Orpington Astronomical Society

Astronomy => Astrophotography => Topic started by: Mike on Apr 01, 2006, 11:35:40

Title: Eclipse Earshine Image
Post by: Mike on Apr 01, 2006, 11:35:40
Take a look at this image that one of the lads from the UKAI took. He tried a 5s exposure to bring out the detail in the corona and managed to capture detail in the moon too.

(http://homepage.mac.com/nick_king/.Pictures/eclipse_060329_comp01_huge.jpg)
Title: Eclipse Earshine Image
Post by: JohnP on Apr 01, 2006, 12:22:22
wow... pretty amazing - never seen an image like that before - did he give details of the camera/ lens etc. that he used....?

John
Title: Eclipse Earshine Image
Post by: Rick on Apr 01, 2006, 16:57:56
Wow, that's one heck of a shot!
Title: Eclipse Earshine Image
Post by: Tony G on Apr 01, 2006, 18:35:12
That is one excellent photo, something I would be very proud of, which is now my desktop background.

Tony G
Title: Eclipse Earshine Image
Post by: Rick on Apr 03, 2006, 08:56:27
Pete Lawrence posted this in uk.sci.astronomy:

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/solar/tse-20060329/tse-earthshine2.html
Title: Eclipse Earshine Image
Post by: Whitters on Apr 03, 2006, 23:32:35
Cool pic