Astrophotography

C/2012 S1 – Comet ISON

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Mystic Sunset

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November 22 2013

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Luna

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11-day waxing gibbous, DSLR with Celestron 8SE, UT 1738 Jan 12 2014

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Jupiter and the Galileans

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Mighty Jupiter and its four major satellites, first documented by Galileo in 1610. From top: Callisto, Europa, Io and Ganymede. Dec 19 2013, UT 2354

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C/2013 R1 – Comet Lovejoy

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Above: Nov 19 2013, 0205h; below: 0440h;  the comet’s rapid velocity against the background stars is apparent

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Venus setting

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Nov 12 2013

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Wide Angle Panorama, Mar 5 2014

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Jupiter – the King

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Dec 2013, 395 million miles distant. Raw image

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Lunar Close-up

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Western Hemisphere of the Moon, including craters Plato (1), Aristarchus (2), Copernicus (3) and Kepler (4); also Sinus Iridum (5) and Mare Imbrium (6). Jan 2014

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Betelgeuse, Orion

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Mar 2014

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Crescent Venus

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The 13%-illuminated Venusian crescent, 20 days prior to inferior conjunction, 1642 UT Dec 22 2013

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Mercury, Jan 28 2014

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DSLR, left; 8″ SCT, right

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