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Home→Published 2013 → February

Monthly Archives: February 2013

The Moon 2013 February 19

Posted on February 27, 2013 by davidardittiFebruary 27, 2013
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I went a bit mad with imaging the Moon on this night, doing it with three different cameras and telescopes. So I did my usual whole Moon with the 80mm refractor, but I also made this redundant by taking a … Continue reading →

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The Moon 2013 January 25

Posted on February 24, 2013 by davidardittiFebruary 24, 2013
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Here’s today’s Moon portrait. 12.8 days, Schickard and Hevelius near the terminator. Some higher-res shots coming soon. (Click to enlarge) … Continue reading →

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The Moon 2013 January 22

Posted on February 22, 2013 by davidardittiFebruary 22, 2013
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Here’s another in my series of whole Moon portraits (or visible part of the Moon anyway) assembled from SkyNYX webcam images through 80mm f7.5. This is the Moon aged 10.1 days, the phase that gives the “sword-handle” view (as it … Continue reading →

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The Virgo Cluster with the C-11 Hyperstar

Posted on February 21, 2013 by davidardittiFebruary 21, 2013
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Having not imaged any galaxies for a long time, here are a whole lot of them, around M 84 and M 86 in the Virgo Cluster, taken 2013 February 17. I have labelled the 25 brightest ones, down to around … Continue reading →

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M5 with the 11-inch Hyperstar

Posted on February 16, 2013 by davidardittiFebruary 16, 2013
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Back to deep-sky imaging. I got the C-11 Hyperstar system working again, in part to try to image NEO 2012 DA14, but it was cloudy when that came over. I adjusted the system the previous night (the Hyperstar always takes … Continue reading →

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Jupiter 2012 December 01

Posted on February 2, 2013 by davidardittiFebruary 2, 2013
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Seeing was average for here and jumpy. A very similar view to that which I took on November 29, LRS-1 in the north and the merging barges in the NEB are the most prominent red features, plus there is a … Continue reading →

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