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 15 2009, 01:57 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 25-April 08 From: near New York City, NY Member No.: 4103 |
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Dec 23 2009, 09:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1669 Joined: 5-March 05 From: Boulder, CO Member No.: 184 |
Check out Neptune in the same field as Jupiter this month! As Bob noted Galileo made a similar observation (same time of year) back in 1612-1613. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v287/...s/287311a0.html In reference (2) I had suggested the possibility of this type of pre-discovery observation (my 1979 Sky and Telescope article on mutual planetary occultations). I could see them still in a low power field of view in my 6" scope at 35x on Christmas Eve. I also looked at 86x. Afterwards the moon (our planetary satellite) looked very nice at a 90 degree phase angle "encounter". -------------------- Steve [ my home page and planetary maps page ]
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