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Post by sweetpea on Feb 18, 2016 17:57:45 GMT
hi Moonlight just been out having a look at the moon through my telescope then I thought about that stellarium program I told you about. Here is a screenshot of the moon as it appears right now:  |
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Post by Moonlight on Feb 19, 2016 0:00:33 GMT
Moonlight assuming you get a clear sky there is so much to see even without optical aid. eg the milky way, the moon, some of the planets, meteors and satellite trails to name just a few. With a pair of half decent binoculars you can see so much more but its not just the seeing but realising that what you are seein can be so far away, so huge, so small so luminous etc. etc. This time of year is good as it is dark early in the evening but COLD. Most important, warm clothing and a wooly hat is the order of the day or rather night. early evening atm Orion is very evident and you can see the orion nebula naked eye. lots of stars being born there. if you wish to learn and see how it looks anytime download a FREE planetarium suite called STELLARIUM. It is one of the best and quite easy to use once you have set your co ordinates. (nearest town) Good luck Hope you don't mind me quoting you - thought I would share this post with your advice in.  p.s. (Attempting to) download STELLARIUM as I type...   |
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Post by Moonlight on Feb 19, 2016 0:36:47 GMT
This is my Moon photo of tonight. (nb taken from the software not naked eye.)
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Post by Moonlight on Feb 19, 2016 0:41:39 GMT
Remember the really big moon a few weeks ago? Well this was the best of my photos.
Not that good is it?
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Post by Moonlight on Feb 19, 2016 0:52:55 GMT
Now how cool is this?
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Post by sweetpea on Feb 19, 2016 11:40:52 GMT
By golly she's got it! I do believe sh's got it  |
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Post by daisy on Feb 19, 2016 16:08:14 GMT
"WOW" now that's impressive!!! hi Moonlight just been out having a look at the moon through my telescope then I thought about that stellarium program I told you about. Here is a screenshot of the moon as it appears right now: |
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Post by sweetpea on Feb 19, 2016 18:35:57 GMT
"WOW" now that's impressive!!! hi Moonlight just been out having a look at the moon through my telescope then I thought about that stellarium program I told you about. Here is a screenshot of the moon as it appears right now: Its not a photo daisy, just a screenshot from the planetarium programme Stellarium which is completely free to download and use. |
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Post by Moonlight on Feb 20, 2016 1:10:42 GMT
Tonight's Moon and Jupiter.
sweetpea not spotted any other planets, am I looking in the wrong place or are they not visible at the moment?
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Post by Rosie on Feb 23, 2016 10:53:11 GMT
This was posted a while back, this was the moon from my front door, it was my wee Fuji camera I used   |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2017 16:46:30 GMT
Full moon last night....  |
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Post by Rosie on Oct 6, 2017 19:02:45 GMT
I love seeing the moon |
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Post by sweetpea on Oct 14, 2017 12:31:49 GMT
I love seeing the moon but all that howling upsets the neighbours rosie |
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Post by Rosie on Oct 14, 2017 18:24:27 GMT
Cor you're not kidding, they rounded up a posse the last time it happened but I escaped |
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Post by Fractal on Oct 20, 2017 7:10:05 GMT
Apparently (according to Wikipedia) the official name of the moon is...The Moon. As this is really just a description of what it is, it's a shame that as we have discovered other moons orbiting around other planets that we can't call it by a proper name such as Luna or Selene?
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