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If you want something interesting to shoot tonight

gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
edited December 13, 2004 in Holy Macro
I worked throughout last night & saw heaps of meteors from this shower from 11 pm until about 4am..maybe some of you on the wrong side of the time line may want to have a try at shooting it tonight.

http://abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1263781.htm

Its the Geminid shower...much better than the leonid which i have seen several times.

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    Head in the CloudsHead in the Clouds Registered Users Posts: 376 Major grins
    edited December 13, 2004
    oooooo..... sounds good.
    looks like tonight might be a good night for a campfire and a few beers and watch the stars perform!
    thanks for the link - pretty neat!

    :Dthumb.gif

    PS: nice to have news on something that's happening on the 'wrong' side of the world too!!!
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    gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited December 13, 2004
    AussieKate wrote:
    oooooo..... sounds good.
    looks like tonight might be a good night for a campfire and a few beers and watch the stars perform!
    thanks for the link - pretty neat!

    :Dthumb.gif

    PS: nice to have news on something that's happening on the 'wrong' side of the world too!!!
    Sorry kate...it was last night for us......... & you slept through it !

    There were some huge ones maybe half across the sky.
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    Head in the CloudsHead in the Clouds Registered Users Posts: 376 Major grins
    edited December 13, 2004
    bugger.

    yes, if I actually take the time to read things properly i wouldn't seem like such a fool!

    it was pissing down all last night, wouldn't have seen much anyway! soo..... did you get any shots of it?????mwink.gif
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    Canon EOS 30D
    Sigma 10-20
    Canon 75-300 f4-5.6
    Canon 18-55
    Canon 50 f1.8
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    gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited December 13, 2004
    AussieKate wrote:
    bugger.

    yes, if I actually take the time to read things properly i wouldn't seem like such a fool!

    it was pissing down all last night, wouldn't have seen much anyway! soo..... did you get any shots of it?????mwink.gif
    Lucky not to be shot at where i was. First thing i do when i get a DSLR is to do some night shots.
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