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Kielder Forest Star Camp October 2011
Twice a year astronomers head north to Kielder Forest to enjoy the dark sky as part of the Kielder Forest Star Camp. This year was no exception, bringing us the 9th Autumn Star Camp which included...
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The Moon, Jupiter and Venus in January 2012
As the sun was starting to set this evening, I thought I’d quickly pop out and take a photo of the Moon and Jupiter next to each other. Jupiter is the few pixels of light in the bottom-left of this...
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Jupiter, Venus and The Moon in February 2012
I took this picture last night at Clifford’s Tower in York, it shows Jupiter, Venus and The Moon in a line from left to right.
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New Moon in March 2012
Last night I went to Scarborough for some ‘Astro Dog Astronomy‘ and took these lovely pictures of the New Moon in March 2012. This photo was actually taken with a lens borrowed from Annette Newby –...
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Jupiter and The Moon on Christmas Day 2012
Here’s a picture I took after getting home on Christmas day 2012. You can clearly make out both the moons around Jupiter and the halo around our own moon. The photo is not optically perfect because it...
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Jupiter, Mercury and Venus in May 2013
This weekend Jupiter, Mercury and Venus were nice and close together, so I decided to try and get a photo just after sunset. While the quality is not the best – it was great to get the opportunity to...
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Jupiter and The Moon in August 2013
I woke up around half five this morning to see a nice view out the window. Jupiter was just to the left of the moon, providing a lovely and familiar sight that I hadn’t spotted for a while. Here is a...
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Mars and The Moon in April 2014
When I was looking at my Star Chart application last week, I noticed that on the evening of the 14th of April Mars would nice and close to the Moon in Virgo. I set myself a reminder walk up my closest...
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Jupiter, Mars, Venus, and The Moon in October 2015
I took this shot of Jupiter, Mars, Venus and the Moon on my way to work this morning. I thought it looked rather nice! And here’s a version with labels, just in case you wondered.
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Jupiter and The Moon in February 2016
I happened to have my Canon 7D with me when I went into the office this morning, so I decided to take this snap of Jupiter and The Moon hanging out in the sky.
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