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

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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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Lumix

More information on Comet from Hawaii

 

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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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