Venus & Jupiter this morning

Despite cloud covering all of the UK, Selsey remained totally clear.
This has been attributed to the lack of atmosphere in the town ;-)

Actually, conditions were not very good this morning with a big ring
around the Moon and lots of thick cloud. A few gaps did meander their
way into the appropriate postion through. Hazy cloud tends to make
bright objects like Venus and to a lesser extent Jupiter, appear much
bigger than they should because you're also taking a picture of the
illuminated haze around the object.

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/vj_conj_nov04.html

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

On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 10:31:18 +0000, Pete Lawrence
wrote:

Despite cloud covering all of the UK, Selsey remained totally clear.
This has been attributed to the lack of atmosphere in the town ;-)

Actually, conditions were not very good this morning with a big ring
around the Moon and lots of thick cloud. A few gaps did meander their
way into the appropriate postion through. Hazy cloud tends to make
bright objects like Venus and to a lesser extent Jupiter, appear much
bigger than they should because you're also taking a picture of the
illuminated haze around the object.

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/vj_conj_nov04.html

Very nice Pete; don't you ever sleep? Or is Selsey too exiting for
you?
I particularly like the last image (V+J-20041104_10D3) showing all
four Galilean moons.
- Mike

In article , Pete Lawrence wrote:
On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 12:24:21 +0000, Mike Murphy
wrote:

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/vj_conj_nov04.html

Very nice Pete; don't you ever sleep? Or is Selsey too exiting for
you?
I particularly like the last image (V+J-20041104_10D3) showing all
four Galilean moons.

Thanks Mike,

This morning was positively restful. I actually got to bed early
(about 10:30) up at 4:30 and back to bed for another hour at 6:30.

Haze was a major problem this morning and the separation was too great
to get much detail from the planets. Tomorrow might be better though.



Very nice set of pictures - thanks for sharing them :-)

Jim
--
Find me at http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk
"Brace yourself, this might make your eyes water."

On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 12:24:21 +0000, Mike Murphy
wrote:

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/vj_conj_nov04.html

Very nice Pete; don't you ever sleep? Or is Selsey too exiting for
you?
I particularly like the last image (V+J-20041104_10D3) showing all
four Galilean moons.

Thanks Mike,

This morning was positively restful. I actually got to bed early
(about 10:30) up at 4:30 and back to bed for another hour at 6:30.

Haze was a major problem this morning and the separation was too great
to get much detail from the planets. Tomorrow might be better though.


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

Pete Lawrence nous a écrit :

Despite cloud covering all of the UK, Selsey remained totally clear.
This has been attributed to the lack of atmosphere in the town ;-)

Actually, conditions were not very good this morning with a big ring
around the Moon and lots of thick cloud. A few gaps did meander their
way into the appropriate postion through. Hazy cloud tends to make
bright objects like Venus and to a lesser extent Jupiter, appear much
bigger than they should because you're also taking a picture of the
illuminated haze around the object.

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/vj_conj_nov04.html

I do like your first two pictures. For me, thin clouds and a light haze
always make fine pictures with bright objects at the beginning (or the end)
of a day.

--
Norbert. (no X for the answer)
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knowing the universe - stellar and galaxies evolution
http://nrumiano.free.fr
images of the sky http://images.ciel.free.fr
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In article , Pete Lawrence wrote:
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 12:36:30 +0000, Jim wrote:

In article , Pete Lawrence wrote:
On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 12:24:21 +0000, Mike Murphy
wrote:

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/vj_conj_nov04.html

Very nice Pete; don't you ever sleep? Or is Selsey too exiting for
you?
I particularly like the last image (V+J-20041104_10D3) showing all
four Galilean moons.

Thanks Mike,

This morning was positively restful. I actually got to bed early
(about 10:30) up at 4:30 and back to bed for another hour at 6:30.

Haze was a major problem this morning and the separation was too great
to get much detail from the planets. Tomorrow might be better though.



Very nice set of pictures - thanks for sharing them :-)

Thank you for taking the time to comment Jim. Makes it all worth
while


Could you post a few of the bad ones? I'm running out of ways of
saying 'lovely picture, mate' :-)

Jim
--
Find me at http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk
"Brace yourself, this might make your eyes water."

On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 12:36:30 +0000, Jim wrote:

In article , Pete Lawrence wrote:
On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 12:24:21 +0000, Mike Murphy
wrote:

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/vj_conj_nov04.html

Very nice Pete; don't you ever sleep? Or is Selsey too exiting for
you?
I particularly like the last image (V+J-20041104_10D3) showing all
four Galilean moons.

Thanks Mike,

This morning was positively restful. I actually got to bed early
(about 10:30) up at 4:30 and back to bed for another hour at 6:30.

Haze was a major problem this morning and the separation was too great
to get much detail from the planets. Tomorrow might be better though.



Very nice set of pictures - thanks for sharing them :-)

Thank you for taking the time to comment Jim. Makes it all worth
while

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

On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 21:10:08 +0100, "Norbert"
wrote:

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/vj_conj_nov04.html

I do like your first two pictures. For me, thin clouds and a light haze
always make fine pictures with bright objects at the beginning (or the end)
of a day.

I'll try and send some across to you Norbert! Haze was even worse
this morning but as I said in another thread, my scope+camera can
penetrate cloud ;-)

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