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Saturday, January 31, 2009
A ghost in the sky
I started out seeing if seeing was better so that I could get a clearer shot of Venus and/or Saturn. Well, no such
luck. But, since the sky was moonless (and it wasn't too cold yet - mid 40s), I turned my attention to a ghost.
The Ghost of Jupiter. It's actually a planetary nebula that some people thought resembled Jupiter. Check it out
on the Milky Way/Planetary Nebula page...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
New Saturn Pic
Updated picture of Saturn on the home page. Messed with colors quite a bit. I don't like it too blue but
rings turned out reddish on this one. The seeing was a little above average but I still hope to get a better night one
of these days (so to speak)...
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Bright Satellites
I snapped the brightest planet with the brightest artificial satellite this evening.
Just used my regular camera (Olympus 550 Zoom - 1/20s, ISO 800). The difference in magnitudes is interesting. It's on the
"Other SS" page. Enjoy (more the novelty than the visual impact).
Monday, January 12, 2009
Venus Shot
The seeing was supposed to be pretty good tonight but I think the jet stream was interfering. Made a color shot
using the Ultraviolet filter to provide the cloud detail. Enjoy!
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Cloudy Days and Nights
It's been really cloudy for the last month or month and a half. I only imaged one day in December for a few minutes
and then again last night. I caught Venus both nights with my new Ultraviolet filter but the seeing wasn't good and
the picture wasn't either. And, even though the Moon was out, I imaged a couple of open clusters. One is
posted on the Open Clusters page (under Milky Way).
Home page has a new Venus - filmed with a filter that only allows ultraviolet light to my camera. My camera isn't
very sensitive to UV but it can still see something (with my eye, I can see nothing through the filter - it's beyond my visual
range). I'm hoping for a better night so that the clouds (made up of sulfuric acid) are clearer.
More to come.
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You can submit comments below. Let me know if you want to see more. Thanks.
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| WIS, Europa, Ganymede, RGB f29 08/01/09 |
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| The Wesley Impact Site has elongated, two moons and the GRS near the limb |
| Jupiter with Wesley Impact Site, RGB, f29 |
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| The southern pole region shows a black impact mark discovered by Austrailian Anthony Wesley. 072309 |
| Neptune and Triton, RGB, 09/06/09, near opposition |
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| Combined two images. Neptune taken at f29 and Triton, its largest moon, at f10 (then enlarged). |
| It's getting farther, week from closest pass, f/29 |
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| RGB image of Saturn on 3/16, good seeing but fog was rolling in, storms visible |
| It's getting closer, Venus URGB, f10, 3/5/09 |
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| Can see crescent with binos easily, try with naked eye to test your vision |
| Mercury is always around - RGB 200% f/29 10/21/08 |
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| But usually is too close to Sun - it was about 15 deg from horizon in morning (east) - poor seeing |
| It's getting farther, Uranus RGB 9/6/08, 200% f29 |
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| Same image scale as Neptune. A lot of green when imaging, less blue but boosted blue. 6th from Sun |
| Near Mars' closest distance to Earth for 2007 |
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| (It's getting farther too) |
This is an LRGB photo of Mars made on 12/21/07 05:52 GMT. It's centered near Eden but Syrtis Major is still
visible. I have an 11" SCT and used a monochrome Imaging Source USB 60 fps camera at f/25. I used Registax,
Photoshop and Maxim DL during processing. Thanks for visiting!
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