Members' observations, Things we see through our humble 'scopes... |
Members' observations, Things we see through our humble 'scopes... |
 Mar 4 2009, 11:46 PM
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 The Poet Dude  Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60  |
Gorgeous clear night in Kendal tonight, the Moon looked spectacular in my 4.5" scope. Took some pix, didn't turn out too bad...
Saturn looked really nice too, with at least 3 of the "other" moons visible. 
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Dec 3 2009, 01:43 AM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8790 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Best view I ever had was at -40C on a clear night in western Montana. NO twinkling...none at all. The air was as still as frozen glass. I really do think that the view from orbit on the nightside of Earth could have hardly been better.
Best Saturn observation I've ever experienced, even though it was through a cheap department-store refractor. (Had to be VERY careful to hold my breath near the objective; the water vapor would freeze instantly on any surface!) -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Stu Members' observations Mar 4 2009, 11:46 PM
ElkGroveDan QUOTE Members' observations, Things we see thr... Mar 5 2009, 12:24 AM nprev ...okay, Dan, that made my wife draw the shades...... Mar 5 2009, 01:37 AM
hendric QUOTE (nprev @ Mar 4 2009, 07:37 PM) (Sig... Mar 6 2009, 06:18 PM Stu That was a good ol' fashioned hold-the-camera-... Mar 5 2009, 06:32 AM Thu QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 5 2009, 01:32 PM) That w... Mar 5 2009, 04:01 PM Stu More shots from tonight...
http://cumbriansky.wor... Mar 5 2009, 09:00 PM dburt QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 5 2009, 02:00 PM) ...Esp... Mar 5 2009, 11:01 PM ElkGroveDan I've also found that a good digital SLR one a ... Mar 5 2009, 10:06 PM dvandorn And it's dawn at Fra Mauro, Bonpland and Parry... Mar 6 2009, 02:37 AM nprev Yeah, I can always pick up Venus & Jupiter, an... Mar 6 2009, 08:12 PM PhilCo126 Well I have to admit I've bought my first refr... Mar 7 2009, 08:04 AM Gladstoner . Mar 7 2009, 08:36 AM PhilCo126 For those who're interested, check out how Sat... Mar 16 2009, 06:47 PM ngunn That is interesting. From here we get to see the u... Mar 16 2009, 10:06 PM ynyralmaen Titan was there the other night too... I should ha... Mar 16 2009, 11:42 PM PhilCo126 For those enjoying tracking man-made satellites
... Mar 24 2009, 05:52 PM PhilCo126 remarkable what these guys did: http://www.telegra... Mar 26 2009, 06:10 PM Stu My fingers are crossed for a clear sky at 8pm when... Mar 26 2009, 06:49 PM PhilCo126 Observations of ISS and satellites using a 80 cent... Mar 27 2009, 09:13 AM Stu Cripes! They're good!
Managed to c... Mar 27 2009, 09:36 AM Stu My astro society's IYA MOONWATCH went really w... Apr 3 2009, 09:50 PM Stu The Moon as photographed thru my humble 4.5" ... Nov 28 2009, 05:58 AM Stu Well, the rain has finally stopped, and there... Nov 30 2009, 06:37 PM DDAVIS Among my favorite memories of telescopic observati... Dec 2 2009, 09:19 PM Phil Stooke My fave astronomical observation was probably nake... Dec 2 2009, 09:30 PM Tesheiner QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Dec 2 2009, 10:30 PM... Dec 2 2009, 10:09 PM ngunn QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Dec 2 2009, 10:09 PM) ... Dec 2 2009, 10:26 PM Stu Three experiences spring to mind...
My first sigh... Dec 2 2009, 09:46 PM bkellysky I photographed Mars through my 8-inch dobsonian te... Dec 5 2009, 02:22 PM bkellysky Check out Neptune in the same field as Jupiter thi... Dec 15 2009, 01:57 AM ugordan For a sufficiently large FOV you can fit even more... Dec 15 2009, 09:08 AM bkellysky QUOTE (ugordan @ Dec 15 2009, 04:08 AM) F... Dec 16 2009, 02:11 AM scalbers QUOTE (bkellysky @ Dec 15 2009, 01:57 AM)... Dec 23 2009, 09:19 PM Bjorn Jonsson I managed to see Neptune yesterday for the first t... Dec 23 2009, 02:00 PM helvick
Not taken with a telescope but just a Nikon D40x ... Dec 31 2009, 07:44 PM scalbers Nice photo, though I've always liked the volca... Dec 31 2009, 07:57 PM Stu Nice view from here in Kendal, too...
http://twit... Dec 31 2009, 08:06 PM PhilCo126 Nice views of the red planet and those images show... Jan 6 2010, 11:28 AM Stu Not a telescopic observation, but a gorgeous view ... Jan 30 2010, 07:07 PM ngunn This one is a telescopic observation - but not by ... Feb 1 2010, 11:06 AM Tesheiner Absolutely! Feb 1 2010, 12:03 PM ngunn It's safe to remove the dark specs Tesheiner, ... Feb 1 2010, 12:33 PM ElkGroveDan I guess a 300mm lens could be considered a telesco... Aug 12 2010, 05:31 AM Stu Ok, so they're not as detailed or as colourful... Sep 16 2010, 07:13 PM ElkGroveDan But seriously Stu, those are awesome. Sep 16 2010, 10:37 PM ElkGroveDan "Mama always told me not to look into the eye... Sep 16 2010, 10:36 PM Hungry4info Interesting! Are the features we see around t... Sep 16 2010, 11:40 PM Stu QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Sep 17 2010, 12:40 A... Sep 17 2010, 02:18 AM Hungry4info I am inspired Sep 17 2010, 02:47 AM bkellysky A photo of Jupiter and Uranus. Hand-held Canon Re... Sep 19 2010, 02:40 AM ugordan Neat. You can really see Uranus's blue-green c... Sep 19 2010, 11:07 AM bkellysky QUOTE (ugordan @ Sep 19 2010, 06:07 AM) N... Sep 19 2010, 12:06 PM Stu I'm facing SUCH a dilemma re this solar scope.... Sep 19 2010, 12:28 PM ilbasso Uranus is quite easily seen to be something other ... Sep 19 2010, 09:25 PM Sunspot Has anyone else been observing Jupiter? Had a loo... Sep 25 2010, 09:22 AM Lunik9 Indeed, the giant planet Jupiter is at opposition ... Sep 25 2010, 10:29 AM Lunik9 Check for shadow & transit of Jupiter's mo... Oct 9 2010, 08:01 PM Stu The comet is leaving the "Double Cluster... Oct 9 2010, 08:52 PM ZLD Hand held Canon A540 through a 12.5mm lens on a Mo... Oct 9 2010, 09:35 PM bkellysky See my photo of a thin crescent Venus in the ... Nov 4 2010, 01:53 AM bkellysky A co-worker lent me an adapter for connecting my C... Nov 12 2010, 02:28 AM Lunik9 The Jupiter image clearly shows that the South Equ... Nov 12 2010, 11:54 AM bkellysky ....as I found this morning, when I couldn't g... Nov 12 2010, 12:07 PM ElkGroveDan Uranus is named after the ancient Greek deity of t... Nov 12 2010, 08:14 PM Phil Stooke Ah yes, the 'planet that dare not speak its na... Nov 12 2010, 08:42 PM |
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