A good week for thin Moon and Mercury aficionados

[1ponders] (Paul) · #1 23-10-2006, 08:01 AM

Check the events calendar for this week, starting this afternoon: - Thinnest crescent moon in 18 years

Tuesday: - Moon Mercury and Jupter conjunction

Wednesday: - Mercury and Jupiter conjunction and Moon and Antares conjunction.

Next Monday: Moon and Neptune conjunction.

A busy week for some.

nightsky · #2 23-10-2006, 09:43 AM

G'Day,
Thanks IP I'll check that out

Dennis · #3 23-10-2006, 10:15 AM

Thanks Paul - but, can you do something about these clouds that just seem to hang around forever but produce no rain....

Cheers

Dennis

[1ponders] (Paul) · #4 23-10-2006, 11:05 AM

I don't know about no rain Dennis. It bucketed down here on Saturday night. Mind you before and since then it's been useless sort of cloud. All appearance and no substance

leon · #5 23-10-2006, 04:04 PM

Yea send them down here Paul, we need heaps of rain, everything is drying up, there's no water in any of our lakes and it's going to get much worse.

spacezebra (Petra) · #6 23-10-2006, 07:28 PM

Many thanks for the heads up.

I am very interested in Tuesday nights event - camera ready to go.

Cheers Petra

[1ponders] (Paul) · #7 23-10-2006, 07:42 PM

Well I missed tonights show with a combination of cloud and being flat on my back in the dentist chair

Better luck for tomorrow.

h0ughy (David) · #8 23-10-2006, 08:42 PM

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...283#post159283 hey caught it...................

rmcpb (Rob) · #9 25-10-2006, 07:59 AM

Well the clouds cleared long enough last night to have a look but, boy, the light pollution seemed sooooo bad and now I know why, the cloudy front was moving thorugh and the extra moisture really reflects it around.

Anyway, The moon was spectacular with earthshine and good, average views of the edge of Mare Crisium and the crater Langrenus, its always hard to get a good look this time of the phase with the moon so low. The phase of Mercury could be detected (about half phase) but it flicked in and out depending on the seeing and poor old Jupiter has been reduced to a smallish white ball compared to the huge colourful ball of a few months ago. No surface features but the moons were all strung out on one side like a string of pearls.

The best views were simply the ones from the old 7x50s but the small amount of detail was worth pulling the scope out for.

Cheers

ving (David) · #10 25-10-2006, 10:10 AM

moon mercury adn jupiter... saw that

purdy hey!

[1ponders] (Paul) · #11 25-10-2006, 04:41 PM

Just linking this so the images don't get lost in the posting frenzy.

The thinnest Moon I have seen

Mercury Jupiter Moon 24 October 2006

h0ughy (David) · #12 25-10-2006, 04:53 PM

Wednesday: - Mercury and Jupiter conjunction and Moon and Antares conjunction.

no luck with this one we are totally clouded out

[1ponders] (Paul) · #13 25-10-2006, 05:03 PM

The weather looks perfect up here, but I'm setting up in the back yard for DSO stuff tonight so I'll miss this one probably.

Maybe if I setup in the middle of the bowls club car park next door I might get something

rmcpb (Rob) · #14 26-10-2006, 08:03 AM

Wednesday, only got glimpses of a beautiful crescent moon through the clouds.... oh well.

h0ughy (David) · #15 26-10-2006, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by h0ughy

Wednesday: - Mercury and Jupiter conjunction and Moon and Antares conjunction.

no luck with this one we are totally clouded out

OK they parted only for a few hours http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ad.php?t=14426

Geoff · #16 29-10-2006, 08:18 AM

Petra, How is your 12 inch Lightbridge, I just got one but have yet to try it on a good night or Dark area. I painted the inside white bits flat black and put stronger springs on the primary.
Cheers
Geoff