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Markus · « **Reply #460 on:** December 27, 2011, 03:19:30 pm »

Thank you, Eresh! Isn't it a good feeling to know the name of that bright shiny thingy up there?

Thank you for the photo. I like it! Yeah, its resolution is low, but you can tell how utterly bright Venus is and how the lunar crescent is oriented. Lovely!

Have you seen comet Lovejoy? It's visible from the Southern hemisphere just before dawn in the East. That's a bright comet which passed so close to the Sun that everybody expected it to simply evaporate, but it survived the passage and is now an impressive sight for you folks down there.

Cheers!

Markus

Ereshkigal · « **Reply #461 on:** December 27, 2011, 04:40:35 pm »

Markus,

Yes. I thought this last night: It is not the same to watch the stars w/o knowing the names than to know them! I also registered for our national astronomy association and if possible, I want to take the basic astronomy course that they offer once a year. I hope my schedule allows me too

I had no idea about Lovejoy! I will investigate now. Thanks for the information.

Markus · « **Reply #462 on:** December 27, 2011, 05:47:42 pm »

So welcome to the club, Eresh!

For Lovejoy I can recommend you spaceweather.com which is updated daily.

Cheers!

Markus

Persephone · « **Reply #463 on:** December 28, 2011, 05:46:30 pm »

Oh, now browsing my pics when looking for some nice wallpaper I came over a pic I made too... It's says: Hello Jupiter

Ereshkigal · « **Reply #464 on:** December 28, 2011, 06:33:24 pm »

I like!

Persephone · « **Reply #465 on:** December 28, 2011, 06:42:45 pm »

Hihi, thanks Rebecca

Yeah, I have to say that it was taken by phone camera too

Not a good one but we don't have any real camera. So... When I uploaded it later I was pretty suprised that there is visible even something!

Markus · « **Reply #466 on:** December 28, 2011, 07:28:06 pm »

Amazing for a cellphone cam!

It looks as if you've really depicted the disc of Jupiter. It's hard to tell if that little starlet next to it is just a background star or even a moon.

Cheers!

Markus

Persephone · « **Reply #467 on:** December 28, 2011, 07:46:32 pm »

Hm, that's really hard to say :-)

Thank You

Persephone · « **Reply #468 on:** December 30, 2011, 10:09:20 pm »

I tried to catch it again, tonight from our balcony. But definitely didn't. That was obviously a big luck that night

And btw I wanted to share something with You. This wonderful photo with Jupiter and aurora borealis :-) I use it as a wallpaper now.

Markus · « **Reply #469 on:** December 31, 2011, 05:26:08 pm »

Beautiful indeed!

Well, I hope to see some more auroras at home as the sun approaches the next solar max.

Cheers!

Markus

Ereshkigal · « **Reply #470 on:** January 04, 2012, 03:19:16 pm »

Meteor shower this morning at 2:20am. Unfortunately, I could not see it. I sat my alarm and went out, but was not able to catch even one and it was so cold outside! I hope I have better luck next year

Ereshkigal · « **Reply #471 on:** January 07, 2012, 02:46:20 am »

So, today, I found out that red star in the sky is not a planet like I thought. It is Betelgeuse. It's beautiful! and was able to fully contemplate Orion. Great clear skies today to the West. The moon lies between Taurus horns.

To the east, Venus lies low, but very very big and bright!

Mmm skies are so mysterious, intriguing, vast and beautiful...makes me wonder

Persephone · « **Reply #472 on:** January 22, 2012, 10:10:24 pm »

Hello Markus,

I found and amazing website of some Japanese institute!

Ceck this out: http://polaris.nipr.ac.jp/~acaurora/aurora/Tromso/ The pics are wonderful (changing everyday) and the video "Daily animation" (click in the right corner) is pretty amazing too!

Oh, I love it.

Markus · « **Reply #473 on:** January 24, 2012, 10:45:36 am »

Wonderful site, Kris! Thank you.

Quite fascinating that this is a Japanese site about a Norwegian site.

Anyway, it's a real treasure of images, and the presentation is very thoughtfully done.

Cheers!

Markus

Persephone · « **Reply #474 on:** January 31, 2012, 10:32:06 am »

http://vimeo.com/35586157 A video of auroras :-) from the time of the solar burst. Really awesome and great music too.

Persephone · « **Reply #475 on:** February 09, 2012, 04:33:09 pm »

http://images.4channel.org/f/src/589217_scale_of_universe_enhanced.swf

Luth · « **Reply #476 on:** February 09, 2012, 08:27:44 pm »

That's fantastic!!!!

But... when we're further than the Sun, it appears an arrow showing... the total human height?

I'm sharing that at FB

Markus · « **Reply #477 on:** February 24, 2012, 07:41:13 pm »

My dear sky-watching folks,

keep an eye on the West after sunset these days! Tonight you might have seen a wonderful thin lunar crescent. But the best is: Venus and Jupiter are there, still getting even closer to each other, and the moon is passing them these days. You must see that!

Cheers!

Markus

Persephone · « **Reply #478 on:** February 24, 2012, 11:49:27 pm »

Jaja, saw them tonight x)

Luth · « **Reply #479 on:** February 26, 2012, 10:56:12 am »

Yesterday it was the "Carnival rua" in Calella, and they walk below our balcony. There were very clear skies, so I noticed the tiny moon and, I suppose, Venus and Jupiter not very far. It was nice to have been warned of them, or I would have missed them!

Thanks, Markus Astrologus!

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