Sunday, September 27, 2015

Before the Total Moon Eclipse of September 28 /Inainte de eclipsa totala de Luna din 28 Septembrie 2015





The celestial landscape look terrific , downright  wolfish ...oooooo...but not  the right one  for the Moon eclipse observations.





I start learning how to cheat the camera to see some lunar details with his own objective at the maximum zoom !


All pictures taken with a Nikon Coolpix S3300 compact digital camera on a Velbon photo-tripod.
The time was midnight of the night before the Total Moon Eclipse of September 28.





Thursday, September 10, 2015

Uranus and two Astronomical League Double Stars /Uranus si doua stele duble din lista AL

Uranus (center) ,to the S - SE of Zeta Pisci ,on 30 August 2015 in the ''zoth'' 60 x 828 mm
DIY refractor at 33 x / Sirius Plossl 25 mm.
The planet was found first in the 7x50mm ''Mariner '' Fujinon  binocular using the printable version of this ''Sky&Telescope'' map:

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/celestial-objects-to-watch/uranus-and-neptune-in-2015/


A closer look to Uranus using the same ''zoth'' 60 x 828 mm DIY refractor T 207 x ,Kasai 4 mm ocular: a puffy ,very small disc of bluish-grey color in nice contrast with the yellow or light orange star located further to S - SE.

57 Aquilae in the 60 x 828 mm refractor ,easy pray at 33x / Plossl 25 mm.
Look carefully ,to the S -SE there is a much dimmer double star ,about 20% wider
than 57 Aql and with the companion located at PA = 280 degree.


Alpha Capricorni ,a composite view.
In the 60 x 828 mm refractor at 65 x / Solid Simetric 12.8 mm ocular ,
 there are visible the two main bright stars ,located  at PA = 290 degree;
and two really dim companions ,one at PA = 210 deg. and the other at PA = 150 deg.
In the 125mm F/7 Newtonian reflector I noticed a fifth companion ,closer to the bright main star and located at about PA = 290 degree , to the Est of the multiple star system.




Friday, August 28, 2015

Moon Coronae again / Din nou despre coroanele lunare

Moon Corona on 24 August '15
Coroana lunara la 24 August '15


Another pic of the Moon Corona of 24 August.
Alta poza a coroanei selenare din 24 August.






On August 28 the sky was again hazy,the Moon close to Full , another Moon Corona with thousand faces was ''on the air'' !
Pe 28 August cerul a fost din nou nebulos , Luna in preajma fazei pline , toate conditiile pentru un nou spectacol al coroanei lunare cu o mie de fete!




















All pics taken with a Nikon Coolpix S3300 compact camera on an old, all- metal  Velbon tripod.
Toate pozele au fost luate cu o camera compacta Nikon Coolpix S3300 asezata pe un vechi trepied Velbon de constructie integral metalica.


Sunday, July 26, 2015

Moon in Libra ,Saturn in Scorpius on 25 July 2015

Moon at right,Saturn at left on 25 July 2015.
Separation of  seven degree  and 9 minutes at 20:00 UT


Click on the picture to see ,apart of Moon at center and Saturn at center-left ,the stars Delta Scorpii at  left -bellow the leaves -and Pi Scorpii at low-left ,between cables.
At one o'clock direction from the Moon one will see the star Alpha 1+2 Librae or Zugenelgenubi , a very wide binocular star.

The Moon at right ,Saturn at center,Graffias at left and Delta Scorpii at low-left.
All pics taken by the author  with a hand-held Nikon Coolpix S3300 compact camera.