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Recycled

Wed Feb 24 2010, 02:17PM

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Hi guys,

For those interested, the moon will arrive at its second closest perigee of the year on Feb 27th. I saw it at its nearest in January and it was quite something. I never get tired of looking at it! Check out this helpful link for info: http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/moon_ap_per.html

Rich

The Tarot Guy

Fri Feb 26 2010, 08:33PM

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Hey, Rich!
Cool, thanks for posting this. A lot of us are skywatchers, and this is a nice page.
The winter moons are easier to enjoy around here because the trees lose their leaves and allow for it!
Peace,
Glenn & Adrienne

See you on the Other Side...

Recycled

Wed Mar 03 2010, 12:48PM

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It's also great to have somewhere with little or no light pollution. I live next to the seaside, and I like to go down there at night when there's next to nobody around. Actually, there's a somewhat precarious place I stand to look around, where one late evening some random guy once stopped to subtly try and 'talk me down' from jumping off! He couldn't understand that I was just there for the view, though he did eventually leave me alone.

Anyway, my photo of the perigee turned out to be pretty unremarkable and blown out - couldn't see any lunar detail. Size wise, there's no real point of reference or comparison, so I'll have to rethink how I'm going to do it next time. I may also borrow my sister's SLR (if she'll allow it!)

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=184329954&albumID=910984&imageID=47096030

If you don't already have it, I'd highly recommend an open source program called 'Stellarium'. It will show you what's in the sky at any time and from any place in the solar system. It's always interesting to see what the Earth looks like from the Moon, or even just what your own sky looks like... it beats going outside sometimes!

Bring on the warm weather!

Rich

Dragonfly

Wed Mar 03 2010, 07:13PM

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Pics i took with my telescope.

The pics were taken with my phone through the telescope not a scope camera

otherwise would be far better quality.

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Recycled

Wed Mar 03 2010, 09:40PM

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Nice! When did you take those? That's a pretty good result. Especially the first two. As you can see with my attempt, all the surface detail was lost - the camera I have has an auto-exposure feature that never works properly. Did you ever consider getting a scope adapter?

Dragonfly

Wed Mar 03 2010, 09:48PM

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21st sept 08

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Tue Apr 20 2010, 06:21PM

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Hey, guys! Thanks for posting these shots! I never tire of staring at the moon, esp. the November full moon, which - barring rain- always seems to be lose and huge and bright enough to light country roads!

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