Still Looking at Saturn
The four sets I took of Saturn were not as good as many of my prior sessions, but one set was serviceable enough to post.
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The four sets I took of Saturn were not as good as many of my prior sessions, but one set was serviceable enough to post.
Read MoreI will continue to observe Jupiter, as it remains close to Saturn as they move towards their December conjunction.
Read MoreClear and cold on the final night of September, the Moon was incredibly bright, with strengthening Mars following just to the East.
Read MoreThe image above was the most spectacular, captured very early in the session.
Read MoreThis was the closest I’ve seen a planet to the Moon in the few years of this blog.
Read MoreI watched it and felt a sense of loss, that soon, this comet would never be seen by me or anyone else again for thousands of years.
Read MoreContinuing the series of images from this past Friday night were shots taken of Jupiter and Saturn.
Read MoreIts early crescent was already low when dark fully settled, trapped within my western treeline.
Read MoreI tried an observation only since the sky had some patches of openness towards the Northwest.
Read MoreOf all the views I have seen myself so far of Neowise, the simple view from the Dob has been my favorite.
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