I got Mooned!!!

[spudchucka]

I was heading out the door early this morning and was greeted by this, which I thought was a pretty amazing sight.

Apparently it is Venus close to the moon and Mercury can be seen faintly directly above and slightly to the left.

http://stuff.co.nz/4428261a11.html

[Edbear]

When a copper posts a thread with a title like that he can guarantee to attract attention!

Good photo's!:first:

[Finn]

Apparently it is Venus close to the moon and Mercury can be seen faintly directly above and slightly to the left.

That's gotta be a "Following too closely" infringement for sure.

[007XX]

That so puuurrrddy! :2thumbsup

Nothing wrong with a man being in touch with his sensitive side!:lol:

[Big Dave]

What part of Pakistan are you from?

[Curious_AJ]

woah, that's really cool!

[Mikkel]

That's some pretty cool photos! :yes:


Nothing wrong with a man being in touch with his sensitive side!:lol:

You're not fooling anyone, we have got you figured out. You're just trying to lure us into showing weakness and then you'll laugh at us. Which hurts!

[007XX]

You're not fooling anyone, we have got you figured out. You're just trying to lure us into showing weakness and then you'll laugh at us. Which hurts!

:shit: I would never...:innocent:

However, just as well you can't hear me from where you are! :rofl:

[jrandom]

Wow, that's mega cool.

What's going on there, some sort of gravitational lensing effect?

Or is it just an optical illusion from the proximity, and Venus is always that size in the sky?

I dun no much about this 'astro fizzix' stuff.

[vifferman]

Venus is usually the first visible "astral body" in the evening, and the last one visible in the morning. (Apart from the moon and sun, of course).
It's just that at the moment, Mercury and Venus are sharing the same patch of sky. You can also see them in the east at twilight.

[Mikkel]

Wow, that's mega cool.

What's going on there, some sort of gravitational lensing effect?

Nah, nothing in this solar system would qualify for gravitational lensing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_lensing). ;)

We're talking *very* distant light sources and extremely massive objects (galaxies and black holes) to achieve that. :yes:

[kiwifruit]

cool photos!

[jrandom]

Nah, nothing in this solar system would qualify for gravitational lensing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_lensing). ;)

I didn't think so.

But, you know, no such thing as a dumb question, etc.

:)

So what's the deal?

[HTFU]

Ha the moon has a moon. Cool. :clap:

[Maffoo]

i saw that the other night as well

i wow'ed, totally

[Monie]

[QUOTE=spudchucka;1461689]I was heading out the door early this morning and was greeted by this, which I thought was a pretty amazing sight.

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now that pretty amazing and not what i thought mooned was :)

[Brownbikerbabe]

Absolutely gorgeous pics. Thanks for posting them for our viewing pleasure.

[spudchucka]

These were taken on a very basic Fuji digital camera, I'm wishing I had a decent SLR and telephoto lens, then I could have snapped some very cool pics.

[Skyryder]

These were taken on a very basic Fuji digital camera, I'm wishing I had a decent SLR and telephoto lens, then I could have snapped some very cool pics.

There's always next year. Plenty of time to save.

skyryder

[Swoop]

The northern lights. A mate in Canada took these on Saturday night just outside of Calgary to avoid the light pollution. Deliberate inclusion of power poles to try and establish the size of this.

To get a better effect, switch off all lights in your room and just view the monitor in darkness.

Some images are 30sec exposure. He described them as "curtains of light blowing in a breeze".

[Skyryder]

I'd like to see some down here.

Skyryder

[BiK3RChiK]

The Northern Lights is something I am definitely going to see one of these days! It is on my to-do list...

M

[Kemet]

These were taken on a very basic Fuji digital camera, I'm wishing I had a decent SLR and telephoto lens, then I could have snapped some very cool pics.

I know what you mean. I'm waiting on a remote for my SLR to arrive that way when I have the camera on full zoom I won't have to worry about camera shake that I get at the moment from having to use the shutter release on the body of the camera.

Seeing as we are in a sharing mood....

Took me quite a few goes to get these without a whole lot of camershake and no tripod.... Came out alright in the end. The sickle moon was in the nw and the full moon was to the east.

[spudchucka]

There's always next year. Plenty of time to save.

skyryder

Or I could just write a letter to Santa.