My Hunt for Pluto!
I wanted to confirm my finding as best as I could, so I started hunting for noticeable star patterns in the area of HIP 94372.
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Computer Looking Up
Astronomy, and Computer Technology
Telescope
Easy Target
The biggest hurdle for me yesterday was dealing with mostly cloudy skies.
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Saturn in July 2017
I had great difficulty locating Saturn that night and it was almost 20 minutes before I locked on.
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First Saturn of 2017
It will be a challenge to get the ISO and exposures right, since Saturn is fainter than Jupiter.
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Merging the Telescope World with the Real World
The important aspect of this picture is that it captures all of Jupiter’s Galilean moons.
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Moon Closeup on May 7th
I was surprised and a little alarmed at how the sky was brightened.
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Where Have All the Sunspots Gone?
If you can see any more sunspots, then I applaud your observation skills.
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Great Red Spot Makes a Cameo
I need to align the camera’s orientation such that Jupiter moves through the field view at a plane horizontal to the camera.
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First Jupiter of 2017
After a week of rain and more rain, a partly cloudy sky offered a great chance to get one of my telescopes out.
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Finding Mercury in the Sky
Would this finally be the night I see Mercury? I had been searching for Mercury on and off for seven months.
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