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Original site (see also part 2 at new site)
General Background and Equipment
Homepage. News of pages added. News of imminent astrological happenings. Link to SPA. Today's Phase of the Moon etc. |
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| Photograph of Tal, Bresser, accessories etc. | |
| Me and the back yard ... | not a lot :-) |
| Viewing restrictions of location | Reassuring pics for those who think the sky measures 6m by 6m in their area only... |
Observing Log
Photographs, Sketches, Notes by Lunation - month by month as available
(photos not highly processed, more interested in them as a reminder of what was observed etc.)
| Latest Photographs and Log
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Photos, records etc. from latest lunations -
the most visited page of the sites Now on New Website www.backyardmoon.co.uk/ from July 2006 due to webspace limitations |
| Original Log - now frozen | Page frozen at may 2006 - for recent log see above |
| Archives till May 2006 (original site) | Links to earlier lunations |
| Lunation 1018 April/May 2005 | Photo records from April 12th - April 24th 2005 Day 3 to Day 15 including Low Moons |
| Lunation 1019 May/June 2005 | 2day, 3 day ground shots 4 day daytime, 5 day Jannsen, 6 day Theophilus |
| Lunation 1020 June/July 2005 | 2,3,4 day ground shots, 5 day daytime - Proclus, Rupes
Altai, 7 day Cassini, Nectar, 8/9 day daytime with Jupiter 11,12,13 day low, 14day Summer Solstice, 15 day Moon Illusion 20 day sketch, 21 day ground shots, 23 day daytime - Byrgius A |
| Lunation 1021 July/August 2005 | Day 4, Daytime Day 5 - Stevinus A, Furnerius A, Day 6
Day 17 Anaxagoras - binocs, 27 day moon |
| Lunation 1022 August/Sept 2005
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4 day, 5day daytime moons Full moon, Days 16.18,20,21,23,24,26 - Olbers A |
| 1023/4/5/6/7/8.htm up to 1032 on Archive From 1032 onwards - see new site |
Ongoing - all will be linked through Archives page till space runs out then will continue on www.backyardmoon.co.uk/ |
| Total Lunar Eclipse - March 3rd 2007 | On new site Backyard Moon -part 2 - follow side index |
| LPOD - Lunar Photo of the Day - March 31st 2007 | On new site Backyard Moon -part 2 - follow top index |
More detailed look at the Moon
| Areas of the Moon | Starter page and overview for a look at the different quarters of the Moon - gradually building up with more photos and information in each of the 4 sections (see below) |
| North East | Photos and information about the NE quarter |
| North West | Photos and information about the NW quarter |
| South East | Photos and information about the SE quarter |
| South West | Photos and information about the SW quarter |
| Different phases of the Moon | Starter page for a look at the different phases of the moon; Early moon, middle moons, full moons and later moons ... |
| Photos of early moons | Moons from Day 1 - 4, mainly just camera/camera zoom but occasional Tal |
| Full moons | Start of a collection of photos of Full moons ... |
| Low moons | Ranting page done when battling to get sightings of the moon when very low ... some strange photos of the moon |
Other general Astronomical pages
Some simple photos of the planets; software useful to planet watchers; sometimes news concerning planets - and other miscellaneous astronomical items |
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| The Sun | Using the solar screen which comes with the Tal; sunspots; eclipses of 1999 and 2006; links to Sun pages on web |
| Transit of Venus | Record of the Transit of Venus from the back yard - shows use of Tal and of binoculars |
| Sketches | Some simple sketches; links to better ones; links to 'how-to-draw-the-moon' type pages |
| Clouds | Don't you just love clouds? Photos and weather/information links |
Links to other pages, Books, News, Software, Model-making, Astrophotography etc
| Books, Software, Atlases,
Courses, Societies ...
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This page has links to Books to read (some free), Software (mostly free), Courses to try, Societies to join, Atlases available on the Net etc. |
| Graphs, Tables, Ephemeris,
Librations, News
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Various Ephemeris - height of Moon in sky, Libration, Dates etc., |
| Things to Do page - Photography software links, paper models etc.
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This is the page for those cloudy/rainy days when you are bored ... very bored. Has links to software for improving your photos, Paper Models of space ships to make, Globes to construct, Links to DIY telescope making (both in paper and for real) |