LOL, the Palomar Observatory is massive & impressive, TFS.
Budiman
LOL, the Palomar Observatory is massive & impressive, TFS.
Budiman
U're welcome Naka
I just realized i forgot one more pic...
It was taken on the way out, after the tour was over. They also forgot to show the 'stand-in' before the 200" glass was put in.
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Wow, that's one huge focusing aid! mmmm....now I'm inspired to make one for my 4" scope. My compact digital camera low res LCD's quite a hassle to focus with by eye alone. Thanks, lady.
Budiman
don't miss the Venus-Sun transit tomorrow. next will be in 2117!!
http://www.angkasa.gov.my/planetariu...mid=53&lang=en
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Budiman
It's been a long 8 year wait for this....no way I'm going to miss it!
BTW did you manage to shoot last night's partial lunar eclipse?
Did about 30 minutes of frantic practising this evening after work before the fast setting sun disappeared. Oh dear, looks like I need to work on my exposure and focusing.
Budiman
Am in the midst of creating closed captioning for a youtube video, while running in and out of the hse taking pics of the sun, hoping it will turn out. In the meantime there are live views online at one website http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/20...transit-venus/
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Originally Posted by lady-o-leisure
I was already up at 5 am getting ready.... and watching http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/webcasts/nasaedge/ broadcast in HD! It was raining cats and dogs here in USJ.
And the sun was struggling to break through....
But even as I type, the Sun has comeout!
Budiman
Hurrah! And there it is!
Budiman
hhahaa.. FT, you are really superb la... waking up so early just to view it? Fantastic pic there. Wish i could take such a beautiful sun photo.
My attempts today were soooooo rushed. I had only 6hrs sleep last night, working on something i had never done before .. ie: close captioning on a youtube vid for the benefit of the hearing impaired. Anyway, I got it all done finally this evening. Then cooked , and fed the chickens , had dinner and while eating, ran out to take the last 2 pics. Just worked on them so here it is...
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Wah, such a busy bee lah you!
I've got some okay shots of the transit, ....and plenty of bad ones.
Will sort them out tonight...got to rush to work now.
And just for the record, the Sun is blazing nicely now. What lah, if it had been like this in the morning......
Budiman
As expected, Mr. Bird decided to do its own transit too.
Sorry for the big file size.....I'll remove it if it's annoying.
Budiman
OMG! That is so funny... and such timing too. Mr Bird really did a nice flight path, made it most interesting. Love the way the clouds moved by too. Great capture. hahahha.
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me super jealous lar..........i missed the whole thing
got a bit too smart for myself.....thought of getting 34,000 feet closer to the sun than you guys but unfortunately the plan backfired and this was all i saw
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Budiman
hahha.. Mick, you are so funny. Where are u off to?
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Wow Mick, you were there!
Looks like you were on a spaceship in low orbit around Venus....and looking down on the famous thick Venusian clouds.
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