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The Closest of the Bright Objects

November 12, 2023 Paul 579 Views 0 Comments Moon, Venus

In all the years I have photographed the Moon and Venus together, this is likely the closest I have ever seen them in the sky.

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How I Fine Tune Focus on Jupiter

November 6, 2023 Paul 617 Views 0 Comments How To, Jupiter

I missed the actual Jupiter opposition by a few days, due to weather. But Saturday night had very clear skies, so I waited until near midnight to photograph the planet.

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2023 Perseid Meteor Shower: Seven Observed, One Captured via iPhone

August 13, 2023 Paul 1047 Views 0 Comments Constellations, Jupiter, Meteors

If there was a theme to my early morning observations this year, it was “space junk.” Effectively ideal conditions were soiled by the incessant amount of satellites that come and go from all directions. But I did observe meteors and captured at least one with my iPhone.

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Venus on March 27th, 2023

March 29, 2023 Paul 1086 Views 0 Comments Venus

It was finally time to photograph Venus once again, close up. Over the past several years I have posted Venus “cameos” where the planet was a dot in the sky, maybe next to the Moon, for example. But here, finally, I used my Mak-Cass to pinpoint on Venus and nothing else.

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Window of Opportunity — Mars Opposition 2022

December 10, 2022 Paul 780 Views 0 Comments Mars

The sky was still not ideal, with a Full Moon. And with Mars almost due above, I had difficulty manually nudging the telescope. The focus wasn’t quite right. Despite all this, one set of my Mars videos was passable.