May 13 - 4 planets, and some interloper stars from Glenhaven [Archive]

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mithrandir

13-05-2011, 08:42 AM

At 05:00 a cloud bank was covering everything except Mars. By 5:45 the cloud had moved, but it was getting a bit bright.

Edit: I think the stars near the planets and visible in the earliest shot are Omicron Psc (HIP 8198) and Xi1 Cet (HIP 10324).

Liz

13-05-2011, 09:43 AM

Still got them though Andrew, but know what you mean with that low lying cloud .... very nice images. :thumbsup:

h0ughy

13-05-2011, 10:40 AM

at least you have a memory of them, cloud has been a real issue this year.

mithrandir

13-05-2011, 08:47 PM

Thanks Liz and David. When I said a few stars, I hadn't identified Callisto and Io (the bump on Jupiter at around 5 o'clock). I've marked 21 stars from the SAO catalog on this (http://cid-628ad00a20e17fe3.photos.live.com/self.aspx/Astro/DSC03408.jpeg) image. It's too big to post here.