From Canon to Cassini
A year in photographs
Westchester Amateur AstronomersSeptember 7, 2012
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Photos from Here and There
This time last year - you
Hurricane Irene GOES-13
This time last year – Carol and me
Denali, Alaska
Transit of Venus, filtered by clouds
Canon XS, 250mm telephoto lens, using LCD screen to avoid directly viewing the sun
Transit of Venus
60mm refractor with solar filter.Canon XS prime focus
How people find my blog: “What does Saturn look like through a telescope?”
Canon XS at prime focus - uncropped
“What does [planet] look like through my telescope?”
Venus Mars Saturn(size as seen through my telescope)
Canon XS at prime focus May 26- 27, 2012
Jupiter
Stop Light
Stop Light – with Jupiter and Venus
Mars rotationNot mine
Moon 8” dob
Tycho – ejecta
Moon Tools
TychoLunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
http://target.lroc.asu.edu/da/qmap
Using terrain data, plot elevations along paths you select
When you can’t see because the sun is in your eyes……
SOHO LASCO C3
http://sungrazer.nrl.navy.mil/index.php?p=transits/transits_2012
Sep02-Sep20 Mercury -1.8 mag right to left
Here
NASA Terra Satellite: 8/30/12 250m resolution
NASA Terra Satellite: 9/6/12 250m resolution
To There
Vesta (a minor planet)
Dawn spacecraft Hubble telescope
On to Ceres, ¡Hasta la Vesta!
Dawn spacecraft Hubble telescope
Next!
Hey, Mars: Incoming!Curiosity - Mars Science Laboratory
MSL’s Goal
Opportunity – 3056 sols – 35km
Over eight Earth years
Cassini at Saturn
Cassini Solstice Mission
<<<<<< Polar vortex – start of Titan’s South Polar Winter?
Rainbow Connection
What’s at the end of the rainbow?
Extras
Rock on Tycho’s Peak
Prime focus 60mm refractor