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Monday, August 24, 2009
Neptune and Jupiter
A new picture of Neptune with its largest moon Triton replaced last year's pic of Neptune. Seeing was pretty good.
Also added a couple of new Jupiter pics on the Jupiter page (I still like the ones already on the home page). The
Wesley Impact Scar is barely visible (I think). See what you think.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Good Seeing at Last!
I'm going overboard on Jupiter this year but it 'tis the season (which reminds me I still need to get Neptune because
it's very near Jupiter this year). So, new pic of GRS region from last night (8/3). See how there's a couple of
lines coming out of the GRS and they appear to form the string of material off to the right. A smidge of the WIS can
be seen near the limb as well.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Wesley Impact Site, Europa, and Ganymede
I really was hoping for some good skies for a change. I was out for a couple of hours but only got 4 decent
opportunities. I'm posting the titled image on the home page, two on the Jupiter page, and one on the Jupiter's
Moons page.
On the home page, you can see that the impact site has changed quite a bit in 8 days. There appears to be a circle
in the middle that the rest of the impact is bending around. I'm leaving the image from the 23rd on the home page
too so you can see how it's changed more easily. Ganymede is the moon to the right of Jupiter and Europa can barely
be seen "on top" of Jupiter (you can see it's shadow easily and Europa is to the right).
The two images on the Jupiter page show Jupiter a little earlier in the night. The first image shows Europa as
it's moving toward Jupiter. The dark spot is Europa's shadow. The GRS is in the center. The second image
shows Ganymede peaking out from behind Jupiter.
The image on the Jupiter's Moons page shows 3 of the 4 moons (less Callisto). Taken right after the more magnified
shots on the Jupiter page. Io was closing in on Jupiter.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
New Impact Site on Jupiter - taken 7/23/09
8:08 pm cdt
Monday, July 13, 2009
More Jupiter
Imaged Jupiter last night and finally got the Great Red Spot region. It seems to be getting more active now as
it has edged towards the equator a little. Also posted another picture to the Jupiter page - a little earlier in the
session.
Also did some visual astronomy (a forgotten art) in dark skies in Bastrop TX. It's nice to see some of the old
favorites again!
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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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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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