Re: The Outer Space thread

by Fangirl Three Mon 30 Mar 2020 - 21:29

What kind of telescope are you using?

by Zarniwoop Mon 30 Mar 2020 - 21:34

Fangirl Three wrote:What kind of telescope are you using?

Just an SLR with a 500ml Lens.

I do have a 5" Refractor a 12" Reflector and a Solar Telescope but the effort of setting up is beyond me at the moment.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon 30 Mar 2020 - 22:08

Zarniwoop wrote:Took a pic of some deeply shadowed Lunar Craters tonight.

It didn't have any craters until NASA started firing rockets at it. Colbert

That's what a scientist told me. Colbert

by Fangirl Three Tue 31 Mar 2020 - 8:30

Zarniwoop wrote:
Fangirl Three wrote:What kind of telescope are you using?

Just an SLR with a 500ml Lens.

I do have a 5" Refractor a 12" Reflector and a Solar Telescope but the effort of setting up is beyond me at the moment.

I have an 8" SCT. But similarly I don't feel like traipsing up and down the garden with it and the mount.

by Zarniwoop Tue 31 Mar 2020 - 21:12

Yes, I know this looks crap, but it is a pic of the International Space Station taken hand held with a cheapo 500ml lens...it was approx 300miles away at the time..the equivalent of taking a pic of a Bus in Cornwall from Colchester...you can just about make out the Solar Panels.

by Guest Tue 31 Mar 2020 - 21:23

by Zarniwoop Thu 2 Apr 2020 - 21:06

Venus will pass in front of the Pleiades over the next few nights.

It's clear out there now....have a look!

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/skills/see-venus-against-pleiades-star-cluster/

by Fangirl Three Thu 2 Apr 2020 - 21:20

Thanks, I've just been out for a look!

Venus isn't in front of them tonight, it's to the south of them, by about 1.5 times the distance between Maia and Electra I would guess.

by Zarniwoop Thu 2 Apr 2020 - 21:22

Yep, it will be much closer tomorrow.

by Fangirl Three Thu 2 Apr 2020 - 21:36

Though I see from the chart that it won't quite get into the central 'box'.

This sort of event is where binoculars come into their own yes

by Fangirl Three Fri 3 Apr 2020 - 21:30

High 'scallop' altocumulus preventing me from seeing tonight's closest approach.

by Zarniwoop Fri 3 Apr 2020 - 21:53

Yep...Typical, I actually had the enthusiasm to attach my camera to my telescope mount to give a few longer exposure photos a go...going to bed in a sulk now as I have to be up for work at 4 tomorrow.

by Fangirl Three Sat 4 Apr 2020 - 21:56

Fine seeing tonight - Venus pleasingly as far from Atlas as Atlas is from Alcyone.

Also the Moon was bracketed in between gamma, eta and alpha Leonis. (I couldn't actually see eta in the glare, but I saw it on yoursky when I checked later).

by Zarniwoop Sat 4 Apr 2020 - 22:00

Hang on....

by Zarniwoop Sat 4 Apr 2020 - 22:05

Here you go....

The Outer Space thread - Page 5 Venus210

The Outer Space thread - Page 5 Venus310

by Fangirl Three Sat 4 Apr 2020 - 22:11

Lovely stuff Z. And bearing out my statements about the Venus-Atlas-Alcyone distance.

I always think of the Pleiades as being like a shopping trolley.

by Nightjar Sat 4 Apr 2020 - 22:19

Overflowing with bog roll and spaghetti. oh no

by Zarniwoop Sat 4 Apr 2020 - 22:24

Nightjar wrote:Overflowing with bog roll and spaghetti.

Or in my case Wine and Chocolate....I have 2 weeks annual leave from work now..

by Zarniwoop Sun 5 Apr 2020 - 21:29

Thought I would have a go at Orion tonight, bright Moon is no help need to get my mount powered up for longer exposures.

The Outer Space thread - Page 5 Imgp4013

by Fangirl Three Sun 5 Apr 2020 - 22:34

That's a fine picture though I myself think Orion is more of a Nov/Dec object. These last few evenings Sirius has been flickering and winking through my SW facing front windows about 7.45pm BST, saying 'Are you sure you want to be indoors watching Survivors? Wouldn't you rather be outside gazing at me, the brightest star in the sky?'

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