Archives for May 2005
Jupiter Revisited
Published on 30 May 2005 at 7:52 pm.
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Since the seeing has been so poor lately and the moon is not rising until after midnight, I thought I’d fool a little with re-processing some of my older images now that I’ve had a bit more experience with it.
Below is an image of Jupiter from my observation run with the Meade LPI on [...]
Sky and Telescope - Mars Polar Lander Found at Last?
Published on 23 May 2005 at 12:03 pm.
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What a bummer man. After a journey of millions and millions of miles, the engines cut off 130 feet too soon. I realize that the theory is old news but now it seems there may be visual confirmation. Mars Polar Lander Found at Last?
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Twilight Moon
Published on 13 May 2005 at 12:13 am.
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I went out this evening at dusk to fool with the ScopeTronix 40mm eyepiece. The Moon was waxing crescent about 4.4 days old. I went out at early dusk because it was due to set at 12:29 AM and was already into the west — about 40° above the horizon. I took some shots in [...]
“There’s a little black spot on the Sun today…”
Published on 11 May 2005 at 7:18 pm.
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A few actually…
Took the scope out this afternoon to try out the new ScopeTronix 40mm Plössl. I was excited to get it as up until now I have been unable to image the entire disk of the Sun or Moon in a single frame. FINALLY! Again, a difficult focus but at least [...]
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Atmospheric Prismatic Dispersion
Published on 7 May 2005 at 12:03 pm.
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After looking more critically at the D460 image I took of Jupiter last night I noticed the red and blue “fringes” on the planet. I discovered this is a phenomenon known as Atmospheric Prismatic Dispersion. I don’t see it in any of the webcam images so it could possible be something about the optical coupling [...]
