Contrail spotting January 2014

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Contrail spotting January 2014

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A new year is about to start. If the January conditions remain like they were in December, it promises to present excellent opportunities for nice shots. We are all waiting for yours!
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B777-FDZ / Qatar Airways Cargo / Reg. A7-BFB / AUH-ATL / FL380
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A330-200 / Royal Jordanien / Reg. JY-AIF / AMM-LHR / FL400
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02.01

Thomson, TOM92, LGW-CUN, G-TUIA, B788, FL300+, LGW-SAM-VLN-MOPAT, G10:27
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CTC Aviation, G-CTCH, DA42, FL55, G12:21
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Your last one is very unusual! Nice catch.
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Re: Contrail spotting January 2014

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Hi
Taken today as i only got about 1 hour of spotting before the cloud come in(BBC Weather :x :x ).

Both taken at 1st light -08.00----


SINAPORE AIRLINES AIRBUS A380 9V-SKL ROUTING EAST AS SIA25----JFK--FRA-----34.000FT.
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Not a great picture as it was taken at distance/low light is JETAIRFLY BOEING 787 OO-JDL ROUTING WEST AS JAF703--BRU-SDQ--38.000FT.
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Untill next time.

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A nice pic from Warsaw airport, with the title: "More than 2000 airplanes cut sky over Poland like this every day... "

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Z 6.01.13

TSO364 PED-VKO B733 EI-CXN FL330 PADKA-TOSPO

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THA911 B744 HS-TGY FL310 SUI-BUNIX-?ROLKA?

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Re: Contrail spotting January 2014

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HI

2014.01.11

13:22 - KENIN-LDZ - A342 Royal Jordanian - JY-AIA - RJA263 [AMM-ORD]
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13:43 - PADKA-NM - B773 EVA Air - B-16707 - EVA88 [CDG-TPE]
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14:11 - PADKA-NM - A388 Malaysia - 9M-MND - MAS21 [CDG-KUL]
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Hi
Taken today


CITYJET AVRO RJ85 ROUTING EAST TO DUBLIN.
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B-H AIR AIRBUS A320 LZ-BHG OUT OF BRISTOL HEADING EAST AS BGH5822--------FL-33.
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More later.

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Re: Contrail spotting January 2014

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Hi,
this is a photo I took today (12-01) from my balcony in Florence..my first A300-600R photo ever taken.
Enjoy your Sunday and hopefully sun-day..
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Re: Contrail spotting January 2014

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..here's another one..
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Hi
A few Photos from the post above.

Hope you like...........



AIR FRANCE BOEING 777 F-GSPJ ROUTING NORTHWEST AS AF356------CDG--YYZ---------------FL35.
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EGYPTAIR BOEING 737 SU--GCM ROUTING EAST AS MSR784-----MAN---CAI-----FL37.-----OLD COLOURS.
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FLYBE ERJ-190 G-FBEK ROUTING EAST AS BEE315X---FL35.
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Few more later,,,,,,,,,,

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Re: Contrail spotting January 2014

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Today:

12:56 - PADKA-TEPNA - B773 Air France - F-GSQE - AFR226 [CDG-DEL]
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13:02 - PADKA-TEPNA - A388 Singapore - 9V-SKK - SIA333 [CDG-SIN]
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13:22 - LASIS-KTC-BUKOV - B744 British Airways - G-BNLU - BAW139 [LHR-BOM]
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Hi,

Pictures of yesterday:

N67052
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EI-DPZ
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A6-EES
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N654UA
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D-ABYK
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B-LIA
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G-TUIB
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Hi friends,
I'm gonna buy DSLR and skywatcher, finally! :-)) But...

1) is it big diference between 8" with f/6 and 10" with f/4.7 ? If you are using 10" so you can use faster exposure time, but how much? 1/800 or faster?

2) Barlow 2x (televue) doing multiply shutter? 8" 1200mm f/6 => 2400mm f/12 ? And after how much is optimal exposure time?

3) And your opinion - Canon 1100d (Rebel T3) ought to be enough?

Thank you for tips :-)

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Kysky wrote:Hi friends,
I'm gonna buy DSLR and skywatcher, finally! :-)) But...

1) is it big diference between 8" with f/6 and 10" with f/4.7 ? If you are using 10" so you can use faster exposure time, but how much? 1/800 or faster?

2) Barlow 2x (televue) doing multiply shutter? 8" 1200mm f/6 => 2400mm f/12 ? And after how much is optimal exposure time?

3) And your opinion - Canon 1100d (Rebel T3) ought to be enough?

Thank you for tips :-)
Hi KySky,

Welcome to the club ;)

1) There's a formula for this: (6*6)/(4.7*4.7)=1.63 times slower. So a shutter speed of 1/800@F/4.7 requires a shutter speed of 1/500@F/6.
2) Yes, 1200mm becomes 2400mm but F will be halved, so F/6 becomes F/12.
There's a rule of thumb about the exposure time. When taking pictures at X mm, you need at least a shutter speed of 1/X s. However, when taking pictures at 2400mm I aim for 1/1000 - 1/1250 s. I play with the sensor sensitivity (ISO) to meet this.
3) To my opinion this camera is perfect for contrailspotting and other stuff of course ;)

Cheers

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First photos of 2014.

13/01:
10:48; TOM38 LGW-CUN FL290+ G-TUIC
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14/01:
10:07; SLM993 AMS-PBM FL340 PZ-TCP
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10:24; WOA8000 FL350 BWI-RMS N271WA
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14.01

United, UAL61, BRU-EWR, N78060, B764, FL320, LOGAN-MID-GAPLI, G9:50
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World, WOA8000, BWI-RMS, N271WA, MD11, FL350, LEDGO-VLN-DOV, G10:25
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Delta, DAL409, BRU-JFK, NN175DZ, B763, FL320, LOGAN-RDL-GAPLI, G10:37
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Delta, DAL81, BRU-ATL, N1200K, B763,FL280, KOPUL-BIG-VLN-ARKIL, G11:20
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United, UAL51, FRA-EWR, N76065, B764, FL300, KOPUL-BIG-VLN-ARKIL, G11:21
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Re: Contrail spotting January 2014

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Hi,

Today's photos, good condition but not many contrails:

09:54; BOS6 JFK-ORY FL370 F-HAVI
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10:07; BER7210 TXL-MIA FL360 D-ALPA
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11:35; TSC423 LGW-YYZ FL270+ C-GTSZ
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12:55; LOT6203 WAW-LRM FL400 SP-LRD - with a lucky person on board :D
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14:33; CLX432 JFK-LUX FL370 LX-VCE
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Rgds.

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Re: Contrail spotting January 2014

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Hi,

Yesterday morning some chances to take pictures.

A6-EEJ - Emirates
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A9C-KB - Gulf Air (Bahrein Formula One livery)
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EI-DHY - Ryanair
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G-BZHB - British Airways
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