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Astronomy @ Home
http://astronomy.hiddeninfluences.com
This is the blog of an amateur astronomer, covering the entire learning curve from setting up the telescope to buying extra gadgets, getting to know the sky at night, identifying planets and taking pictures of what the telescope can see.
- Added on: Aug 31st, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
Recent Posts
Coursework arrived
My coursework arrived today for Introducing Astronomy through the OU - very excited! It’s going to be a BIG learning curve and looks like it’s going to take a fair amount of brainpower … but I think I’m going to really enjoy...
Moonrise & Moonset times, Edinburgh
1 Nov 2009 - Rise: 15:26, Set: 05:48 (99.0%) 2 Nov 2009 - Rise: 15:42, Set: 07:14 (Full at 19:14) 3 Nov 2009 - Rise: 16:05, Set: 08:42 (99.8%) 4 Nov 2009 - Rise: 16:40, Set: 10:08 (98.0%) 5 Nov 2009 - Rise: 17:34, Set: 11:21 (93.4%) 6 Nov 2009 - Rise...
The moon
I took these photos a couple of nights ago (30th September) with the digital camera - my first attempt at the moon with the Canon! Although they’re not amazing pictures in terms of sharpness etc., I’m quite pleased with them as a first ...
Moonrise & Moonset Times, Edinburgh
30 Sep 2009 - Rise: 17:30, Set: 02:38 1 Oct 2009 - Rise: 17:39, Set: 03:54 2 Oct 2009 - Rise: 17:47, Set: 05:10 3 Oct 2009 - Rise: 17:56, Set: 06:28 4 Oct 2009 - Rise: 18:06, Set: 07:48 5 Oct 2009 - Rise: 18:19, Set: 09:12 6 Oct 2009 - Rise: 18:37, S...
Moonrise & Moonset Times (Edinburgh) 23.09 - 29.09
23 Sep Rise: 13:43, Set: 20:11 (26.3% illuminated) 24 Sep Rise: 14:51, Set: 20:51 (35.8% illuminated) 25 Sep Rise: 15:44, Set: 21:45 (45.7% illuminated) 26 Sep Rise: 16:22, Set: 22:52 (55.6% illluminated) 27 Sep Rise: 16:48, Set: ? (65.1% illumina...
Tried Jupiter again …
… but it didn’t go well! I took a few shots with the 2x barlow but when I checked them on the PC, they were just like bright fuzzy blobs. Which has led me to the conclusion that I’m using too high an ISO setting on the camera an...
