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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
First Jupiter Pics of 2009
Got the first images of Jupiter for 2009 this morning. Jupiter was low in the sky but would have been a little
higher if it was closer to dawn. The blue channel was very weak - probably due to all the moisture in the air and
maybe some high clouds. More will be coming as it reaches opposition in August.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Last chance at Saturn?
Saturn is rising later and later and is getting farther away. Seeing wasn't really good tonight but there haven't
been many good nights lately - so I'll take it. The rings are opening up again before going edge on again in the summer.
Look on the Saturn page for it.
I also caught up with two asteroid pictures taken on 4-7-09. One is actually dwarf planet Ceres, the first
and largest asteroid found. It was originally called a planet but now is a dwarf planet (like Pluto's current classification).
I had a problem with my software and missed it when it was closest so it's a lum only shot. Also posted is 8 Flora,
the largest of the closest asteroids to the Sun (1.9 AU at closest). Mars at its farthest from the Sun is 1.7 AU
(Earth is about 1 AU).
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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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