Society for Popular Astronomy

Stunning images there,I love the last one .. definatly a "wow" moment

How I wish I could just upsticks and go like that,you are incredibly lucky

JJ..

"and the remaining rockets where used to launch and man Skylab."

And the A.S.T.P with the Russian Soyuz

JJ..

I keep seeing clips on the news,it looked amazing

JJ..

Or maybe a police helecopter ?

Definatley not the ISS from the description,
for the record .. how long do Iridium flares last for ? (as Ive never seen one)

JJ..

The E.T (External Tank) burns up over the Indian ocean on its first pass,something like 25 mins into flight,

I looked for Endeavour after launch but didn't see it at all,
good to see someone else did see it

JJ..

I think there should be a mega thread :lol: Its been an amazing display over the last several nights and I managed to get "several" shots off .. (5 - 10 seconds each) you may have to scroll to the right slightly to see the full pics, pic 1 shows a mottled effect http://i44.tinypic.com/2ez4...

Great pan
I got some photos of the clouds as well,
but sadly my view is much more limited

JJ..

Great result !
Id no idea that was possible,whats the chances of an amateur discovering an exo planet using the same techniques ?

JJ..

Theres some good pics here
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... g-sun.html

And one of the photographer and scope used

JJ..

... I also once told a friend to go outside at night with his compact camera and take a normal picture and see if anything turned out, ... That's not quite right, during the moon walks the astronauts were FULLY illuminated, as in 'daytime'. You should tell you friend to take a picture in daylight a...

Try to explain about the long exposures need to get pics of stars,and how 15 seconds would bleach out if you used the same exposure in daylight, It seems a lot of people don't realise the moon walks were done in daylight,just because the sky was black :lol: I also once told a friend to go outside at...

Awsome picture,
way better than my effort

JJ..

Looking out at the Moon tonight I couldn't help but see a small star very close by, Id no idea what it was untill I read it was "The magnitude 4.6 star epsilon Arietis" Im not going to win any prizes for the images Im sure,but here they are, a "5 second" exposure at 8.19 pm http:...

Sounds a bit like "Heroes"
During the eclipse there apeared a diamond ring even though it was clearly about 75% eclipsed ,
and don't mention the instant black edged shadow that falls on them

You have to turn your brain off when watching tv these days

JJ..

Last time I had my (home made) piller mount outside it happened to me,compared to being indoors the mount had an anoying vibration (20 secs), I found that by propping a "stick" against the tube and the wall Id placed the mount next to,the vibration disapeared :idea: Obviously next time I'l...