Lunation 1050 - 9th Nov 2007 - 8th Dec 2007
9th Dec 2007 - end of this lunation ... beginning of next ...
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| Sun sets on this lunation - clouds thicken, rain arrives again ... hope for clearer skies next session! |
... and yet more cloud, rain, cloud, rain ... and a few peeps at the stars ...
3rd Dec 2007 - Mars via Bresser - 12mm
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| Mars tonight? as in Mars Previewer from Sky and Telescope | Short shaky stacked video via Bresser and Ricoh - from inside, clouds coming - slight dark bits? |
1st Dec 2007 - 21 days
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| Pale in the west at 9 am (Lumix on zoom) |
27 Nov 2007 - 18 days
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| Cloud, cloud, cloud .... | ... for the 18 day moon (Lumix DMC-FZ7) |
25 Nov 2007 - 15 days
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| Riding through the clouds ... |
24 Nov 2007 - 14 days
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| Full Moon - Lumix on zoom |
23 Nov 2007 - 13 days
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| High and bright (Lumix on zoom) |
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| Shimmery but stacked some videos (West) | (South) used Virtual Dub and Registax | (South East) all with Caplio via Celestron |
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| 06:30 Arcturus in the East ... | and Venus in the SE - (couldn't see Saturn in S) |
22 Nov 2007 - 12 day
| Clouds cleared - frosty night - clear skies (Lumix) Mars was to the East (~23:00) |
19 Nov 2007 - 9 day
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| Brief viewing via Tal 1 | Still lowish for Backyard, cloud returning Az 150, Alt 28 |
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| Scope not had time to cool down ... | ... so fuzzy pics ... | ... via Tal 1, 25 mm, x3 Barlow and Caplio |
16 Nov 2007
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| Clouds descend as sun nears setting in the SW |
15 Nov 2007 - low 5 day moon
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| Az 193 Alt 10 | Cloud came later |
14 Nov 2007 - low 4 day moon ... and Holmes ...
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| 4 day moon in Manchester - 16:20 UT | Low in Sagittarius Az:189 Alt: 8 |
13 Nov 2007 - moon too low yet from here ... but the Comet is still about
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| Chris Bailey found Comet 17P Holmes near Mirfak
near midnight, even looks like a tail there? (Lumix on tripod - Starry Sky 30 secs) |
Graphic from Starry Night software showing Mirfak More details on Comet from SPA |
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| Bland stacked pic of Mars - could perhaps just see a hint of the ice at North Pole through Celestron but could have been aberrations ;-) Thin cloud drifting about |
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