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Look for Crater – Schickard Moon
Published on 24 Jul 2010 at 00:00.
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Saturday 24th July 2010
Look for crater – Schickard on the Moon tonight.
Schickard is a large old crater with a diameter of 142 miles. When observing Schickard through a telescope, you will immediately notice the absence of central peaks or peak rings. You will also see that there are some large patches of dark and light [...]
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Moon, Saturn, Mars & Venus tonight
Published on 16 Jul 2010 at 00:00.
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Friday 16th July 2010
Above the image was captured by Miguel Claro, Portugal.
(Derekscope’s archives :- Thursday 15th July 2010.)
The 5.67 days old Crescent Moon is below Saturn as they form a right-angle (90`) with Mars at 22:00 / 10pm tonight.
See the SkyMap.
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Moon, Mars and Regulus
Published on 20 May 2010 at 00:00.
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Thursday 20th May 2010 @ 22:00 / 10pm
See the Triangle tonight
The First Quarter Moon forms a triangle with the Red Planets – Mars and Regulus Star in the evening twilight from 21:00 / 9pm. (Click here for enlarge image, the map is shown for tonight at 10pm.)
The Sun will pass through the Leo from 10 [...]
The Earth’s Moon
Published on 12 May 2010 at 00:00.
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Wednesday 12th May 2010
The two basic types of regions on the Moon: a smooth, dark mare on the left and a heavily-cratered, light-coloured highland region on the upper right.
Looking up at the Moon, you can see that there are dark regions and light regions. With binoculars, you can even see that the dark regions are [...]
Moon & Jupiter in the morning
Published on 8 May 2010 at 00:00.
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Saturday 8th May 2010
Jupiter and Uranus are below left of the crescent Moon on Sunday 9th May 2010 at 04:30 / 4.30am.
Set your vibrate-alarm clock to wake you up before sunrise on the morning of 9th, 10th and 11th May 2010 to catch the stunning slight of Jupiter accompanised by a crescent Moon in low [...]
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Moon, Saturn and Mars
Published on 23 Apr 2010 at 00:00.
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Friday 23rd April 2010 @ 22:00 / 10pm
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The Moon is south of the Star Regulus in the constellation of Leo (The Lion) between the Ring Planet (Saturn) and the Red Planet (Mars), making a great photo opportunity. (for example)
Moon near Mars
Published on 21 Apr 2010 at 00:00.
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Wednesday 21st April 2010 @ 22:00 / 10pm
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See the First Quarter Moon near Mars and the Beehive Cluster that will be great opportunity for astrophotography to capture the Moon near the Red Planet – Mars and the Open Cluster -Beehive Cluster (Messier 44).
Two events for this evening
Published on 16 Apr 2010 at 00:00.
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Friday 16th April 2010 @ two events for this evening
UPDATED @ 20:30 / 8.30pm :- The photo is added below.
1) Mars meets Beehive Cluster @ 21:00 / 9pm
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DON’T MISS – seeing Mars at it’s closet approach to the Beehive Cluster (Messier 44) in the constellation of Cancer (The Crab) this [...]
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Blue Moon
Published on 30 Mar 2010 at 00:00.
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Tuesday 30th March @ all night
On the average, a blue moon takes place once every two and a half years. But the second blue moon for this year which will appear tonight is an exceptional case. Since the full moon occurred on January 1 and 30, 2010 and preceded by 28 days of February, the [...]
Saturn & The Virgo Cluster
Published on 29 Mar 2010 at 00:00.
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Monday 29th March @ 22:00 / 10pm BST
Click here for enlarge image by Antoine Vergara Astrophotography.
You will find the planet Saturn located in the constellation of Virgo (The Virgin) in the South Eastern sky, 10 degrees to the Moon’s upper left.
The constellation of Virgo (The Virgin) is the second largest of all the constellations. It [...]
