In the photograph below, you can see the Cooke telescope pointing at Venus through the observatory hatch, captured in a one second long exposure.
The full Moon put in a showing, with this view as it rose on the eastern horizon.
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Thursday 8 March 2012
Thank you for coming!
It was a bit cloudy, but at least it wasn't too cold! We got to see a few things on our target list, including Venus, which showed as a perfect half-moon shape, Jupiter and some fine cloud belts and Mars, with a brilliant white polar cap showing clearly against the orange desert soils of that cold, arid world.
In the photograph below, you can see the Cooke telescope pointing at Venus through the observatory hatch, captured in a one second long exposure.
In the photograph below, you can see the Cooke telescope pointing at Venus through the observatory hatch, captured in a one second long exposure.
Full Moon
There is something really magnificent about the sight of the full Moon sailing up into the sky. For thousands of years people have responded to this dramatic spectacular in the arts, with music, paintings, poetry and even architecture relating to the phenomenon.
Here is a lovely picture taken this week by Verena Kummel, showing clearly the ancient (three billion years old) dark seas overlaid with more recent impact craters.
Can you name the seas? In this picture you can find; The Mare Crisium, Mare Frigoris, Mare Tranquillitatis, Mare Serenitatis, Mare Fecunditatis, Mare Humorum, Mare Vaporum, Mare Imbium, Oceanus Procellarum, Mare Nubium, and many more!
Here is a lovely picture taken this week by Verena Kummel, showing clearly the ancient (three billion years old) dark seas overlaid with more recent impact craters.
Can you name the seas? In this picture you can find; The Mare Crisium, Mare Frigoris, Mare Tranquillitatis, Mare Serenitatis, Mare Fecunditatis, Mare Humorum, Mare Vaporum, Mare Imbium, Oceanus Procellarum, Mare Nubium, and many more!
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