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Planetary Photography 
December 10, 2022April 30, 2023

Window of Opportunity — Mars Opposition 2022

Posted By: Paul 202 Views 0 Comment Mars, Starlog

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.

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Planetary Photography 
November 26, 2022April 30, 2023

My First Mars of the 2022 Season

Posted By: Paul 238 Views 0 Comment Mars, Solar System, Starlog

The Mars opposition is days away, and though I have been watching the planet night and morning, this was may first take at it in over two years.

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Planetary Photography 
October 13, 2020April 29, 2023

Mars Opposition Eve

Posted By: Paul 102 Views 0 Comment Mars, Starlog

Preparation, prior session notes, favorable whether, and a little luck all contributed to what I believe is my best Mars capture yet.

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Planetary Photography 
October 10, 2020April 29, 2023

First Look at Mars in 2020

Posted By: Paul 97 Views 0 Comment Mars, Starlog

Consider this a trial run for Mars’s opposition next week.

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Lunar Photography 
August 9, 2020April 29, 2023

Early Riser, Moon and Mars, June 2020

Posted By: Paul 82 Views 0 Comment Mars, Moon, Starlog

This was the closest I’ve seen a planet to the Moon in the few years of this blog.

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Poetry 
August 3, 2019April 29, 2023

Forgotten Mars

Posted By: Paul 123 Views 0 Comment Mars

Mars may be gone for now, but it is not forgotten to me.

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Astronomy 
August 25, 2017April 29, 2023

What I am really waiting for over the next year…

Posted By: Paul 100 Views 0 Comment Mars

To have an opportunity to view a planet so near…well let’s just say it will be more spectacular than any eclipse!

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Planetary Photography 
March 30, 2017April 28, 2023

The Planet Hunter: Mercury and Mars!

Posted By: Paul 147 Views 0 Comment Mars, Mercury, Starlog

I have now learned how high Mercury can truly be.

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Planetary Photography 
March 11, 2017April 28, 2023

The Planet Hunter, Episode II: Uranus and Torcularis Septentrionalis

Posted By: Paul 143 Views 0 Comment Astronomy, Mars, Uranus

Last weekend I went on an extreme hunt (from the safety of my driveway) to find the normally-shy seventh planet, Uranus.

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Planetary Photography 
March 5, 2017April 28, 2023

The Planet Hunter: Uranus Edition

Posted By: Paul 150 Views 0 Comment Mars, Uranus

My explanation for how I tried to find the planet Uranus is the post-Dusk sky.

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