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April 17, 2012
by yaska77
There’s a great account you can follow on Twitter if you’d like to be sent alerts whenever the ISS will be passing your location. Twisst ISS alerts send out thousands of messages every day, and right on shedule this evening the ISS began a pass over my house.
The ISS streaks across the sky near to the bright planet Venus from 17th April (click to enlarge) - Credit: Sky-Watching/A.Welbourn
Taken using a 50mm lens on a 6 second exposure (f/2.5 ISO-200), I think enough of the stars appear cleanly without too much drifting. Venus is beautiful at the moment, and it always looks great in an image!
The ISS streak seems to "phase" as it passes behind part of a tree (click to enlarge) - Credit: Sky-Watching/A.Welbourn
So, 10 minutes in the cold and a nice, bright, high ISS pass later I’m back indoors with a hot cuppa.
And my Canon Eos 550D is having its batteries charged. The Lyrids meteor shower peaks soon, I think I’ll get the flask ready for a night in the cold!
If you’re on Twitter you can follow @twisst and while you’re there, why not follow us too!
And if not you’re not on Twitter yet, come and join us!
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April 4, 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 noted in our Astro Guide for April) the planet Venus appeared as if part of the Pleiades star cluster.
Thankfully tonight Venus hasn’t moved on all that far, and a break in the clouds just after sunset gave us the chance to get some photos!
The bright planet Venus shines next to the Pleiades cluster, and the setting Jupiter is accompanied by some of her moons (click to enlarge) - Credit: Sky-Watching/A.Welbourn
Taken with a Canon Eos 550D using a 50mm lens (4 sec exposure, f/3.5, ISO400), virtually none of the stars you can see in the image above were visible to the naked eye!
A cropped full size view of the beautiful Pleiades next to a radiant Venus (click to enlarge) - Credit: Sky-Watching/A.Welbourn
This is a fullsize cropped section of the image. Yesterday Venus would have appeared lower down and closer to the lower left edge of the cluster, so they would both have appeared in the field of view if the Canon were attached to a telescope. Another missed opportunity.
Still, the great thing about astrophotography is that there’s always something worthy of imaging, and we like the shots we got this evening.
Space is cool 
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March 27, 2012
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!
Shot with a Canon Eos 550D and a 50mm lens at f/2.8 ISO100 on a 3 sec exposure - Venus, Jupiter and the Moon on 24th March 2012 (click to enlarge) Credit: Sky-Watching/A.Welbourn
The photograph above was taken on Saturday 24th March. Venus shines at the top of the image above Jupiter with three of its moons visible.
The crescent Moon glows faintly with earthshine, where light reflected from the Earth helps show features usually lost in the shadow.
This time a 4 second exposure, f/3.5 ISO100 - More of the Moon is lit by the Sun as it shines next to Venus (Jupiter is below the cloud) from 26th March 2012 (click to enlarge) Credit: Sky-Watching/A.Welbourn
The image above was taken two days after the first photo on Monday 26th March, and you can see how much more of the waxing crescent Moon is lit. Some of Jupiter’s moons are also visible again (at full size).
This evening the Moon sits between the Hyades and Pleiades clusters (see our Monthly Guide for details) and if it stays clear we’ll be out there again trying to get more shots.
Who could ever get bored of imaging the night sky?!
Clear skies all
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March 15, 2012
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 firmly overhead and refused to move.
Thankfully yesterday and this evening it has been relatively clear by comparison! A little bit of haze failed to ruin the opportunities for some photos, so here are a few from over the last two evenings.
Taken using a Canon Eos 550D and a 50mm lens at f/2.5 ISO200 on a 4 sec exposure - Jupiter and Venus on 14th March 2012 (click to enlarge) Credit: Sky-Watching/A.Welbourn
The image above, taken on Wednesday 14th March shows the bright Venus above Jupiter (with a few of its moons).
Venus will gradually move up and past the top of Jupiter over the next two weeks.
The same camera (and settings) as above captured Jupiter and Venus on 15th March 2012, this time on 3 sec exposure (click to enlarge) - Credit: Sky-Watching/A.Welbourn
The image above was taken one day later on Thursday 15th March, and you can see how Venus has moved in relation to Jupiter. In this image now only one moon of Jupiter (Callisto) is visible next to the planet.
There are many more photo opportunities involving Jupiter and Venus this month, check our monthly guide for details (click to enlarge) - Credit: Sky-Watching/A.Welbourn
We can’t be sure the weather will continue to be kind, but should it be generous we’ll try and get some more interesting photos! Perhaps if the haze lifts we’ll even be able to get our telescopes out again!
Now I’ve gone and jinxed it…
Clear skies
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December 10, 2011
by yaska77
With it being a full moon today it seems only fitting we feature one in our astronomy advent calendar count-down!
And it’s another of our own images too, captured using our own gear
Day 10
Astronomy Advent Calendar 10th December - The Paschal Full Moon fell on 17th April 2011 (click to enlarge) - Credit: Sky-Watching/A.Welbourn
The first full moon of spring is sometimes known as the Paschal Full Moon or the Paschal Term.
This full moon in April is also known as the Pink Moon, supposedly because the grass pink (or wild ground phlox) is one of the earliest widespread flowers of the season.
Other monikers (varying by location) are the Full Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and – among coastal tribes – the Full Fish Moon, when the shad come upstream to spawn.
Traditionally, Easter is observed on the Sunday after the Paschal Full Moon (Paschal meaning passover).
It was certainly very bright!
View yesterday’s image
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