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Solar System

Almost Full Moon (99%) April 2023

April 7, 2023 Paul 1323 Views 0 Comments Maksutov-Cassegrain, Moon, Smartphone, Telescope

Very clear skies this early morning offered a prime opportunity to observe and photograph a nearly Full Moon.

Solar System

Waxing Gibbous Moon 88%, April 2023

April 2, 2023 Paul 1282 Views 0 Comments Dobsonian, Moon, Smartphone, Telescope

Despite the colder temperatures and increasing wind, I used my homemade Dobsonian telescope tonight to photograph the Moon approaching Full.

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Venus on March 27th, 2023

March 29, 2023 Paul 1528 Views 0 Comments DSLR, Maksutov-Cassegrain, Telescope, 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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Moon in Late February, 2023

March 7, 2023 Paul 1048 Views 0 Comments Dobsonian, Moon, Smartphone, Telescope

I have not posted an image of the Moon since last year, for a variety of reasons, but here is a good one from this past cycle in late February 2023.

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Window of Opportunity — Mars Opposition 2022

December 10, 2022 Paul 1163 Views 0 Comments Dobsonian, DSLR, Mars, Telescope

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.