Just wondering though how good of a picture you can take using your telescope of things here on earth, say from a spot like cerbs place?

last edited by Taipan at 01:30:17 02/Dec/08

Wd lads. Good thread.

Just wondering though how good of a picture you can take using your telescope of things here on earth

I haven't lived in an area with a view for quite a while, so I haven't been able to test that.

With space objects I can easily make out plenty of detail at magnifications of around 200x, given the object is at least 30 degrees above the horizon. Problem is the lower you go, the more atmosphere the light has to travel through, distorting the image heavily. Might be a big problem for terrestrial shots since you're now cutting through the maximum atmosphere possible at a zero angle!

Will give it a shot sometime though, if I can find a good place that's safe to set up this gear without being hassled/mugged :)

i'd reckon given the size of the moon in your shots that from my place at kangaroo point you could probably get shots at the people inside the wheel at south bank. :) (that's the massively bright thing in the center of my first shot)

I forgot about it :(

I remembered at about 6 when it was still light and then nothing....