My photo on Spaceweather.com

Crusader · 09-13-2010, 03:59 PM

On Saturday South Africa was in an ideal spot to see a somewhat rare event. The occultation of Venus by the Moon. (Occultation is just a fancy way of saying that one object hides another by moving in front of it).

I took a few photos and compiled a composite image. This image has now been featured on the front page of www.spaceweather.com, a NASA supported site.
Full image.

To those not familiar with astronomy sites, this is kinda similar to getting a video of your garage band played on national TV.

This is so uber cool I just had to share it!

Sparrow · 09-13-2010, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crusader

This is so uber cool I just had to share it!

Quite right too - many congratulations!!

Your pictures are fantastic!

dreams · 09-13-2010, 04:34 PM

Congratulations!

Crusader · 09-13-2010, 04:40 PM

Thanks!

And just got notified that it made Universe Today too!

dreams · 09-13-2010, 04:58 PM

I love, love the blue color... My favorite color.

The video helped to show it much better than the still images (although, I did like the composite photo).

Congratulations, again.

rlparker · 09-13-2010, 05:22 PM

Congratulations Crusader! It's cool to have a star <groan> here at MR!

poohbear_nc · 09-13-2010, 06:08 PM

Wow! Too cool! Congrats!

nohmi2 · 09-13-2010, 07:26 PM

This is so uber cool I just had to share it!
__________________

This is fantastic news, and it just gets better and better.

Congratulations are certainly in order.

My step-daughter and her partner help to run the Observatory in Cape Town,
and I hope that you won't mind me sending this on to her.

Cheers.

Javed · 09-14-2010, 07:11 AM

Very nice, Crusader.

dsvick · 09-14-2010, 11:28 AM

That is way cool, congrats Crusader!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by rlparker

Congratulations Crusader! It's cool to have a star <groan> here at MR!

ohhh quit mooning over it....

Crusader · 09-14-2010, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rlparker

Congratulations Crusader! It's cool to have a star <groan> here at MR!

Hardly a star, but thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by nohmi2

This is fantastic news, and it just gets better and better.

Congratulations are certainly in order.

My step-daughter and her partner help to run the Observatory in Cape Town,
and I hope that you won't mind me sending this on to her.

Cheers.

No problem at all with that.

GeoffC · 09-17-2010, 12:41 AM

Brilliant !

nohmi2 · 09-17-2010, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rlparker

Congratulations Crusader! It's cool to have a star <groan> here at MR!

Outta this world!

They spent the day watching and this is what my daughter had to say.

'occultation and timing it. The egress was so beautiful with the crescent tips of a very bright Venus emerging from the edge of the lit crescent of the Moon. We watched it through the telescope but it was visible to the naked eye. I looked up your position on one of my astronomy programmes and saw that for you it was below the horizon and so not visible.'

I think that they usually use Stellarium.

Cheers.

Crusader · 09-17-2010, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nohmi2

'occultation and timing it. The egress was so beautiful with the crescent tips of a very bright Venus emerging from the edge of the lit crescent of the Moon. We watched it through the telescope but it was visible to the naked eye. I looked up your position on one of my astronomy programmes and saw that for you it was below the horizon and so not visible.'

That sums it up pretty well. It really was breathtaking.

09-13-2010, 03:59 PM	#1
Crusader Space Cadet Posts: 1,180 Karma: 4030536 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: South Africa Device: Sony PRS-T1, Cybook Opus, Kobo Glo	My photo on Spaceweather.com On Saturday South Africa was in an ideal spot to see a somewhat rare event. The occultation of Venus by the Moon. (Occultation is just a fancy way of saying that one object hides another by moving in front of it). I took a few photos and compiled a composite image. This image has now been featured on the front page of www.spaceweather.com, a NASA supported site. Full image. To those not familiar with astronomy sites, this is kinda similar to getting a video of your garage band played on national TV. This is so uber cool I just had to share it!

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