Early evening shots March 1st 2006

Some shots from the evening of March 1st 2006

Moon & Mercury
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/2006-03-01/moon-mer.html

Earthshine
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/2006-03-01/earthshine.html

Crepuscular rays (hey clouds can be beautiful too! ;-) )
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/2006-03...epuscular.html

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Pete
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says...
Some shots from the evening of March 1st 2006

Moon & Mercury
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/2006-03-01/moon-mer.html

Earthshine
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/2006-03-01/earthshine.html

Crepuscular rays (hey clouds can be beautiful too! ;-) )
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/2006-03...epuscular.html


Excellent as usual Pete.
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Craig Oldfield

Originally Posted by Pete Lawrence

Some shots from the evening of March 1st 2006

Moon & Mercury
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/2006-03-01/moon-mer.html

Earthshine
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/2006-03-01/earthshine.html

Crepuscular rays (hey clouds can be beautiful too! ;-) )
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/2006-03...epuscular.html

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Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

Nice pics Pete! Viewed Mercury last few nights and last night the crescent moon too with pic via my vintage B&L 6000 SCT at http://www.cloudynights.com/photopos...on060301mg.jpg
Tiny Mercury phase just discernable at lowly altitude via B&L -see http://www.astrobuysell.com/uk/propview.php?view=5247 as part of my observatory clearance.

Nytecam 51N 0.1W

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Pete Lawrence typed:
Some shots from the evening of March 1st 2006

Earthshine
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/2006-03-01/earthshine.html


Excellent, as usual.

In the earthshine shot there is something close to the moon at about the
5.00 o'clock position. Is it a star, artifact or what ?

Jo

On Thu, 2 Mar 2006 15:06:06 +0000 (UTC), "Jo"
wrote:

In ,
Pete Lawrence typed:
Some shots from the evening of March 1st 2006

Earthshine
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/2006-03-01/earthshine.html


Excellent, as usual.

In the earthshine shot there is something close to the moon at about the
5.00 o'clock position. Is it a star, artifact or what ?

Hi Jo, I've just looked it up and it would appear to be TYC2-1641-1
mag. +6.2. The one a bit further out is TYC2-1154-1, mag +7.0.
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Pete Lawrence
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Last updated 4th February 2006

Pete Lawrence wrote:
Some shots from the evening of March 1st 2006
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Earthshine
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/2006-03-01/earthshine.html

Gotta love this internet and instant international communication!

Your Earthshine picture is dated 2006-03-01 18:56 UTC and has a post
timestamp of 2006-03-02 00:33 UTC. I really enjoyed the picture of the
new crescent Moon, but then didn't give it much thought further
thought.

I live half-way around the world from you at long 111 West. At about
2006-03-02 02:30 UTC, I was driving around and hap-hazardously glanced
to west. There was your picture - um, I mean the Moon - setting on the
west horizon.

Thanks - Canopus56

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Some shots from the evening of March 1st 2006

Moon & Mercury
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/2006-03-01/moon-mer.html

Earthshine
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/2006-03-01/earthshine.html

Crepuscular rays (hey clouds can be beautiful too! ;-) )
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/2006-03...epuscular.html

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Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

Fabulous earthshine shot Pete. I was actually watching through 12 x 80 bins
the same evening. Was the best "earthlight" I've seen and could make out the
major marias quite clearly.. Thanks for the reminder!

;o)

Laurence