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Mars tonight anyone ??...

PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:25 pm
by bozzzydmc
http://timesonline.typepad.com/science/ ... -year.html

Thought it was worth posting about this later :)

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Re: Mars tonight anyone ??...

PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:40 pm
by RobvdVeer
Can you see the rim of that planet? And they say there's no water... pfffff.

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 12:01 am
by arranj
Best I could do! :( Sorry Tommy! :cry: :cry:

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 12:43 am
by delorean12uk
RobvdVeer wrote:Can you see the rim of that planet? And they say there's no water... pfffff.

I think it looks more like the rim on Tony's helmet!!! :lol:

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 1:26 am
by tommy boy
here's my attempts, a bit of a rush job as i thought it was tomorrow, it's strange when you really zoom in and see the moon and mars actually moving, i forget we're hurtling through the universe :roll:

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 1:36 am
by arranj
OK - you win Tommy! 8-)

I forgot about that - and just thought it was a wobbly tripod. So I ditched the 30 second f29 bulb shots and did a 2 second one in the end. You still beat me somehow - probably cos you're closer "up there" :D

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 1:47 am
by tommy boy
I know what you mean, i wondered why they were all blurry at first, :P knock the iso down a bit, and close the aperture quite a lot, manual focus put the shutter release on 2 second delay so when you click it doesn't shake the camera, oh and iphoto works a treat ;)

EXIF file data
Camera: Canon EOS 450D
Exposure: 13 seconds
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Exposure Bias: 0 EV

I only "won" because we can't afford street lights 'oop narf. i'm sure you could pull a few strings and kill the whole grid down there to get a really good photograph ;)

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 2:28 am
by arranj
Ahh - well I went the opposite way. I was getting serious planetary movement at +10 secs, so my best one was:

Self Timer, manual focus: Yes of course
Camera: Canon EOS 450D - yes!
Exposure: 0.6 secs
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 1600
Exposure Bias: 0 EV

I have knocked out the street lights on 3 occasions before actually! ;) (helium balloon across power lines, wet St. Georges flag across same power lines, missile attak at street light fitting) but I think the neighbours are a bit fed up of me by now, cos it takes out all the power in Old Hunstanton too. :?

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:20 am
by bozzzydmc
Well i enjoyed looking at Mars last night... although I was expecting to wake up blind and being chased by a large plant for some reason ...

Nice pics you did well to get anything at all !

Re: Mars tonight anyone ??...

PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 3:53 pm
by Suz Haldeman
Cool pics. :)