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Backyard Mn
Lunation 1030 - March 29th 2006 to 26th April 2006
Put more on Solar Eclipse on Sun page ... Finally added an Index !!!! see top
23rd April 2006
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| Shaky photo of central stars in Beehive cluster | Diagram from Starry Night software |
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| Saturn - stacked from video | Saturn - still (well, wobbly) photo |
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| Merged pics - can see the joins - sky looks clear though ... |
but
lessening ...
20th April 2006 - sun going down
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no
viewing yet
Easter Sunday - 16th April 2006
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| Sun going down north of west around 20:30 BST (2 photos merged) | Less dramatic is the view in the darkening east come south east |
14th April 2006 15 day hint at 21:00 UT low in SE
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| Just a hint of moon. Not able to view later |
13th April - 14 day 21 hr moon
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| Nearly 9pm BST - sun going down... | Moon coming up ... | me - menieres - off to bed! |
12th April 2006 - 14 day moon
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| Ah well, can't win 'em all!! |
11th April 2006 - 13 day moon
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| Early photo 19:16UT as the clouds threatened from the west | Shimmery - not good for photos but Pythagoras stood out though the glories of the Mare Imbrium were flattened | Not a lot to be spotted through the high floating cloud but Aristarchus was still bright, the Kepler rays shone. On the photo the bright swirl of Reiner Gamma seems dim above the craters Cavalerius and Hevelius |
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| Grimaldi loomed on the edge of the terminator | The crater Inghirami shows on the edge but couldn't find the valley - and the moon was dimming ... | Because the clouds had returned!! Rain started just as I dismantled the Tal. |
10th April 2006 - 12 day moon
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| Some of the main attractions in a small 'scope | Wish my photos could do them justice | Gassendi, domed floored Mersensius, mighty Schickard |
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| Amazing!! Clear skies and a moon again! | And later, Saturn | And in the south on the rim - Bailly |
9th April 2006 - 11 day moon
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| NW Imbrium | down to Kepler | on to Gassendi and Mare Humorum | strange shaped Schiller in SW |
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| Can't believe it - the moon again!! | Prinz crater |
8th April 2006 - 10 day moon
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| Clouds cleared - cold clear dark night! |
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| The ever beautiful Sinus Iridum | Down to Copernicus | On to the Mare Nubium | And south to Clavius |
7th April 2006 - 9 day moon
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| Grabbed an early evening look in case the ever present clouds return. Plato and Copernicus on view | Here are Clavius and young Tycho around
19:35 BST - then the clouds came back again.
So did the rain, hail, thunder and lightning!! |
6th April 2006 - 8 day moon
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| Unexpected - clouds and rain all day and early evening! |
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| Imbrium | Ptolemaeus | The straight wall |
5th April 2006 - evening - first quarter
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| Grew hazy around 19:30 UT | But earlier I got some cream and blue images | More to come for the last 3 days ... :-) |
5th April 2006 - morning!
from Spaceweather |
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5th April 2006
09:18 UT
Actual sunshine - stuck binocs in line with sun (carefully!) and put low-tech sun-spotting box to catch image. Cue clouds - but they soon went :-) Sunspot 865 showing in pics |
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4th April 2006 - 6 day moon
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| 6 day moon - more later | NE | SE |
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| and Saturn was there, too |
3rd April 2006 - 5 day moon
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| This was my favourite sight from the 5
day moon, still blue and cream in the sunlight - Posidonius with the
eastern edge of Mare Serenitatis ending with the white tops of the
mountains in the south near the last moon landing - Apollo 17
The photo doesn't do it justice! |
And this was a close second - no
apologies for yet another photo of Mare Nectar - the ridges of the Rupes
Altai were magnificent
More photos to come later ... |
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| Craters in the south |
Some stacked pics from videos
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| Hercules and Atlas | Proclus | Janssen | The southern 'horn' |
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| Got an hour's great viewing in after the hail and before the cloud's return - more to come later |
1st April 2006 - 3 day moon
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| Hail, rain, cloud | Brief clear bits - spot crescent | Here she is!! |
Cloud ... rain ...
29th March 2006 - new moon crosses in front of the sun for partial eclipse
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| Testing Tal projection - sunspot showing | First nibble at top left 0954UT by my camera! | 0958UT - guess what!! |
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| 10:13UT - sun back again for the Tal screen | Last from Tal screen 10:29UT - cloud returned | Managed camera video through BAA Solar Viewer 10:34 UT |
| Partial Eclipse from Greater Manchester
29th March 2006 |
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| projection through Tal 10:13 UT
might put more from other locations on solar page later |
Partial (from UK) Solar eclipse on March 29th - Wednesday morning
Weather forecast looking more hopeful - check out SPA solar pages for tips
| 27th: Weather forecast not looking
good. Will hopefully have the Tal on standby to see if I can
project any image of the 17% bite out of the sun and the BAA Solar
Viewer for quick peeks!
If you are having a look - take care - no looking through binoc/scope without the thick dark Baader Film over opening. See Solar page for details of Tal setup and previous solar eclipses If sky is clear the moon shadow should be seen for about 1 1/2 hrs between 1/4 to 11 and 1/4 past 12 British Summer Time Peter Grego is planning a live webcast (weather permitting) http://www.lunarobservers.com/ Some of the other live webcasts from BBC search in case of rain over UK eclipse.span.ch/Madrid/SolarEclipseMadridOctober3.htm www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2006/03/23_eclipse.shtml |