Archives for March 2006
Terragen Mars: Planum Boreum
Published on 8 Mar 2006 at 3:08 pm.
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Welcome to Terragen Mars: Planum Boreum — the second installment of some visual explorations I’m creating using Terragen for Mac OS X.
Planum Boreum (North Plain) is the name of the area at the north pole of Mars. At about 1,200 km across, the martian polar cap is cut by canyons and troughs that dive as [...]
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Moon Mar 6, 2006
Published on 7 Mar 2006 at 2:31 pm.
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Filed under Images, Observation Log.
I dragged all my accouterments out last night to image the Moon with the Meade Lunar Planetary Imager (LPI). I took about a dozen movies and got SQUAT. I was pretty disappointed needless to say. It wasn’t a total bust however and just before retiring for the evening I attached the Canon OES 300D and [...]
What’s Wrong With This Ad?
Published on 4 Mar 2006 at 5:21 pm.
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Filed under Thoughts & Ramblings.
OK, every month I get the Orion Telescopes catalog in the mail and think to myself “I really need to point this out…” but then I forget. NOT THIS TIME!! I tore it out to scan and post here but since they have the same thing in the online version I will just supply [...]
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Waxing Crescent March 2nd
Published on 4 Mar 2006 at 3:39 am.
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I managed to pull the scope out for a few minutes the other evening and snap a few shots with the Canon EOS 300D. I got one that came out fairly decent. Didn’t bother to align or plug in the clock drive. The Moon was approximately 10% illuminated.
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Terragen Mars: Valles Marineris
Published on 1 Mar 2006 at 3:49 am.
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Welcome to Terragen Mars: Valles Marineris — the first installment of some visual explorations using Terragen for Mac OS X I hope to continue are time permits. Now on with the show!
Valles Marineris is a vast canyon system that runs along the Martian equator just east of the Tharsis region. As the largest canyon in [...]
