January 31, 2012
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The blog now has it's own Google+ account, as part of the general upgrading and dealing with even more accounts to update!
Southern Skies in February
So, what to look forward to this month?
Straight up early in the month, the moon is full on the 8th, which unfortunately coincides with the peak night of the Centaurids meteor shower.
The moon then proceeds to last quarter on the 15th and is new again on the 22nd.
Early in the month, Both Jupiter and Venus will be visible in the west, during the early part of the evening. With Saturn and Mars rising later in the evenings, towards midnight. These planets will continue their dance around the skies this month.
Orion is very visible this month, so some awesome M42 opportunities will be able to be had, 1200mm is thinking of a stack for that one, through the scope on AstroCam 2 :)
The Seven Sisters (Pleiades/Matariki) is also hanging around and is stunning even through a small pair of binoculars.
The 1200mm crew is planning our first star party of 2012 on February 8 to attempt to pierce the full moon's glare and see some Centaurids from the meteor shower.
And finally, there's another small meteor shower (Gamma Normids) starting up on the 25th of February, that will peak in March.
Straight up early in the month, the moon is full on the 8th, which unfortunately coincides with the peak night of the Centaurids meteor shower.
The moon then proceeds to last quarter on the 15th and is new again on the 22nd.
Early in the month, Both Jupiter and Venus will be visible in the west, during the early part of the evening. With Saturn and Mars rising later in the evenings, towards midnight. These planets will continue their dance around the skies this month.
Orion is very visible this month, so some awesome M42 opportunities will be able to be had, 1200mm is thinking of a stack for that one, through the scope on AstroCam 2 :)
The Seven Sisters (Pleiades/Matariki) is also hanging around and is stunning even through a small pair of binoculars.
The 1200mm crew is planning our first star party of 2012 on February 8 to attempt to pierce the full moon's glare and see some Centaurids from the meteor shower.
And finally, there's another small meteor shower (Gamma Normids) starting up on the 25th of February, that will peak in March.
Clouds and Skies
Well last night rolled around, and after a very nice time just quietly stargazing with Jacqui, I charged up the gear and headed out to the Satellite Station road with The Hulses. The more feminine part of the two had just taken delivery of a new Canon 5d mkII and wanted to give it a good hard testing, so I was only too happy to show them one of my favorite spots for Star shots.
January 26, 2012
January 25, 2012
Star Party!
Ok, so looking to organise a little something for the Centaurids this year!
Facebook Event up here:
If you're not invited and would like to come along, email me :D
Facebook Event up here:
If you're not invited and would like to come along, email me :D
January 24, 2012
January 23, 2012
January 17, 2012
The Stars in the Cold Night
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| Image via Wikipedia |
Capt. Scott was one of my heros growing up, and although this post isn't about stars or anything, I just wanted to salute the man's achievement.
On their return journey, Scott and his four comrades all perished from a combination of exhaustion, starvation and extreme cold.
January 15, 2012
Astronomy Illustrations of the 1800s
Pop over to Retronaut for the goodness. Is as awesome as pirate monkeys!
Went out for a timelapse last night as it was clear(ish), lens promptly fogged up - my fault for not following my own procedures ... give that man a cone. Will see what i can salvage and post.
Also, for a tickle. Here's what happens to a Flickr account when The Bad Astronomer notices you :)
Click to visit the aforementioned Flickr account, the shot he noticed was here. Of course I did tell him about it :D
Went out for a timelapse last night as it was clear(ish), lens promptly fogged up - my fault for not following my own procedures ... give that man a cone. Will see what i can salvage and post.
Also, for a tickle. Here's what happens to a Flickr account when The Bad Astronomer notices you :)
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