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    Crescent Moon at Lake Oberon by Luke Tscharke is the overall winner of the 2018 David Malin Awards.


    David Malin Awards: Milky Way over Tasmanian wilderness tops astrophotography competition


    A stunning image that captures the night sky above the rugged beauty of southern Tasmania has won Australia's
    most prestigious astrophotography award.

    Crescent Moon at Lake Oberon, taken by Luke Tscharke, was announced as the overall winner of the David Malin Awards
    at a ceremony at Parkes today.

    "It isn't obvious at first sight that it's a night picture," said David Malin, the world-renowned astrophotographer after
    which the awards are named.

    The winning photo was taken in the early morning about 4:00am from the Western Arthur Range between the
    astronomically named Mount Orion and Mount Sirius.

    "I love the shading of the mountains in the background, and of course it's the Milky Way rising over the lake," Dr Malin said.
    "The moon is there too, and there's a meteorite on the righthand side.
    "It looks like a moody daytime shot … but it is done at night."

    The annual competition, hosted by the Central West Astronomical Society, honours the best photos and timelapse videos of the night sky in a range of categories.


    Deep sky winner: E lucevan le stelle

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    E lucevan le stelle by Peter Ward

    Peter Ward's image, E lucevan le stelle, shows the edge of a molecular cloud in the constellation of Ara.
    "Molecular clouds are where stars form so they are usually dark on one side with a few stars and quite often very
    bright on the other," Dr Malin explained.



    Wide field winner: Barrenjoey Milky Way Arch

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    Barrenjoey Milky Way Arch by Tim Elliott


    Solar system winner: Colours of Serenity and Tranquility

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    Colours of Serenity and Tranquility by Stefan Buda.

    Stefan Buda's image, Colours of Serenity and Tranquility, captures the edge of the seas of Serenity and Tranquility on the Moon in colour.

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    Take the time and ^ watch this one ... some great effects

    The competition in the animated series section was so stiff that there were two winners.
    James Stone's Cape Bruny Night captures the ebb and flow of the sky behind the Cape Bruny Lighthouse in Tasmania.
    The video was created using timelapse and stills, taken when he spent six weeks as a volunteer caretaker at the lighthouse in July 2017.

    https://vimeo.com/244516545

    The other animation winner was Phil Hart's Yukon Aurora timelapse video, capturing the northern lights and clouds snaking across the skies, above the Yukon territory in north-west Canada.
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    Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago ...


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    Some outstanding pics David!

    Somewhere out there, there's another planet just like this...who knows?

    Put's everyday things into perspective.

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    Lunar eclipse: Blood Moon appears in longest such event of the 21st century

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    People watch a full moon rising behind the Temple of Poseidon in Greece

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    The moon is framed by the Colosseum during a complete lunar eclipse

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    Lunar eclipse seen from The Gap in Brisbane (sort of what it looked from our place)

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    Australians this morning saw the Moon turn red

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    The moon turns red during a total lunar eclipse in Bernkastel-Kues, Germany

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    A lunar eclipse of a full blood Moon seen behind the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.


    "It's called a blood Moon because the light from the Sun goes through the Earth's atmosphere on its way to the Moon, and the
    Earth's atmosphere turns it red in the same way that when the sun goes down it goes red," he said.
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    Here's that full moon from my world. Or...why I don't take many pics.

    Couldn't figure out how to flip it on my mobile.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chittychangchang View Post
    Somewhere out there, there's another planet just like this...who knows?
    "There are only two possibilities, either we're alone, or we're not.

    Both are equally frightening."


    To nick some bloke's quote.

    That said, there's probably small, translucent life forms around the hydrothermal vents on one or some of the moons of Jupiter or Saturn.

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    A pic from my telescope in my back garden.

    Is quite rare to get a clear night in Bkk.



    Seas, craters and Apollo landing sites added.

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    ^ ^^^ Great stuff Gents

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luigi View Post
    A pic from my telescope in my back garden.

    Is quite rare to get a clear night in Bkk.

    Seas, craters and Apollo landing sites added.
    Proof of intelligent life, to put up such huge signs and exactly where we know them to be.

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    The last sliver of the waning moon rises beside Venus in Australia's east this morning.

    Moon shadow-side illuminated by reflection from Pacific Ocean

    30 minutes before dawn

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    25 minutes before dawn

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    20 minutes before dawn

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    15 minutes before dawn

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    10 minutes before dawn

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    11 year old 10 Megapixel Canon 1000D with 55-250mm
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    what does miss mindaro think about the rings of loopiter ?

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    Cool Pics ... especially since the mornings round Looper's parts have been 7/8 Co recently.

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    Quote Originally Posted by baldrick View Post
    what does miss mindaro think about the rings of loopiter ?
    Jupiter's centuries old red spot may have started dissapearing this month.

    I need my 10mm Plossl from eBay to arrive before it vanishes to get a peek.

    These pics were taken by an aussie amateur with his 20 inch monster this month

    Australian backyard astronomer praised for epic photos of Jupiter's Great Red Spot

    Before

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    After


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    The home-made beast

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    https://www.abc. net.au/news/2019-05-31/astronomer-photographs-jupiter-great-red-spot/11162824

    Quote Originally Posted by David48atTD View Post
    Cool Pics ... especially since the mornings round Looper's parts have been 7/8 Co recently.
    It was indeed shockingly cold for a few morning there D. But lastnight had cloud cover most of the night and it did not get below a balmy 16.5c all night
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    It has always astonished me how much bigger than Earth Jupiter is. It also has auroras, as shown in two NASA photos


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    Quote Originally Posted by Latindancer View Post
    It also has auroras, as shown in two NASA photos
    Very cool.

    Saturn does as well.


    btw, it may surprise some that it's likely that the most common form of precipitation in the solar system is diamonds.


    Without relearning about it, to do with carbon in the atmosphere of the gas and ice giants, and the massive amount of gravity that heats and compresses it into diamonds. Just don't quote me on that.

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