Notices tagged with astro
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Hattie T. Cat (hattiecat)'s status on Friday, 14-Jul-2017 19:19:15 EDT 
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Charon flyover based on NewHorizons DEM data (Youtube) !astronomia !astro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Q7O7TZ7Ks -
Hattie T. Cat (hattiecat)'s status on Sunday, 21-May-2017 18:23:47 EDT
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Orion Nebula (M42) in visible and IR (HST, 2006). It never appears red to the naked eye due to eye's poor sensitivity to red esp. in low light. Astro images of Deep Space Objects can't really be said to be "true color". !astro !astronomia https://social.lowsnr.net/attachment/7698 -
Hattie T. Cat (hattiecat)'s status on Thursday, 18-May-2017 10:07:54 EDT
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Stars viewed: Ras Alhague α Oph, a mag. 2.05 binary, Rasalgethi α Her, a double star through a small telescope (actually a multiple star system), Cebalrai β Oph a K2 giant some 12x larger and 63x as luminous as the sun, and about a degree from it is open cluster IC 4665 (the Summer Beehive Cluster - pictured: DSS image), Sabik η Oph a binary but hard to resolve the a small … -
Hattie T. Cat (hattiecat)'s status on Thursday, 18-May-2017 09:54:49 EDT
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First clear evening in ages- explored Orphiuchus and Saturn in the SE. Always thrills me to see the rings.https://social.lowsnr.net/attachment/6921 !astro !astronomia -
Hattie T. Cat (hattiecat)'s status on Sunday, 14-May-2017 04:09:30 EDT
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The Moon near Saturn this evening. Saturn culminates (crosses the meridian) about 01.55 local. https://social.lowsnr.net/attachment/6009 !astro !astronomia -
Hattie T. Cat (hattiecat)'s status on Tuesday, 09-May-2017 08:56:20 EDT
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The moon and Jupiter are currently in Virgo. Also check out nearby binary Porrima (γ Vir) mag. 2.74 a mere 38ly away. (The stars are currently too close to each other to resolve with a small scope.) https://social.lowsnr.net/attachment/4899 https://social.lowsnr.net/attachment/4900 !astro !astronomia -
Hattie T. Cat (hattiecat)'s status on Wednesday, 03-May-2017 21:57:40 EDT
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Pinwheel galaxy (M101) in Ursa Major. Mag. 7.86. Composite of 51 HST images + ground images. !astro !astronomia https://social.lowsnr.net/attachment/3453
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