Reports of yesterday’s solar eclipse are coming in from all over: From Journey To the Stars in the Philippines: Crescent Sun At Sunrise From SpaceWeather.com: Fantastic Eclipse From Sky and Telescope: May 20th’s Solar Eclipse From soulblindministry in Arizona: My Solar Eclipse Video And here’s my report: The sky was perfect for our party of [...]
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Views of the May 20, 2012 solar eclipse from our party in Alexandria, Minnesota, USA
Posted in 2012 solar eclipse, Astronomy, Astrophotography, Birds, Community Education, LG VX8360 cell phone camera, Moon photos, Sun photos, Venus Transit 2012, tagged astronomy parties, May 2012 solar eclipse on May 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Helpful tips for solar observation
Posted in Astronomy, Dead Sea Scrolls, Sun photos, Venus Transit 2012, tagged safe solar observation, Solar halo on May 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Safely View the Upcoming Eclipse and Transit. I’ll soon post a few of my own modest sunspot photos, not to mention another Venus update (and yes, ducklings and goslings too, and maybe the blue heron that has returned to the neighborhood). In the meantime, here’s another nice halo around the Sun from 11:55 AM Sunday, [...]
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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
