Moon, Venus and Jupiter on parade in west... |
Moon, Venus and Jupiter on parade in west... |
Feb 24 2012, 10:48 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
FINALLY the cloud cleared today, and feeling like Trinity seeing the clear sky for the first time, in the Matrix sequel, I went up to the castle and got some pics...
That last one shows the ISS moving through the sky too... -------------------- |
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Mar 24 2012, 09:38 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Remarkably, my weekend off has coincided with a spell of good weather, so today I hauled my tent, my telescope, a solar telescope and assorted "stuff" up to the castle to basically camp out for the day and chill. Saw a few sunspots, showed the Sun to about 50 passers by, and generally had a great, very relaxing time. When the Sun set there was a lot of mist n murk gathering in the west, and I almost packed up and came home, thinking there was no way I'd see Venus and Jupiter... but I decided to stay, thinking "You never know"... and I'm very glad I did...
(Note: the light piollution isn't actually *that* bad up there: long exposures to bring out sky colour and enhance the colours of the scene. I'll let others do the more realistic portraits ) -------------------- |
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