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Saturn, Mars, Regulus, Lunar Gathering and Moondust Telescopes
Blackholes and astrostuff | July 10th 2008 by Bob Johnson
Saturn, Mars, Regulus and Moon Saturday July 5, 2008Saturday July 5 just after Sunset there was a real pretty celestial gathering of Saturn, Mars, Regulus and the Moon and almost all read more
The Moon's Occultation of the Pleiades
Blackholes and astrostuff | July 1st 2008 by Bob Johnson
Lunar Occultation of the Pleaides June 30, 2008Mentioning the word conjunction to me gets me excited, mention the word occultation and I read more
Occultations, Conjunctions and Phoenix Lander
Blackholes and astrostuff | June 27th 2008 by Bob Johnson
Took some images of the gathering of Saturn, Regulus and Mars, Mars will continue drawing closer to Saturn till July 10 when it will start to pull away. If you are interested there will be another very cool conjunction this coming June 30, mind you read more
Celestial Gatherings
The Society of Midnight Wanderers | June 14th 2008 by The Society of Midnight Wanderers
Mars, Lunar Conjunction, December 23, 2007Kill me now, I think I have a frame hangover. I found this new software program that puts frames around your images, it's a lot of fun, but I have a tendency to overuse and go crazy with new stuff I find, sp read more
Moon, Saturn and Regulus Conjunction
Blackholes and astrostuff | June 10th 2008 by Bob Johnson
Conjunctions are our friends. Got some cool shots of the Moon, Saturn and Regulus conjunction Sunday June 8th. about an hour after Sunset. The image above shows Saturn to the top left of the Moon and Regulus off the top right of the Moon. The image b read more
Mars And Beehive Star Cluster Conjunction
Blackholes and astrostuff | June 6th 2008 by Bob Johnson
Took a couple images of the Mars, Beehive open star cluster conjunction which occurred May 22nd. The Beehive Cluster is located in the constellation Cancer, is anywhere from about 400-750 million years old, 577 light years away and is 16 light years read more
Lunar Mercury Conjunction
Blackholes and astrostuff | May 24th 2008 by Bob Johnson
Just before I left for holidays there was a Lunar, Mercury conjunction. Mercury is an elusive target to image as it is small and doesn't stray too far from the Sun. the above image is the Moon with earthshine and Mercury about 40 minutes after Sunset read more
Conjunctions :and, but, or, because, so
marmara elt resources | May 22nd 2008 by can
Conjunctions :and, but, or, because, so Conjunctions Conjunctions are words that conjoin things - they connect sentences and parts of a sentence. This post deals with five conjunctions: and, but, or, so and because. And And is oftne used to join noun read more
Lunar Halo, Conjunction and Family Images
Blackholes and astrostuff | May 14th 2008 by Bob Johnson
Having a great time here in Kelowna, been mostly cloudy so far but I was still able to do some astronomy, the image above was taken when we had a break in the clouds, what is quite remarkable about it is the sky only cleared for about half an hour, a read more
Moon, Jupiter Conjunction
Blackholes and astrostuff | May 2nd 2008 by Bob Johnson
Sunday April 27th. in the early morning hours we had a Lunar, Jupiter conjunction, how early, well it started as the pair rose, around 2:47 am. That's right 2:47 am, now you'd think everyone in their right mind would probably be asleep at that time, read more
Conjunctions, Meteor shower and Martian Landing
Blackholes and astrostuff | April 26th 2008 by Bob Johnson
Got a cool image a couple days after the peak of the Lyrid shower when the Moon hadn't risen yet, above, while I was watching the meteor it looked odd, when I got home did the processing noticed the reason, either 2 meteors side by side or one broke read more
Mars and Saturn Lunar Conjunctions
Blackholes and astrostuff | April 19th 2008 by Bob Johnson
We had a couple of Lunar conjunctions, on April 11th. there was the Mars/ Moon conjunction, the image above, I had clear skies for that one and with the earthshine made for a pretty picture. The image below was the Saturn /Lunar conjunction of April read more
ATV Docks With The ISS
Blackholes and astrostuff | April 5th 2008 by Bob Johnson
I was so lucky to be able to get the above image Wednesday April 2nd. the night before the International Space Station and the Automated Transfer Vehicle docked. Very cool to see the little ATV follow behind the big bright ISS the length of the sky, read more
The International Space Station, Gemini and Mars Conjuntion
Blackholes and astrostuff | April 2nd 2008 by Bob Johnson
I'v been sucking wind lately with trying to come up with titles, woke up 5:30 am do the post before work, think what will I be talking about, lets see the International Space Station, Gemini, Mars...and they're kinda conjuncting,...done, good enough. read more
Lunar Halo and Mars, Moon Conjunction
Blackholes and astrostuff | March 19th 2008 by Bob Johnson
Out on my back deck getting some images of the Mars , Moon conjunction last Friday night when I noticed that a lunar halo was starting to form, try to take a picture from my backyard, no go, with all the city lights there wasn't enough contrast, deci read more
Venus, Mercury and The Crescent Moon Conjunction
Blackholes and astrostuff | March 5th 2008 by Bob Johnson
Got a cool shot this morning of the 5% crescent Moon and Venus, Mercury unfortunately was washed out by the glare of the rising Sun. The oddest thing happened to me as I was taking one of my images, this wild white and gray rabbit goes whizzing by me read more
Back to Basics: Conjunctions
One Step Forward | January 5th 2008 by Mel
Three types of conjunctions link words, phrases, and clauses into coherent sentences. You don't need to know the “technical” terms, but understanding how they work will help you use them more effectively. You can also eliminate run-on sentences read more
Connecting Independent Clauses: Commas Versus Semicolons
One Step Forward | December 31st 2007 by Mel
Conjunctions are those useful little words that link together parts of your sentence. They tell your readers the relationship between two things, be they clauses or single words. Some conjunctions require the use of a comma. I have already written read more
Conjunction Junction, What’s Your Function?
Covert Metaphor | July 11th 2007 by Allen
I don't know whether you've decided just how far you will take yourself as you learn what I write about because you might become aware of a whole new range of possibilities when you allow your unconscious mind to start using this information nat read more
Monday Grammar Point
40s Singleness-Learn English Online | June 25th 2007 by lisa quirke
American children have enjoyed School House Rock for years. School House Rock is a cartoon based program that teaches grammar and other subjects.Conjunction Junction has always been one of my favorites. Conjunctions are those small words we talked read more
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