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The white area is greater Los Angeles. I observed from my driveway in Monrovia, indicated at the "red/white" border zone marked with cross-hairs My meteor watching setup – comfortable chair, blanket, clipboard, red flashlights, clock, binoculars, snacks The graph shows the ZHR (Zenithal Hourly Rate), which is the number of meteors an observer would [...] It was 23°F inside the observatory while we were observing the asteroid Asteroid 2005 YU55 sketched November 8, 2011 Asteroid 2005 YU55 wasn’t my first visual observation of an asteroid passing near Earth, but preparing to view it brought back some great memories of our first one, asteroid 2002 NY40, nearly ten years ago. Here’s a [...] Comet/2010 G2 (HILL) NGC7380 emission nebula and cluster The Great Galaxy in Andromeda, M31, with M32 and M110 nearby The Pegasus 1 galaxy cluster I love to take my telescope out to observe the sky, and I find that the objects studied or discovered by scientists (from the past or the present) make for an [...] Lunar Landing Site Chart – click for larger versions. Courtesy Lunar and Planetary Institute My photo of a three day moon. East is at the bottom. Mare Crisium is the egg-shaped feature on east limb. Here’s my photo of a five-six day moon, near first quarter. East is at bottom here too. The middle [...] My meteor shower first aid kit Waiting for moonset on Perseid night 2010, observing from Amboy Crater, CA Notice elevated rates from August 7th-15th, and a secondary peak on the 17th, and the 20th? Were you disappointed with the Perseids? Don’t feel bad, because most people in the US didn’t see very many this [...] The moon's summer and winter path, courtesy NASA's Starchild website The winter’s moon – a smiling crescent just after sunset Feb 5, 2011 (click to see moon upper center) Closeup of winter crescent moon The summer's "backwards C" crescent moon at sunset, late June 2007 (click to see moon in lower right) Closeup [...] Johann Bode's 1801 Uranographia, showing Quadrans Murales, Boötes and other constellations Boötes, Canes Venatici, Coma Berenices and Quadrans Muralis The Northeast sky Jan 4 at 1:00 a.m. PST. Look between Ursa Major and Minor, and the bright star Arcturus in Boötes for the location of Quadrans Muralis on the Boötes-Draco border Looking Northeast [...] Perseid Peak Aug 12-13 18h-7h UT My Perseid count Aug 13 06h-11h UT Sunset at Amboy Crater, with moon and Venus Amboy Crater by day For the past year I’ve been traveling to dark skies to observe and count meteors during the major showers. Armed with a clipboard and a comfy chair, I stare at [...] See the moon and planets low in the west August 12, courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech The view from Earth – the planetary lineup in orbital perspective courtesy NASA’s Solar System Simulator, courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech Mars and moon imaged same day with same equipment (in 2005) courtesy Jim Keen A trio of planets, without the moon August 7, [...] Size comparison of Mars (at closest and furthest approach) and the moon See Mars and the moon near one another in mid August 2010 marks the eighth annual return of 2003′s Mars In August email. The email always says something about Mars appearing as large as the moon, but there are annual variations to the [...] |
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