Chris; Glad to hear that you enjoyed yourselves, sounds like a great trip. This is a terrific shot and I look forward to more. Steve Coe -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Collingwood Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 8:07 PM To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Southern Milkyway over Thunderstorm Brings back very pleasant memories from an Astronomical point of view. Used to have the Southern Cross as a frequent nightly companion growing up in Durban, South Africa. Though I never saw a sky quite as spectacular as that shot. - Peter. You should have bought a Squirrel > Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:50:54 -0700 > From: comets133@xxxxxxxxx > Subject: [AZ-Observing] Southern Milkyway over Thunderstorm > To: rhill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; mbakich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; ngc1535@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx; gallery@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; don@xxxxxxxxxxxx; stuart.j.heggie@xxxxxxxxxxxx; bonnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; joe.orman@xxxxxxxxxxx; alevy1@xxxxxxxxxx; dicroidium@xxxxxxxxxxx; jofarrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; thelmaann@xxxxxxx; apiccinati@xxxxxxxxx; rdjacobs@xxxxxxx; rick.rotramel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; nemiroff@xxxxxxx; bsanden@xxxxxxx; 2arlene@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; dschur@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; palaeopaul@xxxxxxxxxxx; ne7y@xxxxxxx; swalker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; danlward@xxxxxxx; pwehinger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; wyckoff@xxxxxxx > > HI all, > > Our latest trip to the Outback of Australia was great fun - 4 priceless nights of astro imaging, a week of digging dinosaurs, and another week traveling, fossil collecting and meeting old and new friends. Here is the first of what will be many new postings from this trip, a 17mm wide angle shot on the Auroracam II mount of the Southwestern sky right after twilight. > > You can see many familiar sights here - Alpha Centauri, Eta Caraina and the star cluster gems round the southern cross. Our latitude was -21 here, and the sky measured 21.6 mag on the SQM. > > http://tinyurl.com/627juy > > > Comments? > > Chris > > > > -- > See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > _________________________________________________________________ Want to do more with Windows Live? Learn "10 hidden secrets" from Jamie. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!55 0F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008 -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.