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Post by davy on Mar 13, 2017 13:30:56 GMT
Hi all Australian members,, stargazing live BBC TV astronomy programme looking for help,, astrophotographers,, Pete Lawrence has posted on Facebook looking for help, I have said we have Australian members and may be able to help,, I have invited Pete in .. just a heads up if Pete comes in,. Astrofarm is also helping out stargazing live from France😃😃
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Post by ChrisV on Mar 15, 2017 4:22:05 GMT
Yes. With the Brian Cox series in Australia, the ABC is having Stargazing live. You can upload images or videos of your own stargazing. Here www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-13/abc-open-stargazing-live/8339066Sorry here open.abc.net.au/create/new?project_id=152The stuff people have put up so far is mostly images, full on astrophotography and nightscapes. There's far fewer videos and they are all time lapse night-caps Maybe its worthwhile putting up a video of some video astronomy - might see if I can get something together (through the clouds). - or even better - something like Howie's sequence of 30s singles shots ?
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Post by howie1 on Mar 15, 2017 11:46:17 GMT
Didn't see davy's orig post (sorry davy) ... yes very interesting Chris. I shall edit one of my videos to highlight the click shutter, wait 30 secs, see image ... because I dont see anyone looking through hundreds or maybe thousand photo's and videos giving it much attention if it doesnt 'grab' them almost immediately. Still have crazy day left on doing up the backyard tomorrow, but Friday might be reasonably free to do the edit and post it up. Ta for the links.
Howie
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Post by Dragon Man on Mar 15, 2017 12:12:02 GMT
I'd love to make and contribute a video of Video Astronomy from down here but I don't know when I will get clear sky long enough to get much done. The sky hasn't been great lately
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Post by davy on Mar 15, 2017 13:19:20 GMT
Sorry guys not heard anything back ,I left a message on Facebook page it was posted on and sent a private message,, no word,, they were looking for astrophotographers in the northern territories,, and I thought that one of you guys may be able to steer them in right direction or if they couldn't get something sorted maybe they could adapt there plans,, they have used a guy with a mallincam on a plane for one if there shows before,, so I'm shure they could use images from a video capture,,,. If I hear anything else I will post up
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Post by Dragon Man on Mar 15, 2017 13:59:28 GMT
OK Davy P.S. It's the 'Northern Territory'. Not 'territories' plural. It's one of our States that isn't a State We have 2 of them. The Northern Territory at 1,420,970 km² is 6 times the size of the whole UK at 243,610 km², but only has a population equal to a small UK town (244,000) No light pollution in 99.9% of the NT 'Northern Territory' en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Territory
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Post by davy on Mar 15, 2017 17:35:32 GMT
Ok ken..to make it simple,, it's up the top to the left hand side near the seaside,😉 think it's near walkabout creek down the road from Mick Dundee,s gaff.
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Post by Dragon Man on Mar 16, 2017 10:56:38 GMT
Ok ken..to make it simple,, it's up the top to the left hand side near the seaside,😉 think it's near walkabout creek down the road from Mick Dundee,s gaff. Boy o Boy, that has got to be the least Aussie sentence about Australia I have ever read We don't have a 'seaside'. We have a 'beach' and what's a 'gaff'?
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Post by ChrisV on Mar 16, 2017 12:45:52 GMT
They don't have beaches over there. That's why they call it the seaside. Gaff? Maybe he meant gaffa tape?
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Post by davy on Mar 16, 2017 13:10:50 GMT
Gaff = one's abode,lol,,, or house,, Scottish slang,,, 😂
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Post by Dragon Man on Mar 16, 2017 15:00:46 GMT
Amazing the differences between the UK and Oz. Almost every night the Missus and I watch 'Escape to the Country', 'Phil Spencer secret agent Downunder', and 'Location, Location, Location' and I am amazed (and quite annoyed) at the amount of times Brits refuse to live in a single story house, especially in Australia. Brits move to Oz and Phil shows them house after beautiful house and they complain that there is no way they could sleep on the ground floor because it's stupid or is plain wrong What the Brits moving here don't realise is that 99% of houses in Oz are single story!
And if a house in Oz (no matter how big) is a single story house (which they usually are) the Brits call it a 'Bungalow', not a 'house'. Here in Oz a bungalow refers to a ratty out-building your teenagers live in, in the back yard It's quite an insult to call our beautiful Home a 'Bungalow' It is like if we went to the UK, looked at someone's pride and joy home and said, "wow, what an ugly shack". It would give the same feeling. Things are so different in different parts of the world.
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Post by fondofchips on Mar 17, 2017 12:03:03 GMT
Amazing the differences between the UK and Oz. Almost every night the Missus and I watch 'Escape to the Country', 'Phil Spencer secret agent Downunder', and 'Location, Location, Location' and I am amazed (and quite annoyed) at the amount of times Brits refuse to live in a single story house, especially in Australia. Brits move to Oz and Phil shows them house after beautiful house and they complain that there is no way they could sleep on the ground floor because it's stupid or is plain wrong What the Brits moving here don't realise is that 99% of houses in Oz are single story!
And if a house in Oz (no matter how big) is a single story house (which they usually are) the Brits call it a 'Bungalow', not a 'house'. Here in Oz a bungalow refers to a ratty out-building your teenagers live in, in the back yard It's quite an insult to call our beautiful Home a 'Bungalow' It is like if we went to the UK, looked at someone's pride and joy home and said, "wow, what an ugly shack". It would give the same feeling. Things are so different in different parts of the world. Lived in a BUNGALOW for last 10 years, now wondering why I ever lived in a house with stairs! Bungalow's rule whatever that Down Under lot say! A bungalow is a house that didn't make it to 2 floors. Apparently the builders got sick of building it so they BUNGED A LOW roof on it!
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Post by Dragon Man on Mar 17, 2017 12:53:33 GMT
Amazing the differences between the UK and Oz. Almost every night the Missus and I watch 'Escape to the Country', 'Phil Spencer secret agent Downunder', and 'Location, Location, Location' and I am amazed (and quite annoyed) at the amount of times Brits refuse to live in a single story house, especially in Australia. Brits move to Oz and Phil shows them house after beautiful house and they complain that there is no way they could sleep on the ground floor because it's stupid or is plain wrong What the Brits moving here don't realise is that 99% of houses in Oz are single story!
And if a house in Oz (no matter how big) is a single story house (which they usually are) the Brits call it a 'Bungalow', not a 'house'. Here in Oz a bungalow refers to a ratty out-building your teenagers live in, in the back yard It's quite an insult to call our beautiful Home a 'Bungalow' It is like if we went to the UK, looked at someone's pride and joy home and said, "wow, what an ugly shack". It would give the same feeling. Things are so different in different parts of the world. Lived in a BUNGALOW for last 10 years, now wondering why I ever lived in a house with stairs! Bungalow's rule whatever that Down Under lot say! A bungalow is a house that didn't make it to 2 floors. Apparently the builders got sick of building it so they BUNGED A LOW roof on it! A Bungalow is a teenagers sleepout here in Oz, no matter what it means up there BUT! My single story house is actually technically called a "California Bungalow' which is the style of that period (1910 to 1939). To me it's a 'House' I'm always puzzled why most Brits insist on 2 story living, especially when they get too old to climb the stairs all the time. Single level living is so easy. But Aussie Houses are different in many ways. Open Plan is big here, even though I don't particularly like it myself. Even the room names are different. UK OzReception Room, Sitting Room . . . . . . . . Lounge Room Utility Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laundry Conservatory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunroom Toilet, Privy, Loo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dunny
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Post by davy on Mar 17, 2017 13:16:49 GMT
Scotland's version Lounge,, living room Hall... loabby Kitchen... scullery Conservatory,, garden Toilet,,, kazzy,, think it's taken from the the word kamikaze,, because it's a suicide mission to go in after I've had a Gladys knight 😂
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Post by Dragon Man on Mar 17, 2017 13:50:50 GMT
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Post by davy on Mar 18, 2017 8:05:58 GMT
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Post by Dragon Man on Mar 19, 2017 10:16:30 GMT
Looks like a good show. I've just watched the first 5 minutes and like it already. I'll watch the rest of it later tonight
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Post by davy on Mar 19, 2017 10:35:33 GMT
Few episodes on utube
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Post by davy on Mar 28, 2017 20:42:48 GMT
Just watched the first episode of this year's programme and I'm disappointed, far too much flaffin around,, it was more a show and tell tourism episode,, Hardly and decent images from experts,,, sorry but I've had more captivating times watching ken and other Australian broadcasters on utube than this tonight. Don't get me wrong it wasn't all bad, but to go to the other side of the world,, for clear skies was bad,,by the end of the episode you could see the bushes swaying around​ due to the effects of the storm..
No wonder we need our own astronomy broadcasting site,, Folk in UK were already voicing there dissatisfaction at the programme getting done outside the UK,, given tonight's episode they may have a point
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Post by Dragon Man on Mar 29, 2017 6:20:25 GMT
Did they do an Aussie episode already?
I don't keep up with stuff like this because I never watch it.
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