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Stu

Mar 4 2009, 11:46 PM

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The Poet Dude

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From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK
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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...

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

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bkellysky View Member Profile	Dec 5 2009, 02:22 PM Post #2
Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 72 Joined: 25-April 08 From: near New York City, NY Member No.: 4103	I photographed Mars through my 8-inch dobsonian telescope using a hand-held Canon A-40. It's posted at the spaceweather.com photo site: http://spaceweather.com/submissions/large_..._1259931452.jpg The north polar cap (and its cloud cover?) are visible. The cap really stands out when observing by eye. The entire planet is so bright that the views had more detail as the morning twilight increased. Check it out now, as the cap will decrease during the month.

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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

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Sunspot Has anyone else been observing Jupiter? Had a loo... Sep 25 2010, 09:22 AM

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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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