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Venus over bridge in Kiel Canal |
Lunation 1044 - 16th May - 14th June 2007
Baltic Skies
Greetings to friends from Ocean Majesty - more on Baltic Skies page
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Venus over bridge in Kiel Canal |
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| Sun still setting when time changed to after midnight in Gulf of Finland | An almost full 'rainbow' round sun in St Petersburg |
More sky pics on Baltic Skies page
Top 50 features on the Moon? - see Paul Sutherland's web
2nd June 2007
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| Dawn ... big sunspot coming - see Spaceweather |
May 31st - June 1st 2007 - day 14 -15
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| Low moon +Jupiiter on 31st | and on 1st june - for position only |
look out for Jupiter and Moon close (and low) in the south 31st May - and the line up of Saturn, Venus and Mercury earlier in the ENE
May 30th 2007 - day 13 ... even lower ...
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| Clouds at sunset - Saturn, Venus and Mercury in a line above | Alt 8 - Jupiter not far away, probably in another tree! | And 1 hr later, 11pm BST, Jupiter near same tree |
May 27-29th 2007 - days 10 - 12 - low moons ...
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| 12 days - clear skies but not visible from backyard scopes (Lumix 1/80 f4 ISO80 -2ex) | May 29th - Lumix (x12 zoom f5 1/100 ISO80 -2ex) |
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| May 28th - 11 nr 12 days | Plenty cloud fuzzing view |
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| Rain on 26th -Thick cloud between showers for 10/11 day moon here on 27th May |
May 25th 2007 - day 9
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| Seeing poor. High thin cloud. Great terminator ... |
May 24th 2007 - day 8
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| Between the cloud and later rain (Lumix) |
May 23rd 2007 - first quarter
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| Cloud, cloud and more cloud - early look at 7 day moon (Lumix - x12 hand held) |
Caught bright Proclus in a pale daytime moon (Ricoh x3 and C8 - 25mm) |
May 22nd 2007 - day 6
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| Clouds, clouds, clouds but here is Saturn shortly after
emerging from behind the Moon TAL-1 (x3, 25mm) and Ricoh Caplio (x3) |
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| The Theophilus trio - TAL-1 & Ricoh Caplio |
| The SOCIETY for POPULAR ASTRONOMY Tuesday, May 22 DAYLIGHT OCCULTATION OF SATURN. By Jon Harper, Occultation Section Although the occultation takes place in the early evening, the Sun will be in the west north-western sky at both immersion (DD) and emersion (RB) for the northern half of the U.K. For more see SPA site |
May 21st 2007 - day 5
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| Bresser 10x50 binoculars on tripod | Mare Crisium clear, Janssen in the south (south up here), Maria Fecunditatis, Nectar in view with Mare Tranquillitatis emerging | Lumix on x12 zoom hand held |
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| Almost a rerun of Saturday but this time Saturn is the planet near the Moon | Later - no sign of Venus all evening, cloud in the way - thinning here but finds the moon. |
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| Not the best of nights for sky-watchers ... | ... unless you like clouds ... |
May 20th 2007 - day 4
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| Early photo via TAL-1 |
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| In the back yard it's chimneys ... | and from the front - windows, street lights ... |
| For proper photos have a look at Pete Lawrence's project - thanks Pete! |
Sat - May 19th 2007 - day 3
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| At last - was able to get a 'scope on the moon. Mare
Crisium and the large craters on the terminator edge showing. This through the Bresser Skylux with Caplio camera. |
A snapshot - Venus meets 3-day Moon above the chimneys Lumix on tripod |
May 18th 2007 - day 2
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| Still at snapshot stage but the craters can be seen on the terminator edge. Too low for 'scope yet here |
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| A lot of cloud rushing up from the south - thought it wouldn't clear before the crescent moon found the trees | Some clear spells - on Saturday 19th they should be even closer together | Venus was in Gemini but only Mebsuta showed up faintly in the photos |
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| Attempt at Venus taken through the Bresser Skylux with Lumix - video stacked and messed about with ;-) |
Light skies ... but some stars to see
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| Still light skies with Arcturus and clouds still | The Dragon's head | The Northern Crown |
May 17th 2007 - day 1
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| As I've noticed before - sun goes down, clouds come up -
fast ... Moon near thin cloud and trees somewhere nearby |
Never found the moon but here seems to be faint Mercury Happily there was a lovely photo on Spaceweather |
Much later - Venus with a street lamp Saturday night - Moon and Venus close together |
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| After the rainy start to the lunation some clear bits of blue on Thursday made it worth a look for the 1 day moon | Swifts and clouds ... constantly changing | and the inevitable plane ... |
May 16th - cloud and rain ...
