Toadfish Monastery

Here are the pics, although not as good as I hoped, the angle was hard and I left it on infinite (perhaps I should've left it in auto) 

Before

After


Sadly it looks more like the old pictures of Titan... 

I'll try posting a few, eventually, but I don't know if they are that good.

It was due to be seen around dawn here, right on the Western horizon.  IF I could have got up the hill to our W (all snowed up)  and IF the sky had been clearer I might have seen it or it might have been hidden behind the Black Mountains on the Welsh border.  So we didn't try.  Pity, though.

Zono, those pics are pretty good for a job like that.

The full moon I can take one of these days and I might do a better job, pity the eclipse one  . My tele isn't enormous and what I saw on the view finder is already small (the size of the moon is related to the high res of the pictures), to make it more challenging my tripod isn't that big and I broke the screw that makes it taller (cheap plastic), and obviously during the eclipse the viewfinder barely registered the moon. I was hoping that with my new camera* I would be able to do a better job.

*I finally got a DSLR, it's Sony and it was surprisingly cheap for a two lens combo.

So what if they're fuzzy, you got the color, and that's what I didn't get to see here. Looks gorgeous!

I once photographed the International Space Station and got a few pixels which vaguely showed the shape.  Afterwards I realised that RAW would probably have done a better job.  I'll forget next time, too. 

It's being said that the Draconids meteor shower (October 8th) may be a big one this year, but in North America we'll miss most of it, since the peak is at in the afternoon, here. We also have a big ol' moon that night. The weather here is expected to be fabulous that night, so what the heck. I'll grab a drink and go stare at the sky.

I saw some space junk (I think) burn up over Waxahachie yesterday.  It came in hot like a meteor, shower of sparks and everything, and then slowed way down like it was light.  I could see it glowing orange and still falling.  Way cool...

The aliens who had to abandon ship are probably on their way over to your place right now. 

They say the peak of the Draconid shower will be 6 - 7 pm local here.  It won't be very dark then, but I'll look out if the sky is clear.

Awesome, MB! Wish I'd seen that.

The Draconids may (or may not!) be up to a thousand per minute, so it's worth a look tonight and tomorrow, if your skies are clear.

Quote from: Sibling DavidH on October 07, 2011, 09:05:04 AM
The aliens who had to abandon ship are probably on their way over to your place right now. 

They're hereeee!

Uh-oh... what if MB goes back with his people? 

The Thumpalumpacus race are allied to the Whooples of Fooplegloop, an ancient and noble people.

Is the Fooplegloop civilization better than ours, and if so, may we come with you?

So long as you're prepared to sacrifice all in their eternal struggle with the evil Ng.  Anyway, it's not me that's going.  

BTW it's an hour to sunset here, and 100% thick cloud cover.  No Draconids tonight.