Showing posts with label crepuscular rays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crepuscular rays. Show all posts

Sunday, July 16, 2017

Mix , observatii si ATM / Miscellaneous , observations and ATM

10 April 2017: I observed  the Moon with the 90x600mm refractor  with  magnifications from 24x / Plossl 25mm to 100x / Baader 6mm.
I used Moon & Skyglow filter as well as colored ones : green, yellow, red and blue.
The best results I got were with  the red filter, by which, at 100x, I saw eight or nine ray-craters spread over the Moon's surface.
Remarkable is a radius starting from Tycho, crossing the entire moon to the North-West.
I attach a picture, generally unsuccessful, but in which you can see this amazing radius that "crosses" with all the forms of the lunar relief.

I took note of the position of eight of the ray-craters I remembered, last night I did not have the Moon map with me and I did not took notes.





10 Aprilie 2017 : Am observat Luna cu luneta de 90x600mm la mariri de la 24x/Plossl 25mm pana la 100x/orto Baader 6mm. 
Am folosit filtre ,atat Moon&Skyglow cat si colorate :verde ,galben,rosu si albastru. 
Cele mai bune rezultate le-am obtinut cu filtrul rosu , prin care , la 100x ,am vazut opt sau noua cratere cu raze ,raspandite pe suprafata Lunii. 
Remarcabila este o raza care pornind din Tycho ,strabate intreg discul selenar pana spre limbul nord-vestic. 
Atasez o poza ,in general nereusita dar in care se vede binisor aceasta raza uimitoare care strabate ''cu nepasare'' prin toate formele de relief selenar. 
Am notat pe poza pozitia a opt dintre craterele cu raze despre care mi-am amintit, aseara nu am avut harta selenara la mine si nu am luat notite.




The 90x600mm refractor , the 60x700mm refractor and Fujinon Mariner 7x50mm binocular.



2'' to 1.25'' reduction,University 12.5mm Ortho and Revelation 9mm Plossl.


''Circle T'' Kellner 9mm , orthoscopic 6mm ,Huygens 20mm ,Huygens 9mm and Huygens 6mm oculars.





LV 30mm/2'' ocular ,University 12.5mm Ortho and Revelation Astro 9mm Plossl .



Penelopa 1.5''  DIY pipe -mount , 60x700mm refractor and Lybar chair.


Jupiter Corona on 2 May 2017.







The status of my time tested 125mm F/7 Dobsonian didn't look good.
The worn out legs , ground board and merry-go-round of my 125mm F/7 Dobsonian.
Time for refurbishment !


New ground board with good legs , rubber armored.

The old helicoidal focuser have worn out threads.



Another focuser ,still helicoidal.



 Instead of the merry-go-round I choose teflon on LP record azimuthal bearing.




 


A new reinforcing ring for the primary mirror end.


Colimation is a must !


Ready for fight ,again!



Moon Corona 3 of May ,2017.
Pics taken with the Nikon Coolpix S3300 compact camera.











 Moon and Jupiter on 5-th of May 2017.













Crepuscular rays in the evening of 27 May 2017.





Work on my home-made 200mm F/6.16 Dobsonian called ''Toleascope''.
The optics -mirrors , oculars ( like Sirius 25mm and Televue Radian 6mm ),6x30mm  finder ,1.25'' colimation laser and the first Ravneberg open-tube mounting were provided by my friend Alin Tolea , a Mecena of Romanian amateur Astronomy.
I started modifications of the mounting to a solid tube ''circus canon'' type to be better adapted for Urban Astronomy.

The rocker , altitude bearings and Stellafane type ground board.


An ocular shelf under development.


Just a mock-up assembly!


The HC-2 ''Kineoptics'' focuser and DIY adapter.
The solid tube is rolled 0.5 mm galvanized steel sheet.


The sky is the limit !


Wednesday, June 1, 2016

The Belt of Venus and Crepuscular Rays on 31 May 2016

While  riding back home on the A1 motorway on Tuesday the 31-th of May , I witnessed the so-called phenomenon of ''the Belt of Venus '' and some crepuscular rays.


                                              The Belt of Venus






The crepuscular rays 





The pics were taken with the camera of my Allview A5 phone.