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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Irene and M96
Posted a picture of the 14th asteroid discovered, Irene, on the minor planets page. Irene was discovered during
the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations (in England, 1851). The name, Irene, was
suggested by Sir John Herschel (a great astronomer in his own right and son of William Herschel). Irene is also my grandmother's
name.
Also posted a picture of M96, a large spiral galaxy in Leo, to the Universe page. You can really see the effects
of light pollution in it but it's the best I could do from here (with what I currently know).
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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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