I’m truly honored to have been nominated for the “One Lovely Blog Award” by Kay of Kay-Kay’s Bird Club. It’ll be a great opportunity to honor some good folks whose blogs I appreciate, though I’ll admit I’ve hardly even had time to read my own lately! But keep watch for my own nominations. Speaking of [...]
Archive for the ‘Venus photos’ Category
Sun, Moon, and Venus on May 9 and 10, 2012, with bonus gregarious goslings and darling ducklings
Posted in Astronomy, Astrophotography, Birds, Community Education, G. K. Chesterton, LG VX8360 cell phone camera, Moon photos, Sun photos, Venus photos, Venus Transit 2012, Visual phenomena, Wildlife, tagged Ducklings, G. K. Chesterton, Goslings, Moon, Sun, Venus, Venus Transit on May 10, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Venus on 5-3-12; One Month Until the Venus Transit! Bonus Moon from 4-29/30-12
Posted in Astronomy, Astrophotography, LG VX8360 cell phone camera, Moon photos, Venus photos, Venus Transit 2012, tagged Moon, Venus, Venus Transit 2012 on May 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
As of May 4, 2012, the upcoming Venus Transit of June 5/6, 2012 is T-Minus 32 days away, and counting. If you’re expecting to be near my spot on the Earth’s surface that day, please consider joining us for my community education class! 12:41 PM CDT May 3, 2012 (17:41 UT) Angular diameter 39.11 arc [...]
Venus Transit Countdown as of April 22/23, 2012
Posted in Astronomy, Astrophotography, Community Education, LG VX8360 cell phone camera, Venus photos, Venus Transit 2012, tagged Venus, Venus Photos, Venus Transit on April 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
As of April 22, 2012, the upcoming Venus Transit of June 5/6, 2012 is T-Minus 43 days away, and counting. I’m leading a community education class on the occasion, so if you’re going to be anywhere near Alexandria, Minnesota, USA that day, please join us! But if not, I hope the view is clear wherever [...]
Venus, Jupiter, Moon, March 23/24/25, 2012
Posted in Astronomy, Astrophotography, Jupiter photos, LG VX8360 cell phone camera, Moon photos, Pets, Venus photos, Venus Transit 2012 on March 24, 2012 | 2 Comments »
It’s been over a month. Yes, I still live on this planet, and I’m briefly breaking my hiatus or “holding pattern” just because this has been such a lovely evening to view the skies. Below: Venus, Jupiter, and the Moon in the western sky at 8:21 PM, March 24, 2012: Above: The thinnest crescent Moon [...]
Holding Pattern, Part Two: Setting Moon February 9, 2012; Venus Transit T-Minus 117 Days
Posted in Astronomy, Astrophotography, LG VX8360 cell phone camera, Moon photos, Venus photos, Venus Transit 2012 on February 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I said yesterday that I would be taking a break for a few weeks, but first I wanted to share two more things. First, the majestic waning gibbous Moon, just past full, close to setting this morning: 7:31 AM CST 2-9-12 (13:31 UT), 60mm refractor telescope and 25mm eyepiece. Click for larger view. Second, a [...]
The Moon just past Full, January 9 and 10, 2012; Venus in fading twilight
Posted in Astronomy, Astrophotography, LG VX8360 cell phone camera, Moon photos, Venus photos, Venus Transit 2012 on January 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The moment of greatest Full phase occurred at 7:30 UT 1-9-12. Here’s the Moon four hours and 42 minutes after that: Above: 6:12 AM CST 1-9-12 (12:12 UT). Below: 5:41 AM CST 1-10-12 (11:41 UT). Both with 8″ reflector telescope and 25mm eyepiece. Above: A closeup of the east central portion of the Moon at [...]
Saturn, Venus, Moon January 7 and 8, 2012, with bonus Objectivism on 18 wheels
Posted in Astronomy, Astrophotography, LG VX8360 cell phone camera, Moon photos, Saturn photos, Venus photos, Venus Transit 2012 on January 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Above: 6:13 AM CST 1-8-12 (12:13 UT), 8″ reflector telescope, 25mm eyepiece, 2x Barlow (130x magnification, but I resized the photo to make it appear on the same scale as the photo below). At the time of this photo Saturn was 948,348,000 miles distant from Earth (1,471,500,000 km), with an angular diameter of 16.82 arc [...]
Venus Transit T-Minus 150 days
Posted in Astronomy, Astrophotography, LG VX8360 cell phone camera, Venus photos, Venus Transit 2012 on January 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
As of January 6, 2012, 150 151 days until the Transit of Venus (I forgot about Feb. 29th, probably made the same mistake on one or more earlier posts). Venus approacheth: 2:37 PM CST January 5, 2012 (20:37 UT) Angular diameter 13.19 arc seconds 81.6% illumination Distance from Earth 117,572,894 miles (189,215,232 km) 2:21 PM [...]
Saturn, Moon, Bird Nest ID, Duck & Goose Tracks, Venus pulls ahead of Jupiter in the “Christmas Star” Contest 12-18-11
Posted in Astronomy, Astrophotography, Birds, Christmas, Jupiter photos, LG VX8360 cell phone camera, Moon photos, Saturn photos, Venus photos, Venus Transit 2012 on December 18, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Above: Not my most impressive Saturn photo ever, but at least you can see that it’s there & its usual self. 7:13 AM CST 12-18-11 (13:13 UT). Below: Waning crescent Moon at 7:36 AM CST 12-18-11 (13:36 UT). Both with 8″ reflector telescope and 25mm eyepiece. I tried a few photos of Mercury and Mars [...]
Venus and Christmas Lights, Jupiter and Galilean Moons December 17, 2011
Posted in Astronomy, Astrophotography, Christmas, Jupiter photos, LG VX8360 cell phone camera, Venus photos, Venus Transit 2012 on December 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »
After a week of clouds (and wind, and a little rain, and a few snow flurries), the Solar System has come into view once again, hooray! Be sure to look up to the skies after sunset these days, as Jupiter and Venus are both trying to be the “Star of Bethlehem” for this Advent & [...]
