You are not logged in. [Login] Forum Archives · Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Observing >> Solar Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 nightstalker sage Reged: 03/30/07 Posts: 252 Loc: Great South Land Dust storm       #3422583 - 10/31/09 08:33 PM Attachment (9 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   A couple of months back in australia we had a few dust storms which obscured the sun.. during the first one at work I noticed the disk for a while was easy to see , and wondered whether you could photograph it. A little later Some amazing shots did indeed show up . My average lttle efforts don't measure up but it was a very innteresting and unique experiance. During this particular satrurday i'd noticed the sky getting a little grey tinge to it thoughout the day. Heading off to the supermarket late in the afternoon I thought I'd grab my camera and stop off at the local lookout. Getting to the top I found the sun still blazeing away in the afternoon sky so took in a little of the views up and down the coast and started my way back down when I got to the bottom of the stairs I realised it seemed much darker than a few minutes earlier,, So went back up again . The approaching dust was starting to obscure the disk -------------------- 28pretoria22t414xw8.5xf 12" truss dob and numerous missplaced accesories...graham Edited by nightstalker (10/31/09 09:09 PM) Post Extras:       nightstalker sage Reged: 03/30/07 Posts: 252 Loc: Great South Land Re: Dust storm [Re: nightstalker]       #3422597 - 10/31/09 08:38 PM Attachment (8 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   another minute and managed to drop my shutter speed down to 3/4 sec no filters used , its so getting dark now , birds are freaking out flying off everwhere guess because they think the nights just jumped on them from nowhere. -------------------- 28pretoria22t414xw8.5xf 12" truss dob and numerous missplaced accesories...graham Edited by nightstalker (10/31/09 09:19 PM) Post Extras:       nightstalker sage Reged: 03/30/07 Posts: 252 Loc: Great South Land Re: Dust storm [Re: nightstalker]       #3422613 - 10/31/09 08:47 PM Attachment (5 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   last shot , a minute after this one the disk was totally obscured, In total about 4 minutes had passed, I went back down more than just a little stunned by what I'd witnessed to find a woman scrambling to get her camera gear out the back of her car , Pity she wasn't just a little earlier would of been great to share this with somone. -------------------- 28pretoria22t414xw8.5xf 12" truss dob and numerous missplaced accesories...graham Edited by nightstalker (10/31/09 09:27 PM) Post Extras:       stephenramsden Pooh-Bah Reged: 08/17/07 Posts: 1324 Loc: Atlanta, GA--USA Re: Dust storm [Re: nightstalker]       #3422761 - 10/31/09 10:17 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   cool man. -------------------- Stephen W. Ramsden Atlanta, GA--USA NASA SOLAR SYSTEM AMBASSADOR www.solarastrophotography.com www.SolarScopeReviews.com www.stephenramsden.com Post Extras:       darkstar528 Postmaster Reged: 03/06/07 Posts: 6790 Loc: Hodgenville, Kentucky, USA Re: Dust storm [Re: stephenramsden]       #3423266 - 11/01/09 07:13 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Neat!!!!!!! -------------------- Blue skies, Stephen "Darkstar" Ames PST(#96038), VIXEN 8-24mm,CEMAX 2x Barlow, Thousand Oaks White Light Filter and a Meade Elec EP CFI, CFII, MEI, working on EIEIO! BAA Member My solar site: http://seemysunspot.com Post Extras:       mbucky professor emeritus Reged: 10/21/07 Posts: 650 Loc: San Diego Re: Dust storm [Re: darkstar528]       #3423394 - 11/01/09 09:24 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   interesting images, thanks for sharing. i hope none of your gear was covered with dust! -------------------- Michael Buxton Lunt 75F BF1200 Takahashi TSA 102 DMK 21AU04 CCD Orion Atlas EQ Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 1 registered and 2 anonymous users are browsing this forum. Moderator:  Don W, spaceydee  Print Thread Forum Permissions       You cannot start new topics       You cannot reply to topics       HTML is disabled       UBBCode is enabled Thread views: 127 Jump to *International Year of Astronomy 2009* -----   Global Coordination   Cornerstone Projects   Special Projects   Special Task Groups   Global Activities   National and Regional Activities   IYA 2009 in Africa   IYA 2009 in the USA*Announcements and News* -----   Cloudy Nights Announcements   Discussion of CN Articles, Reviews, and Reports   Beginners Forum   Celestial Events   Light Pollution*Observing* -----   NEO   General Observing   Planetary and Solar System Observing   Lunar Observing   Deep Sky Observing   Double Star Observing   Solar   Variable Star Observing and Radio Astronomy*Other* -----   Science of Astronomy & Space Exploration   AstroWebsites   Space Rocks CN Forums Home

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