Neil Wyatt | 15/12/2020 11:56:45 |
![]() Moderator 18994 forum posts 734 photos 80 articles | Posted by Michael Gilligan on 14/12/2020 23:57:13:
Plan ahead : **LINK** https://news.sky.com/story/jupiter-and-saturn-to-create-first-visible-christmas-star-in-800-years-12161286 MichaelG. I have already arranged to meet a friend in a field... I think the 'first visible Christmas star' line is bit of an exaggeration... Jupiter will be magnitude -1.97, while Saturn will be 0.63. That a difference of 2.512^2.6 or about 11 times, so visible to the naked eye as a single dot they will only be 10% brighter than Jupiter alone. A solitary Jupiter higher in the sky will make a much more noticeable Christmas star over the coming half dozen years or so. Neil |
Michael Gilligan | 16/12/2020 00:31:49 |
![]() 20112 forum posts 1044 photos | Well ... If you weren’t convinced by my last link, Neil, you might like this: **LINK** https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/someone-took-eight-year-photo-exposure-beer-can-180976552/ MichaelG. |
Neil Wyatt | 21/12/2020 10:23:04 |
![]() Moderator 18994 forum posts 734 photos 80 articles | As I'll probably be clouded out tonight, I got a p[review of the 'Great Conjunction' yesterday evening, which was gloriously clear, although I had some equipment issues in the middle of a field, that meant I didn't get high resolution images. |
Martin Connelly | 21/12/2020 10:48:27 |
![]() 2125 forum posts 222 photos | I did get a picture of Jupiter once where you could see the 4 galilean moons but you had to know what it was to make sense of it in the first place. Having Saturn in the frame does make it obvious. Nice job. Martin C |
Neil Wyatt | 21/12/2020 11:01:43 |
![]() Moderator 18994 forum posts 734 photos 80 articles | What's frustrating is that I was unable to use kit that woulds have suppressed some atmospheric distortion, which has 'stretched' Jupiter a bit, at least in the red and green images combined for this result. |
Jeff Dayman | 21/12/2020 23:05:01 |
2223 forum posts 47 photos | Say Neil, I've looked all over my railway maps and I just can't find this "Conn Junction" everybody's talking about. Oh wait .......... |
Michael Gilligan | 15/02/2021 10:08:17 |
![]() 20112 forum posts 1044 photos | China has found this on the Moon : **LINK** https://wordpress.futurism.com/china-discovers-unusual-shard-moon MichaelG. |
Neil Wyatt | 15/02/2021 16:41:16 |
![]() Moderator 18994 forum posts 734 photos 80 articles | Posted by Michael Gilligan on 15/02/2021 10:08:17:
China has found this on the Moon : **LINK** https://wordpress.futurism.com/china-discovers-unusual-shard-moon MichaelG. A few theories abut its origin. Neil |
Neil Wyatt | 23/02/2021 17:07:05 |
![]() Moderator 18994 forum posts 734 photos 80 articles | Despite the awful cloud, I have managed to get a few images over the last couple of months: Monkey Head Nebula Flaming Star Nebula |
Mick B1 | 23/02/2021 17:36:06 |
2162 forum posts 119 photos | Amazing. I never knew of the Monkey Head nebula, but had seen pictures of the pillars inside it for I don't know how long. Is it visible as such to plain eyesight in - say - a 6" reflector? |
Michael Gilligan | 23/02/2021 17:49:13 |
![]() 20112 forum posts 1044 photos | Lovely images, Neil MichaelG. |
Grizzly bear | 23/02/2021 18:25:19 |
300 forum posts 8 photos | Very good Neil, Pictures to be proud of. Bear.. |
Harry Wilkes | 23/02/2021 18:26:45 |
![]() 1328 forum posts 65 photos | Nice images Neil H |
Steviegtr | 23/02/2021 18:59:33 |
![]() 2423 forum posts 336 photos | Amazing shots. Steve. |
Michael Gilligan | 18/05/2021 14:09:01 |
![]() 20112 forum posts 1044 photos | I have just “attended” this presentation, on Zoom : **LINK** https://youtu.be/HMIvebvnFwo Megalandslides on the Earth, Moon and Mars Some very interesting images ! MichaelG.
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Michael Gilligan | 09/06/2021 07:48:19 |
![]() 20112 forum posts 1044 photos | I bet Galileo would be impressed ! https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/see-the-first-images-nasa-s-juno-took-as-it-sailed-by-ganymede MichaelG. |
John Haine | 09/06/2021 09:18:12 |
4639 forum posts 273 photos | Neil, have you tried checking your watch against the Jovian moons?
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Peter Greene 🇨🇦 | 15/06/2021 15:56:42 |
493 forum posts 6 photos | Good shot of Chinese Zhurong lander on Mars |
Neil Wyatt | 03/07/2021 13:13:09 |
![]() Moderator 18994 forum posts 734 photos 80 articles | This one was actually from the beginning of June: My first taken using a camera lens with my astro camera, to get a wider field. It was a Zeiss Sonnar 135 f/3.5. Neil |
Neil Wyatt | 23/08/2021 14:08:59 |
![]() Moderator 18994 forum posts 734 photos 80 articles | And from last night. Look carefully, and you can see the 'North Polar Hexagon', it's quite good going to show this using a 6" telescope. |
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