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moon and venus
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Sat Mar 15 00:57:01 2008 UTC
The moon and Venus are very close together in the morning sky, as well
as a bit of earthshine...Canon 40D..1200mm scope as a telephoto lens 1
sec exposure ISO 400
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eclipse
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Thu Feb 7 08:46:01 2008 UTC
This shot was at the peak of the eclipse...a beautiful clear day made
for excellent viewing.
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solar eclipse
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Thu Feb 7 08:46:01 2008 UTC
The first touch of the moon on the sun.Canon 300D 1000mm mirror
lens..ISO 100 1/400 sec f10
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halo
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Sun Feb 3 01:22:01 2008 UTC
A halo around the sun forecasts rain within about 30 hours, and sure
enough that did occur. Using a fisheye lens f16 @ 1/650 sec ISO 200
Nikon D50
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sunrise
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Sun Feb 3 01:01:01 2008 UTC
A hot day followed this reddish sunrise, with the lenticular clouds
standing guard it was a very pleasant morning. Canon 40D 300mm lens at
250mm
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Irization
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Thu Jan 17 00:58:01 2008 UTC
Just before the sun had set we were witness to a colourful display of
irization of the clouds. The colours were extremely vivid and persisted
for about 10 minutes.....Canon 40D 300mm zoom ISO 100 1/1200 sec f8
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sunset
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Wed Jan 16 23:19:01 2008 UTC
A threat of rain, with a NW wind, and the lenticular clouds, the sunset
is full of colour as it sets. Canon 300D 1/500 sec @f8 ISO 400
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parhelion
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Sat Sep 8 23:44:01 2007 UTC
The first sundog or parhelia for this winter...a nice green horizontal
streak runs from the sun to past the parhelia.....Nikon D50..1/500 f11
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eclipse.
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Wed Aug 29 07:44:01 2007 UTC
The band of blue seen at the top of the moon just before it enters
totality...Canon 300D 1000mm f10 lens.
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eclipse
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Tue Aug 28 12:05:01 2007 UTC
What a sight....Murphys Law...a bit of cloud arrived to spoil the clear
night we had, but I managed to get some shots of the full eclipse, so
was satisified...The reddish/orange colour was very evident during this
phase of the eclipse....Canon 300D 300mm lens....f5.6 4 secs....
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Moon and venus
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Sun Jun 24 00:22:01 2007 UTC
The Moon and Venus make a nice pair as well as the Beehive cluster.
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lenticular
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Wed May 23 00:51:01 2007 UTC
A beautiful day, warm and enhanced by the cloud formations. One of the
most beautiful clouds I have seen. Canon IXUS auto exposure
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anticrepuscular rays
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Fri Apr 13 22:04:01 2007 UTC
A nice display of these rays, preceding a fall of snow and rough weather
to come.Very colourful and after they disappeared, orange clouds filled
the sky. Nikon D50 ISO 200 1/250 sec @f8
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antares occultation
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Sat Apr 7 20:35:01 2007 UTC
The cloud clearance was just in the nick of time to catch the appearance
of the star , Antares, from the darkened limb of the Moon. Through the
scope Antares was shining in all its splendour, a beautiful orange glow.
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Halo
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Mon Mar 19 16:11:01 2007 UTC
A wonderful display of the sun through the cloud....stunning
colours...Nikon D50 auto exposure.
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halo
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Mon Mar 19 16:11:01 2007 UTC
Ann eerie light shines through the gantry used for maintenance on the
hydro dam...
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eta carinae.
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Sun Feb 25 11:09:01 2007 UTC
One of the beautiful nebula in the Milky Way, was a good night for
seeing....11 inch scope ,2 x 2min exposure stacked frames ISO 400 Canon
300D.....
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Comet over Kakanui
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Sat Feb 3 19:44:01 2007 UTC
A nice shot of this magnificent spectacle over a little seaside village,
Canon 300D 2 mins @f5.6 ISO 400
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Comet
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Tue Jan 23 10:02:01 2007 UTC
After a long wait the heavens finally cleared to reveal the comet,
astounding and magnificent, with its tail spreading over the
horizon....Beautiful sight.
Canon 300D 300mm lens at full tilt..ISO 800 20 sec exposure
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Altocumulus
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Wed Dec 20 20:04:01 2006 UTC
This cloud formation lasted about an hour then dispersed to reveal a
blue sky, summer is here!!! Two images stitched forming the
panorama.Camera Nikon D50...contact ..kiwicloudman@kol.co.nz
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halo
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Wed Dec 20 19:43:01 2006 UTC
This shot had it all, a sun halo,cloud irization and a contrail into the
bargain....it must be the first time I have seen this.
Nikon 5700 auto exposure...Contact...kiwicloudman@kol.co.nz
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Transit of Mercury
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Sun Nov 12 22:48:01 2006 UTC
The planet Mercury is just touching the edge of the sun, very difficult
to see through the camera's viewfinder.
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transit of mercury
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Wed Nov 8 20:20:01 2006 UTC
The transit has been in progress about 40 minutes, the tiny planet is
dwarfed by the size of the sun.
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halo
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Fri Sep 29 23:59:01 2006 UTC
This wonderful moon halo was evident for around 2 hrs after a slight
cloud/fog cover enveloped us
Canon 300D 20 sec exposure ISO 400
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anticrepuscular rays
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Sun Sep 24 03:18:01 2006 UTC
At the antisolar point emerges these anticrepuscular rays, quite
colourful and vivid.A little smike from a forest fire added a bit of
haziness to them
.Nikon D50 1/500 sec @f5.6 ISO 200
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Zodiacal Light
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Mon Sep 18 10:18:01 2006 UTC
We have had exceptionally clear days and excellent night, so it was
quite easy to pick the Zodiacal Light.Canon 300D ISO 800 @f4.5 120 secs
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sundog
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Fri Sep 15 23:11:01 2006 UTC
A chance look at the sky and Ol Sol and his dog were there...A very
faint dog appeared on the right side but very difficult to see, then it
faded..Nikon D50 auto exposure
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ECLIPSE
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Fri Sep 8 19:53:01 2006 UTC
With the dawn chorus to accompany me it was indeed a pleasure to be able
to get a shot of the eclipse....1000mm Rubinar mirror lens 1/60 sec ISO
400
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eclipse
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Fri Sep 8 19:34:01 2006 UTC
The moon is almost down to the cloud line and this was the last shot but
showed it well...Nikon 5700...auto setting and digital zoom..
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rainbow
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Wed Aug 30 22:06:01 2006 UTC
A closeup of the bows, an extremely vivid inner bow and the outside bow
not as bright with the colour band transposed..Nikon D50 1/700 sec at
F11 ISO 200
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