Breaks in the clouds allowed Mark Balanda of Palmyra, PA to image the partial phases of the eclipse. These pictures were immediately projected onto a large screen for public display. Great job Mark! |
About 400 enthusiasts attended the StarWatch total lunar eclipse gathering at Dieruff High School on October 27. About 20 telescopes were on hand to provide magnified and brighter images of the moon as it entered the Earth's shadow. Digital photography by John Evrard of Dan's Camera City, Allentown, PA. |
Shrouded by methane clouds in a thick, nitrogen-rich atmosphere, Saturn’s largest moon, Titan has remain an enigma for decades. Now Cassini has revealed possible methane clouds and a surface of a varying terrain. There are even indications of methane oceans, which are suggested by the darker areas in the inset photo. |
Lunar and Planetary Gathering: This 6 a.m. digital photo was snapped on the morning of November 10. The moon is in the trees with earthshine. Above the moon is Venus followed by Jupiter. Gary A. Becker photo... |
Moon and Planets Meet: Mark Balanda of Palmyra, PA photographed the moon (color) as it approached Jupiter about 11 a.m. on November 9. Eight hours later the moon occulted Venus, but by that time it was dark on the East Coast and Venus had set. It was early afternoon on November 10 in Coonabarabran, NSW Australia. There John Shobbrook photographed the event using the Muhlenberg Robotic Telescope and a CCD camera. Shobbrooks’s technical data follows: C-14 stopped down to f/86, red filter, Apogee AP6EP CCD camera binned at 2 x 2, 0.06 sec.exposure. |