Members' observations, Things we see through our humble 'scopes... |
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 Sep 16 2010, 07:13 PM
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 The Poet Dude  Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60  |
Ok, so they're not as detailed or as colourful as SDO's Sun portraits, but I thought thsee weren't bad for a budget digital camera held up to the eyepiece of a borrowed Coronado PST...
Taken today, approx 15.00 BST -------------------- |
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Sep 16 2010, 10:36 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
"Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun,
but mama, that's where the fun is ..." Blinded by the Light, Manfred Mann -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Sep 16 2010, 10:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
But seriously Stu, those are awesome.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Sep 16 2010, 11:40 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1417 Joined: 26-July 08 Member No.: 4270 |
Interesting! Are the features we see around the sun real? Or an atrifact of the camera/telescope?
-------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Sep 17 2010, 02:18 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Sep 17 2010, 12:40 AM)  Interesting! Are the features we see around the sun real? Or an atrifact of the camera/telescope? Oh, they're real, that's why I took the photos. I was amazed they showed up so clearly. -------------------- |
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Sep 17 2010, 02:47 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1417 Joined: 26-July 08 Member No.: 4270 |
I am inspired
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Sep 19 2010, 02:40 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 25-April 08 From: near New York City, NY Member No.: 4103 |
A photo of Jupiter and Uranus. Hand-held Canon Rebel XS 2 seconds with ISO 800 F5.6 through an 8-inch dobsonian with a 50mm OPT wide view eyepiece. Gives an approximation of what people can see through a telescope.
Jupiter and Uranus are less than a degree apart now, so they can fit together in a wide-field eyepiece. The enclosed photo is cropped from the larger photo at my Heads UP! blog at bkellysky.wordpress.com, which has a bit more commentary. bob
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Sep 19 2010, 11:07 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
Neat. You can really see Uranus's blue-green color is contrasted to the yellowish Galileans, while all are similarly bright.
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Sep 19 2010, 12:06 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 25-April 08 From: near New York City, NY Member No.: 4103 |
QUOTE (ugordan @ Sep 19 2010, 06:07 AM) Neat. You can really see Uranus's blue-green color is contrasted to the yellowish Galileans, while all are similarly bright. Yes, I was surprised how blue Uranus looked in the photo when I moved it to my computer. The color was not obvious to me when looking through the scope, even at high power. Although, Uranus did look different - more substantial - than the stars in the same area. PS> Love those solar photos, Stu. There are so many different kinds of solar scopes, and they are pricey, but the views are amazing. I'd like to figure out which is the most versatile of them as a future birthday present! bob |
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Sep 19 2010, 12:28 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
I'm facing SUCH a dilemma re this solar scope.. I can see now why people get addicted to solar observing - there's literally something new to see EVERY time you look at the Sun, some new prominence, or detail on the surface, and that thrill of looking at our own friendly neighbourhood star and seeing it in all its fiery glory and beauty is just incredible... but yep, they are pricey, and with the current economic climate here in the UK (chilly with 1000% chance of frostbite next month) I can't really justify going out and buying one. But I want one soooooooo bad!!
 Re Uranus - I spotted it myself the other night, with my trusty 4.5" Tasco, and I was quite taken back by how beautiful its subtle green-blue colour was as I looked at it, so very different to the stars beyond it. It looked, literally, other-worldly. Very impressed, and even a little moved, I have to be honest. -------------------- |
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Sep 19 2010, 09:25 PM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 753 Joined: 23-October 04 From: Greensboro, NC USA Member No.: 103 |
Uranus is quite easily seen to be something other than a star even in 20x80 binoculars. I had the Galilean satellites in nice crisp focus, but that pesky bluish star north of Jupiter just wouldn't come into as sharp a point. (Funny, you don't look bluish!)
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Manning the LCC at http://www.apollolaunchcontrol.com |
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| Guest_Sunspot_* |
Sep 25 2010, 09:22 AM
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Has anyone else been observing Jupiter? Had a look last night through my 4.5" reflector, not great seeing and had to observe over the roof of the house, but the red spot was quite obvious, more so than other times due to disappearance of the south equatorial belt, the colours are VERY subtle though - also the shadow of Io clearly visible.
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| Guest_Lunik9_* |
 Sep 25 2010, 10:29 AM
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Indeed, the giant planet Jupiter is at opposition and is closest to Earth since 1963 ( next closest opposition will be 2022 ).
We observe the disc at 50 arcseconds apparent diameter with magnitude -2.9 ( very bright indeed ). A 15 cm refractor clearly shows the North & South Equatorial Belts: http://www.mvas-ny.org/HowObsPlanets.htm#Jupiter Moreover our favorite gas giant is in conjunction with the planet Uranus ( 5 times further away at magnitude +5.7 ) |
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| Guest_Lunik9_* |
 Oct 9 2010, 08:01 PM
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Check for shadow & transit of Jupiter's moons in this weekend: . O ...
http://www.jgiesen.de/JovianMoons/index.htm http://sky.maplevalleywa.com/jupiter.html Also visible = comet Hartley 2 near double cluster NGC 869 & NGC 884 in constellation Perseus |
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Oct 9 2010, 08:52 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
The comet is leaving the "Double Cluster" behind now...
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