Archive for February, 2007

Saturn on Feb 10

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

Saturn was at opposition when this image was image was taken on Saturday evening  11:24pm MST.

Image of Saturn on Feb 10, 2007 MST

Image taken with Celestron Nexstar 11 telescope, Televue 2.5X Powermate, and Phillips Toucam 840K webcam.  Still somewhat fuzzy, but my best thus far this year.  Weather conditions weren’t great, thin haze, turbulence only fair maybe around 5/10. The sky was partly cloudy, 3 mph wind, and temperature 38°F.

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The sun in H-Alpha on Feb 5

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Only two regions are visible, active region 10940 nearing the west limb (to the right) and region 10941 further east (left). Filaments are visible near both regions. Filaments are now much less noticable than on Saturday.

Sun in halpha on Feb 5, 2007

Image taken with SolarScope Ltd. 50mm h-alpha telescope, 2.5X Televue Powermate, and Canon Xti Camera. Thin clouds, temperature 58°F, turbulence about 6/10.

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