Lunation 1042 - 19th March - 16th April 2007
April 16th 2007
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| Venus - Stacked video via Lumix and Tripod | Venus and her chimneys - now with Aldebaran but the Pleiades were fast vanishing (Lumix and tripod - Night Scenery mode) | Got the Tal out and had a look at Saturn - this is a still photo via Caplio (25mm x3 Barlow, x3 camera zoom) |
April 15th 2007
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| Chimneys again! And Venus! Haze and cloud spoiled later viewing |
April 14th 2007
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| No moon visible at a decent height or time - so still
looking at Venus. Attempted a video through the Bresser from indoors (the only scope I can see Venus with!) in early evening. Details of 'Astrophotography' methods on Tal page via Equipment on side index |
All I can say is that it seems to have caught the
phase - all else will be the processing. With Lumix, hand held. For a beautiful, properly processed photo of Venus see Daniele Gasparri's astronomy site |
From the backyard with Lumix on tripod - again just
catching the Pleiades - good job our chimneys are photogenic ;-) Took some sky pics but a haze crept in :-( |
Friday, April 13th 2007
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| 'Scopes feeling neglected - cloud again as the sun drops | Venus outshone the swift, drifting cloud for a time and the Lumix camera found the faint Pleiades through it - couldn't see them with binoculars!! No room to get a 'scope on them without the street lights joining in! | But thicker cloud rushed in and drowned them out - Venus
vanished after this shot! Lumix on tripod, Night Scenery mode ;-) |
April 11th 2007
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| Clear skies for Venus and Pleiades - M 45 difficult to see in the light - 20:40 BST | But by the time the skies are dark enough for the star cluster, the roof and chimney beckon!! 21:05 BST |
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| Sky clear as the sun goes down 19:45 BST |
April 7th 2007
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| And Saturn later (stacked video via Lumix and C8) |
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| 20:40 Alien points to Venus in the gloaming ;-) | Venus sinks in the West as the Pleiades start to show - 21:20 | Pleiades with chimney! Lumix x12 zoom, tripod and Night Scenery mode ... (8 secs) |
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| 18 day moon not even clearing trees near meridian. Jupiter 'rising' is not much better placed to see. 02:30 BST |
April 6th 2007
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| While the 18 day moon will be late and low, Saturn still braves the clouds - in the south between Leo and Cancer while stars in the Sea Serpent struggle to be seen |
April 5th 2007 - more urban skies ...
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| Take your pick - Venus with chimneys ... | or Venus with street lamps .... ;-) |
April 4th 2007 - Urban skies ...
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| Sun sets, birds go home to roost, Venus shines ... | Later, in the east, Bootes struggles with street lights. Saturn high in the south | And in the west, Auriga skirts the rooftops and chimneys |
April 2nd 2007 - Full - Pink moon in Virgo
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| Low in SE dallying with the clouds | Rose into the clear sky for a spell (Lumix ground) | But headed for the chimneys of the outhouse |
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| Venus bright but heading down in the west | Saturn still glorious in the south (Lumix video, C8) |
April 1st 2007 - not quite full here
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| Terminator still on the western rim (Tal and Caplio) |
31st March 2007 - day 13
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| It stayed clear - though shimmering! (Tal and Caplio) |
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| 7 pm BST - just rising over the silver birches | Ground shot with Lumix in case clouds notice it |
28th March 2007 - day 10
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| Morning sun in mist | Evening sun in mist | Moon appears from mist |
 Menieres ... |
| Not able to view last night - have added a few more to the 27th March instead |
27th March 2007 - day 9
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| Rough stitching of terminator pics (Caplio via C8) Photostitch software used (comes with Canon) (see page on Original Backyard Moon) |
Not forgetting the libration zone on the eastern
edge Very rough, remember this is a you-can-do-better-go-and-have-a-go site, no expert photography here folks ;-) |
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| Straight Wall (C8) |
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| Two sharp craters near the terminator (C8) | In very different areas ... (C8) |
26th March 2007 - day 8
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| Groundshot with Lumix |
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| Clear again! Alpine Valley, Cassini, Ptolemaeus all at
great positions on the terminator (roughly merged pic from 4 with Caplio via C8) |
25th March 2007 - day 7
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| Quick merge of 4 pics of terminator (Caplio via C8 ) Flaws galore - needs twiddling, won't get any ;-) |
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| 17:25 UT | 20:17 UT (Lumix x12 zoom hand held) |
24th March 2007 - day 6
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| Sun goes down at 18:30 UT - no sign yet of 6-day moon high in the south near Manchester UK!!! |
23rd March 2007 - day 5
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| By the time the cloud lifted, 8pm, the moon was getting closer to the roof and even closer to the chimney. I needed to try out Lumix with C8 on moon. |
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| Not promising ... poor conditions and rushed as moon was vanishing, but very difficult ... watch this space ;-) |
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| Venus struggled with the cloud, as did the 5 day moon | Dubious 2 pics with Bresser, merged with Photostitch - (from glimpses through the cloud from inside) | This photo just used the Lumix on x12 zoom, hand held with image stabiliser on! (from backyard, before moon vanished over roof) |
21st March 2007 - day 3, just!
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| Camera makes the grey clouds look better than they do from here! 3 day 3 hour moon just picked up from encroaching cloud - no sign of Venus! 18:42 UT |
20th March 2007 - still 1 day old - just!
Lunar Photo of the Day!! - shown on March 31st on Chuck Wood's LPOD
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| Caught with Lumix ( x12 on tripod) - sky pale, sun setting, moon just visible in clear sky, jet screaming over from Manchester (LPOD) ;-) |
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| Bresser and Caplio | Bresser and Caplio | Moon heads for trees (Lumix x12 zoom) more later ... |
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Venus, 1-day moon and setting sun - 18:45 UT (Lumix) |
When the sun's gone down tonight, look for the crescent moon just below Venus (see above!) |
19th March 2007
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8 pm - busy skies in the south |
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About 40 mins later, after strong winds, clouds sweeping in from the north and a shower of rain, Venus shines above the dark clouds |
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| Very young crescent moon will be in there somewhere, following the sun down in the west around 18:00 UT |
