Moonlight Flight
Following on from my previous aircraft/moon image this follow-up shows the full sequence of the aircraft's transit across the face of the rising gibbous moon.
The Easyjet Airbus A320 had taken off from Belfast International Airport (BFS) 4 mins previously, enroute to London Gatwick (LGK)
I was in the fortunate position of actively doing lunar imaging when the aircraft passed through!
My camera was operating at 3 frames per second so I was able to capture the aircraft's ingress, transit and egress!
The first image has captured the aircraft's navigation lights and it is fascinating to see the eddies and disturbances created on the moon's image by the plane's hot exhaust gases.
Imaged with a Skywatcher Esprit 120ED Apo Refractor and a ZWO 2600MC camera and a lot of luck!!
As always many thanks for looking. Always appreciated!
Moonlight Flight
Following on from my previous aircraft/moon image this follow-up shows the full sequence of the aircraft's transit across the face of the rising gibbous moon.
The Easyjet Airbus A320 had taken off from Belfast International Airport (BFS) 4 mins previously, enroute to London Gatwick (LGK)
I was in the fortunate position of actively doing lunar imaging when the aircraft passed through!
My camera was operating at 3 frames per second so I was able to capture the aircraft's ingress, transit and egress!
The first image has captured the aircraft's navigation lights and it is fascinating to see the eddies and disturbances created on the moon's image by the plane's hot exhaust gases.
Imaged with a Skywatcher Esprit 120ED Apo Refractor and a ZWO 2600MC camera and a lot of luck!!
As always many thanks for looking. Always appreciated!