A Lunar Flyby

[SteelRat]

Not as nice as others I've seen but is my first close-ish 'moon-plane'. Had the dob sat out cooling in the shade and a plane going over looked like it might get pretty close. In went the old Tal 25mm plossl and out came the mobile phone. Managed to catch the flyby with the Nokia on full auto;

(click to pic to make big)

Managed to see two Iridium flares 'on purpose' too - IR3 and IR22. I missed IR76 though. Fun night.

cheers

Matthew

[Naz]

Nice one Matthew, well worth just taking the risk.

Archie

[moondog]

Good capture - those mobile phones' still doing the business for you I see!

8)

MD

[beamish]

I feel like a Sinatra song coming !! Great shot SR !

Karlo

[jgs001]

Good one Matt. I nearly got one last night. I was trying to get the focus for a webcam session and something, turned out to be a plane, made a darker blob across the lappy screen

[barkis]

You ought to get a job as a News Photographer Matt. You're always in the right place at the right time.

Moon fly bye's and Iridiums in double quick time. I think we'll re name you Scoop.

Nice work mate.

Ron.

[CELESCOPE]

very impressive Matt , like that one heheheh

Rog

[GazOC]

Quick thinking there Matt!!!

[algol]

oh i like that lol, "Fly me to the moon".

reminds me of airplane 2

[Vega]

Jeez.. one hell of a near miss.. those poor passengers must have had a scare!

Matt

[rawhead]

That's a great picture SR

The red jet engines really stand out. Nicely framed too...

Cheers

Jon

[SteelRat]

Thanks folks. Pretty pleased the phone caught the plane as a plane and not a streak

cheers

Matthew

[Aza]

Thats a beautiful shot, never mind it being from a mobile

Well impressed

[Sam]

What a great opportunity shot - very quick thinking and what a result - well done!

[Aza]

The more I look at this picture, the more I like it!

POTW??

[anthony]

Well Done - always wanted to get me one of those!

Anthony

[Cloudwatcher]

A really cool capture,Matt and great presentation too! Love the colour.:salute:

Cheers

CW

[rawhead]

POTW??

[algol]

you know, i try a pic of moon in darkness with my phone it goes all ends up, you do it in daytime and get a fast moving plane crystal clear too.

congrats mate, you are a mobile marvel lol

[cygnusx1]

That is a very unique presentation and capture...striking! :thumbup:

[SteelRat]

Heh, you're all too kind I'm sure The eyepiece did the framing top and bottom - I just cropped it central. Was a great few hours out with the dob last night once that pesky moon was out of the way Thanks for the nice words all.

cheers

Matthew

[Beyond_Vision]

A superb job Matt, it looks fantastic.

Regards

Kevin