Monday, February 27, 2023

The (almost) First Quarter Moon








































This is actually a LARGE image so to explore the Moon:
First click on this photo to open it in another tab...
(it might take a few moments for the whole image to download... be patient!)

THEN "right click" on that photo and 

select "Open image in a new tab" 

Click on that new tab

Hover your mouse pointer over an area you want to explore

THEN click... and BOOM !!! 

You are hovering over the Moon! Use your mouse to move around !

You can click the image again and it will show you the full image again
then you can select another area by clicking your mouse over it.

P.S. My laptop shutdown due to low battery just when I was almost done
hence the missing piece! 

Friday, February 24, 2023

Hugh Solar Prominences !



Solar Prominences February 24, 2023 with a Coronado PST telescope

I was fighting with focus and glare due to high cirrus clouds but it came out OK.

More Solar Imaging... night imaging to come!

  Taken with a monochrome 5 megapixel camera on an 8" SCT Meade LX200GPS with a Baader solar filter and a 2X Barlow len.s Of these two ...