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| Sun just about rising - pale moon in tree to south - must have been too light for Jupiter who was further west | 05:42 UT - 23 Day Moon ~ Az 156 ~ Alt 8 |
Lunation 1054: 7th March - 5 April 2008
31st March 2008 - 23 day moon 06:42 BST
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| Sun just about rising - pale moon in tree to south - must have been too light for Jupiter who was further west | 05:42 UT - 23 Day Moon ~ Az 156 ~ Alt 8 |
30th March 2008 - 22 day moon 06:15 BST
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| Sun not quite up - but found the 22 day moon low in the trees to the south, with Jupiter bright above | 05:15 UT - 22 Day Moon ~ Az 161 ~ Alt 7 |
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| Still unable to view | Moon still low - clouds ... | Low and late |
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| Unable to view ... | Just a few snatched shots with the Lumix | for those of you following the phases | or librations |
18th March 2008 - 00:50 UT
17th March 2008 - 10/11 day
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| Clouds in the West | Clouds in the East | But some clear spells later ... through the long evening .... |
16th March 2008 - 9 day
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| Looked promising - skies clearing - Procyon below the moon (enhanced here!) Mars nearby, Orion further west | But the clouds came back | Quick fuzzy pic of Tycho and, once again, Clavius!! But they soon disappeared. ... |
13th March 2008
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| Pre-dawn - the clouds drifted off and there was
Jupiter in the SE Az 148 Alt 8-41 |
12th March 2008 - 5 day moon
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| Blue sky and dark clouds | Still blue sky at 17:50 UT | TAL-1 out but banks of thick clouds kept rolling over - in fact rain came as I took the TAL back inside. Wanted to look at the southern libration zone which should be in sunlight - no chance so settled for a quick video through the clouds - but not too clear! (TAL-1 25mm x3 Barlow, Ricoh) |
11th March 2008 - 4 day moon
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| Clear spell between gales and downpours came before
the moon had time to hide behind the roof Az 240 Alt 44. TAL-1 out, viewing OK in patches, pics poor - well, mine here were, but not expert Claire's ;-) |
Still wisps of cloud floating around; Crisium and Fecunditatis now clear; terminator creeping over Cauchy region of Tranquillitatis; southern region pushed into view by libration (LUMIX - rest even fuzzier!!) |
10th March 2008 - 3 day moon - and some stars later ...
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| After torrential rain, there was the 3 day moon, earthshining away in the West | Libration still pushing the seas east of the Mare Crisium out of view |
Bresser Shots
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| Kept raining so I set the Bresser up indoors - this from a video | This stacked video shows how close to rim Mare Crisium is compared to, say, 19th February | Petavius is whited out now after the clear views from last night - the terminator moves on ... |
The stars through the showers and high, drifting cloud (with LUMIX)
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| Rain was still falling now and then at 21:00 UT so didn't get any 'scopes out in Backyard - took binoculars out to see Saturn and Mars. Orion has gone down behind the roof but the winter stars sparkled in the clean air. Saturn was bright in the South East - yellow in the 10x50 binocs with the rings clearly showing. |
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| Mars was even brighter in the West - brilliant red. Poor picture, the stars were really bright - get out and have a look |
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| Overhead was the Plough (part of Ursa Major)- not as clear
cos of the light pollution from town More information on Constellations? Try this site |
9th March 2008 - 2 day moon
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| You can see the dark areas of lava filling the 'seas' in this reflected sunlight off the Earth. Libration (see Moon Watching page on side Index) pushing the SW into view and hiding the seas on the edge of the NE | Exposure chosen for the bright crescent this time - shows the huge walled plains in the SE with the mountains pushed up in the centre of Petavius during the impact which made the crater around 3.8 billion years ago, when Earth had not yet any oxygen and microbes were starting to develop (See Hadean period) |
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| Storms and gales near sundown - thin crescent was in there!! | Later, the skies cleared - moon and earthshine visible |