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| Saturn - taken through Bresser by Chris Bailey |
Lunation 1037 - 22nd Oct to 19th Nov 2006
19th Nov 2006 - early hours .... brrrr
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| Saturn - taken through Bresser by Chris Bailey |
17th Nov 2006
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Graphic of first sighting of Saturn this session - in the East 01:20 UT - see SkyMap for better details |
Is the Moon still alive?
Ina in Lacus Felicitatis - Photo from NASA Science see below NASA Science News for November 9, 2006 Conventional wisdom says the Moon is dead. Conventional wisdom may be wrong. Today in the journal Nature, a team of NASA-supported scientists announced evidence for fresh geologic activity on the Moon. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/09nov_moonalive.htm?list110882 |
10th/11th Nov
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9th Nov 2006 - 19 day moon
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| Foiled again - trees then cloud later | Multirings of Mare Nectar | South - Missed clearest times, pics fuzzy - short viewing |
8th Nov 2006 - 17/18 day moon
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| Quick look | Craters and mountains in the south |
7th Nov 2006 - 16/17 day moon
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sick more later
6th Nov 2006 - 15 day moon
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sick more later
5th Nov 2006 - 14/15 day moon
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| Fiery sunset 16:50 UT | And cool appearance of moon in ENE |
and then it was Novelty Night ... roofs, trees, clouds and fireworks ... and fuzzy pics through clouds... again!
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Gave in and packed up ... and of course the sky cleared!!
4th Nov 2006 - 13 turning 14 day moon
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| Sky full of swift clouds and rockets ;-) | Occasional glimpses through the heavy cloud | Aristarchus still bright |
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| Grimaldi still dark ;-) Clouds from the west even darker!! | Byrgius A shone. Think the Vallis Inghirani appeared on the rim - grabbed a shot. | Bailly was visible in short snatches along with others on the southern rim |
3rd Nov 2006 - 12 day moon
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| 5pm - sun goes down ... | Moon finds nearest tree ... will those clouds come? ... | Halo at one stage with a sky trail across it ... |
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| Clouds came, went, came ... | Terminator NW | Rumker in west |
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| the bright ones ... | the battered bits in SW ... | the huge craters of the south ... |
2nd Nov 2006 - 11 day moon
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| South of Sinus Iridum | Good viewing again :-) | South of Kepler |
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| Western Mare Imbrium | Palus Epidemiarum |
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| North West | Southern Oceanus Procellarum | Schiller to the SW |
31st Oct 2006 - 9 day moon - Halloween
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| 16:30 UT - Looking promising ... | BUT ... usual suspects lurking ... |
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| Lovely moon, but such shimmering!! Very poor for pics | Southern Mare Nubium, Wilhelm, Tycho | Copernicus down to Fra Mauro area |
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| Overprocessed videos of Bulliardus ... | ... and Copernicus | Fra Mauro region |
27th Oct 2006 - 5 day moon
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| Car light, street light, house light ... and moon light | Brief glimpse of 5 day moon serene above the street light, roofs and trees |
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