Astronomy Advent Calendar – 6th December
by yaska77 Where are the days going!? Day 6 and another image in our advent calendar count-down, and today’s is one of our own snaps, taken from my back garden using my own ‘scope and camera....
View ArticleJupiter and Venus conjunction images
by yaska77 There has been a fair amount of coverage in the media recently about the conjunction between Jupiter and Venus. Typically when they appeared closest (on 13th March) the clouds settled in...
View ArticleVenus, Moon and Jupiter conjunction photos
by yaska77 Following on from our last post which featured a couple of conjunction images from the middle of March, we’ve been out snapping again to capture the conjunction with the new crescent Moon!...
View ArticleVenus in the Pleiades – 4th April 2012
by yaska77 As per usual our skies were cloudy last night. I’m beginning to believe the clouds wait to roll in just before particular astral events, usually the ones I most want to see! Last night (as...
View ArticleExplosion on Jupiter captured by amateur astronomer
by tte-77 On Monday 10 September in Wisconsin, USA amateur astronomer Dan Petersen saw something incredible while viewing Jupiter from his backyard – a bright white flash on the planet’s surface. The...
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