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Stu
post Mar 4 2009, 11:46 PM
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Gorgeous clear night in Kendal tonight, the Moon looked spectacular in my 4.5" scope. Took some pix, didn't turn out too bad...

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Saturn looked really nice too, with at least 3 of the "other" moons visible. smile.gif


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post Dec 15 2009, 01:57 AM
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Check out Neptune in the same field as Jupiter this month!
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post Dec 15 2009, 09:08 AM
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For a sufficiently large FOV you can fit even more in smile.gif


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post Dec 16 2009, 02:11 AM
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QUOTE (ugordan @ Dec 15 2009, 04:08 AM) *
For a sufficiently large FOV you can fit even more in smile.gif

Now I have a minute to add some details to my previous post.
The picture is a simulation of a 5 degree field from the Solar System Simulator. My camera isn't sensitive enough to get deep enough to get Neptune!
We did get a quick look at Neptune early Saturday night in a couple of scopes. It wasn't hard to see, but at that time even the surrounding the stars looked a bit planetary, so it was not obvious that it was different than the surrounding stars. I could convince myself it was blueish, but it may have been light blue or we may have been just expecting it to be a different color than the surrounding stars, since I hear it's hard to see color in telescope observations of Neptune.
I hope other people will try to spy Neptune as Galileo did 400 years ago!

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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
- - nprev   Best view I ever had was at -40C on a clear night ...   Dec 3 2009, 01:43 AM
- - 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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