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My sketch of the moon same lunar day as Galileo’s sketch
Image take at eyepiece of 70mm TV Ranger while sketching on 7/14/09 Galileo’s drawing of the third quarter moon was made on December 18, 1609 according to widely accepted dates calculated by lunar scientist Ewen Whitaker. He used the solar colongitude and [...] Galileo noted a fixt star (at left), now known to be Neptune on this sketch from December 28, 1612 Skymap Pro chart of Jupiter and Neptune (the square at left), December 28, 1612 My sketch of Neptune with Jupiter and the Galilean moons Galileo made the first recorded observation of Neptune in 1612 when Neptune [...] fourteen-day (full) moon The full moon rises as the sun sets on the 14th day of the lunar month. A small telescope, such as the 70mm f.8.7 Televue Ranger I’m using for this series of sketches is a perfect instrument for full moon viewing. So are binoculars. The moon is [...] Galileo’s Head of Orion cluster Jane’s Head of Orion cluster Astrophoto of Orion Head cluster by Morris Jones Map of the constellation Orion Galileo looked at the fuzzy patch surrounding the head of Orion through a telescope, and resolved many starts not previously known. He called it Nebulosa Orionis. Look between the shoulder stars Betelgeuse and [...] |
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