I shot this tonight from my driveway. One still frame grabbed from a 30-second video with the Pentax K-30 DSLR in video mode. High cirrus, some thin ground fog forming, and high-altitude turbulence. It's a good thing Venus is so close and huge right now. The smallest bino or finderscope will reveal the crescent. C-6 using eyepiece projection with an 18mm Kellner, on my old Edmund 5/8" shaft mount. http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii24/JethroTull1958/Venus001_zps934a1ebe....
Beautiful image Chuck! Tyler -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 7:14 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Venus tonight I shot this tonight from my driveway. One still frame grabbed from a 30-second video with the Pentax K-30 DSLR in video mode. High cirrus, some thin ground fog forming, and high-altitude turbulence. It's a good thing Venus is so close and huge right now. The smallest bino or finderscope will reveal the crescent. C-6 using eyepiece projection with an 18mm Kellner, on my old Edmund 5/8" shaft mount. http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii24/JethroTull1958/Venus001_zps934a1ebe. jpg _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
Praise from Caesar! Thanks, Tyler. I was lucky to get it, conditions were terrible. All that saved me was the fact that I was shooting video and had thousands of frames to choose from. Most were throw-aways, and even the best weren't as good as they could have been in clear, steady air. On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 7:13 PM, Tyler Allred <tyler@allred-astro.com>wrote:
Beautiful image Chuck! Tyler
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