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| Doesn't do justice to the brilliant colours in Orion ... | The Twins ... around 4.45am BST | That evening, through the rain, the 3 day moon just diving for cover!! |
Latest Photographs and Observing Log (low tech)
Backyard Moon made Lunar Photo of the day! - see Chuck Wood's LPOD for March 31st 2007
Lunation 1060: 30th Aug - 28th Sept 2008
Sept 3rd 2008 - stars ... and 3 day moon
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| Doesn't do justice to the brilliant colours in Orion ... | The Twins ... around 4.45am BST | That evening, through the rain, the 3 day moon just diving for cover!! |
Sept 2nd 2008
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| Around 4 am BST - jewel-like winter stars sparkled! | But ... the cloud bank was already racing in! |
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| Auriga - Capella and the kids ... and the cloud | V of the Bull's head with Aldeberan |
August 31st 2008 - day 1
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| Space Weather News for Aug 31, 2008 http://spaceweather.com Sky watchers across the USA and Europe are reporting unusually colorful sunsets and sunrises. The cause appears to be the August 7th eruption of the Kasatochi volcano in Alaska's Aleutian islands. The volcano hurled a massive cloud of ash and sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere; high winds have since carried the aerosols over parts of the USA and Europe. "Violet domes," long pink rays crossing the sky, campfire-red aureoles around Venus--these are just a few of the sights documented on Spaceweather.com in recent days. When the sun goes down tonight, look west. You may be in for a treat. Ongoing coverage of the phenomenon may be found at http://spaceweather.com . |
Lunation 1059: 1st Aug - 29th August 2008
August 21st 2008 - 20 Day Moon!!
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| Wow - an actual Moon! Still too low for a telescope from the Backyard. Pic via Lumix 23:00BST |
August 16th 2008 - Partial Lunar Eclipse, clouds permitting!! Live Webcast from Peter Grego
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| Too late for the 2 day moon - already set in the West | But caught the 3 day moon at 21:00 BST - about 3/4 hr before setting |
Partial Eclipse of the Sun - August 1st 2008 - Greater Manchester (plus China)
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| Cloud cover had a few swift breaks in it | Got a few quick sightings through | the dark solar viewing strips |
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| Pictures from China's Total eclipse | via the excellent Exploratorium webcast | Thanks folks !!! |
Don't look at it - protect your eyes! List of fun things to try on NASA page
| NASA Science News for July 29, 2008 This Friday, August 1st, millions of people in China will witness a well-publicized total eclipse of the sun. Less widely reported is the partial eclipse, which *billions* of people across a quarter of the globe can observe and enjoy. Today's story from Science@NASA explores the delights of partiality. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/29jul_solareclipse.htm?list110882 There's a link in the full story to an animation of 'what can be seen where' from an interesting website: http://shadowandsubstance.com/ try : Exploratorium: Total Solar Eclipse 2008 Live from China |
| For UK news and info try the Jodrell Bank pages : http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/public/nightsky.html The times for the Backyard given here are: Manchester 08:27:50 09:16:20 10:06:54 16.8
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| Don't look at it - protect your eyes! |
Lunation 1058: 3 July - 31st July 2008
Dorset Skies - late July 2008
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| Clouds - but glorious sunset | On a clear night, with skies darker than over the north western Backyard, Jupiter with moons. Watched through Bresser 10x50 binoculars on a tripod. Pic via Lumix |
Space Weather News for July 16, 2008 |
15th July 2008 - 12 day moon
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| Around 22:30 BST Jupiter and 12 day moon low in southern skies | Clouds and television aerials smear the SE but Aristarchus is clear in the NW with the walls of Sinus Iridum - and the dark of the seas can be clearly seen over the northern part of this 12 day moon |
10th July 2008 - 8 day moon (rain on the 9th July)
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| Hiding in the street lights and clouds - the low 8 day moon around 11pm BST from car park | Mottled with cloud - Lumix zoom - low in SW Alt 9 | Cloud thicker than first appeared |
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| Low but bright - Jupiter in the SE at same time, lower than moon around Alt 7 - 8 | Still too low for a telescope in Backyard - again Jupiter at almost its nearest - see Space Weather below |
| Space Weather News for July 9, 2008 http://spaceweather.com JUPITER AT ITS BRIGHTEST: Jupiter reaches maximum brilliance this week, on July 9th, when it makes its closest approach to Earth for all of 2008. At sunset, look low and southeast for a beacon of light brighter than any star. That is Jupiter rising for an all-night transit across the southern sky. During this time of closest approach, Jupiter makes a wonderful target for backyard telescopes. Even small telescopes reveal the planet's cloud belts, its four largest moons, and the Great Red Spot, an anti-cyclone twice as wide as Earth. Just a few days ago, the Great Red Spot ran over a sibling, the Little Red Spot, and may have destroyed the smaller storm. Amateur images of the collision are featured on today's edition of http://spaceweather.com . |
8th July 2008 - 6 day moon - Bresser Skylux - and Lumix
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| Interlude in cloud cover | Lumix on zoom | Bresser Skylux 15mm + Caplio |
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| Bresser Skylux + 15mm E/p + Caplio zoom Soft pic of Mare Nectaris and its trio of craters | Cloud break over for now | Later - just going down in the west |
7th July 2008 - 5 day moon - Bresser Skylux and Bresser binoculars
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| After a day of downpours the skies cleared as the sun went lower. Too pale and bright for the TAL | Waited till the sky was less bright - moon was now behind the house - used the Bresser Skylux from inside | Had a look through the Bresser 10x50 binoculars as well. Good clear views - just poor pics ;-) | Had about an hour till the clouds came up at 10pm BST. Sky still light and making for poor pics (that's one excuse, anyway) |
Bresser Skylux + 20 mm eyepiece and Capilo RR730
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| Had only the 20 mm eyepiece up with me but used the zoom on the Caplio. Hercules and Atlas | Crisium - views through 'scope much clearer. First look through a telescope since May | South highlands with rabbit eared Janssen visible | Attempted some stacked videos with the Capilo but the light was bright and the results fuzzy |
6th July 2008 - 4 day moon
On the 6th July look in the West just after sunset and see if the young crescent moon, Mars and Saturn are visible ... Here the cloud was closing in - and the rain returned. Brief glimpse of crescent to right of inset - no chance of viewing Mars or Saturn tonight!! |
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Lunation 1057: 3 June - 2 July 2008
Midnight Sun and Summer Solstice at North Cape Norway 2008
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7th June 2008
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Lunation 1056: 5 May 2008 - 3 June 2008
28th May 2008 - Nottingham!
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Space Weather News for May 28, 2008 http://spaceweather.com THE DESCENT OF PHOENIX: When NASA's Phoenix probe parachuted to Mars last Sunday, a pair of other spacecraft were orbiting high overhead, watching and listening. While NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped some jaw-dropping photos of Phoenix's plunge to the surface, Europe's Mars Express orbiter recorded Phoenix's radio transmissions. .
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Been away - but here's a Cosmic Sand Mandala representing the universe! See Buddhanet for details |
The Vajrasattva Sand Mandala made at Nottingham May 2008 | ... The eerie-sounding tones have just been beamed back to Earth and you can listen to them by following the links at today's edition of http://spaceweather.com |
12th May 2008 - 8 day Moon
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7th May 2008 - 21:05BST - 2 day Moon
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From: Space Weather News for May 7, 2008 http://spaceweather.com NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS: On May 5th, experienced sky watchers in Northern Ireland were surprised by a sudden apparition of electric-blue noctilucent clouds (NLCs). This marks an unusually early beginning to the 2008 NLC season and may herald a spectacular summer of high-latitude "night shining" clouds. NLCs first appeared in the 19th century mainly around Earth's poles. Since then, for reasons unknown, they have increased in number and range, with sightings in recent years as far south as Utah and Colorado. Visit http://spaceweather.com to see the first photos of 2008 and to learn what to look for in case NLCs visit your part of the world in the nights ahead. |
| 2 day moon - SE craters clear. Moon ~Az 283 Alt 14 further - lagging behind the sun | Sky bright and blue - Mercury (~290 Az 14 Alt) still out of sight near centre right tree | Seen the NLCs anyone? |
6th May 2008 - 21:05BST - Moon 1 day 13 hours old
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| Sky bright, setting 1 day 13 hr Moon, Az 255 Alt 13 Try Norbert's for a real close up: Link |
Mercury nearby (Graphic from Starry Night s/ware) | No sign of Mercury, moon heading for trees where else :-) But thankfully Pete Lawrence could find it Link |
Lunation 1055: 6th April - 4 May 2008 (clouds go away!!)
2nd May 2008
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30th April 2008 23 day moon
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| The moon drops behind Jupiter and rises later | but moves higher now in the sky |
29th April - 22 day Moon
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| As the skies lighten in the east, Deneb was still bright overhead and Jupiter is glowed low in the south | The 22 day moon starts to rise over the trees and rooftops in the SE |
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21st April - 16 day
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16th, 17th 20th April
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15th April 2008 - 10 day moon
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| A few tatty pics - lot of shimmering | Was looking at area between Copernicus | and Bullialdus. But thin cloud kept bubbling over |
14th April 2008 - 9 day moon
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| Skies promising at sunset | Moon clear in late afternoon | Libration showing eastern seas |
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| Concentrated on area south of Eratsothenes | Dark Lava ... |
10th - 11th, 13th April 2008 - 5 & 6, 8 day moon
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9th April 2008 - 4 day moon
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Tues evening - 8th April 2008 - if the sky is clear ... (and it was!)
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| In the West after sunset, the young moon is near the Pleiades. Graphic from Starry Night software - very useful program | And the actual objects - in a clear sky!! Hope you managed to see them. More later |
7th April 2008 - 1 day old
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| Caught in clear sky -20:15 BST Az ~278 Alt ~ 8 |
Sun still setting some heavy cloud after the sleet, moon can be seen in its favourite place - in the trees! | In the poplars in the West at sunset |
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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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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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 |
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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 ... |
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9th March 2008 - 2 day moon
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| Storms and gales near sundown - thin crescent was in there!! | Later, the skies cleared - moon and earthshine visible |
Lunation 1053 - 7th Feb - 7th March 2008
7th March 2008
Here's a selection of this month's moons - as a new session starts over again
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day moon will be getting ready to set, followed closely by the sun. The moon
will be NEW in about 10 minutes time ... at 17:15 UT - just as I put it up on the web! Well - so my software says ;-) To check out some free software see my old web page - Links page |
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4th March 2008
I've not seen the Moon for a few days so here's a shot from: NASA Science News for March 3, 2008
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29th Feb 2008
| NASA Science News for February 29, 2008 New high-resolution radar maps of the Moon's south pole reveal a fantastic land with peaks as high as Mt. McKinley and crater floors four times deeper than the Grand Canyon. NASA has used the data to create a dramatic VR movie of a moon landing from the point of view of an astronaut. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/29feb_radarmoon.htm?list110882 |
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the Moon February 29, 2008: NASA has obtained new high-resolution radar maps of the Moon's south pole--a region the space agency is considering as a landing site when astronauts return to the Moon in the years ahead. "We now know the south pole has peaks as high as Mt. McKinley and crater floors four times deeper than the Grand Canyon," says Doug Cooke, deputy associate administrator for the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters. "These data will be an invaluable tool for advance planning of lunar missions." See a video - follow link above
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26/27th Feb 2008 - 20 Day Moon
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24th Feb 2008
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22nd Feb 2008 - 16 day Moon
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| No scopes out tonight - Lumix on zoom | Thin drifting cloud: 22:00 UT ~ Az 120 ~Alt 19 |
21st Feb 2008 - 15 day Moon
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| Misty moisty moon in the clouds and trees | Getting lower again now ~ Az 108, Alt 19 20:40 UT |
20th/21st Feb 2008 - Eclipse????
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ECLIPSE WEBCAST
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19th Feb 2008 - 13 day moon
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| Dark Grimaldi on the edge (Celestron+Ricoh) | Bright Sirsalsi shines in the moon morning | Filled Wargentin waking up |
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18th Feb 2008 - 12 day moon
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| The Aristarchus complex - Lumix via Celestron | To the west of dimmed Gassendi is Number 44 of Charles Wood's Lunar 100 (see Moon Watching page on side Index) Ricoh video |
17th Feb 2008 - 10/11 day moon
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| Another clear sky!!!! | Early peep at moon with Bresser | Sinus Iridum | and Schiller - stacked videos - varied o/p |
16th Feb 2008 - 9/10 day moon
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14th Feb 2008 - 7/8 day moon
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| North | air not as steady, some thin clouds also | South ( Ricoh via TAL-1 ) |
13th Feb 2008 - 6 day moon
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| Terminator - quick merge of 4 pics (Ricoh via Celestron) |
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12th Feb 2008 - 5 day moon
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| From Burg in the North | down to Posidonius | then the Theophilus trio | Rheita and Janssen | ending with Vlacq |
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11th Feb 2008 - 4 day moon
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| Spot the 4 day Moon amongst cloud trails | At last a clear sky and a moon within telescope distance of the Backyard |
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4 day Moon Snippets from the terminator - small stacked videos (Ricoh via Celestron) Left hand column, starts with Hercules and Atlas, moves down through the Montes Taurus, down to Cleomedes and then Proclus on the Mare Crisium Need an Atlas? see the free Virtual Moon Atlas software or check out the books pages on my Original Backyard Moon site |
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Top in middle column are the dark seas below Mare Crisium - Undarum, Spumans and Sinus Successus where the Luna 20 got rock samples. Below is part of the Mare Fecunditatis with the 2 Messier craters with white ejected rock showing on the dark lava of the Mare. |  |
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9th Feb 2008 - 2 day 15 hours - planets later ...
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| Saturn later, Celestron and Lumix | Mars - misty, no features - high in the South |
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| Much clearer sky - lovely 2 day Moon | Just starting to see the huge craters Geminus and Cleomedes on the terminator in the NE |
8th Feb 2008 - 1 day 14 hours - and later, Mars
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| 16:00 UT - not looking good (for moons!) | Found it later, hiding in the cloud | Hid again - 17:40 UT! |
| Well - another new moon, another session of looking
skywards, and another cloudy start to the day. Not quite lost hope but after only
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| Meanwhile ... for those wanting a closer look at our Moon
(and a longer look at us), here's a pic from JAXA, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency For more photos follow the link and to follow the SELENE mission news click here Try the videos for flying over the moon's surface ... |
Lunation 1052 - 8th Jan - 6th Feb 2008
1st Feb 2008 - after the gales and snow - Saturn
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30th Jan 2008 - morning moon
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29th Jan 2008 - NEO???? Asteroid? What asteroid?????
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| Never saw the moon let alone an asteroid at about the same distance. Couldn't even see the SUN at the time of the NEO closest passing!!!! | Graphic from NASA page on Near Earth Objects, click for more details on what might have been and what may be coming .. |
27/28th Jan 2008 - 20 day moon ... through clouds again!
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26th Jan 2008 - 19 day moon - just about ...
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25th Jan 2008 - 18 day moon (eventually)
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| Fighting the cloud banks - Mars appeared but not managed the Moon yet!! (Celestron + Lumix) | Caught it later in a break in the clouds ... Lumix . One of those evenings when the cloud didn't settle - just gave you occasional clear sky till the moon rose from the trees then dashed in to cover it till you packed up |
24th Jan 2008 - 17 Day moon
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22nd Jan 2008
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21st Jan 2008 - 14 Day moon
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17th Jan 2008 - 9 Day moon!!!!
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| Wow - a moon in a blue sky! Not managed to see one for some time .... Lumix pic | Even then the clouds were hovering - they came rushing over as I went rushing to drag the Tal-1 out |
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| Sure enough - thin clouds at first fuzzing the view of Plato in the North | Cleared slightly for the pic of Mare Crisium in the East | But thickened as I tried to remember the craters in the South. Rain soon came ... |
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