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March 27, 2008

Saturn: Lord Of The Rings



It bothers me that I can't take pictures of everything I see, so in a desperate move to see if I can take a picture of Saturn, I tried to hook my videocamera to my telescope. It was not entirely good, but not bad either. What do you think?

March 22, 2008

Jupiter & Comet 46P/Wirtanen

Magnificent Jupiter rises at dawn in the southern sky every morning this month followed by Mercury and Venus. Use binoculars to spot Jupiter's 4 biggest satellites: Ganymede, Callisto, Io & Europa. You can find Jupiter in Sagittarius.


Comet Wirtanen will pass several deep-sky objects in constellation Auriga and glowing around 9th magnitud. On March 23 will be the next time the comet could be observed without the moon in sight. You may need binoculars to watch it. Auriga is in the western horizon at night, around 9pm this month.

March 19, 2008

Space Station & Endeavour


When to watch:

* Saturday (March 22) @ 5:47am (N->E-SE)
* Sunday (March 23) @ 6:08am (NW->S) & 7:14pm (S->E)
* Monday (March 24) @ 7:40pm (W-NW->N)
* Tuesday (March 25) @ 5:22am (SW->S-SE)
* Wednesday (March 26) @ 6:48pm (W->N)

March 15, 2008

MARS & THE MOON


The point of light in the upper left is Mars. It looked a lot better with binoculars, though.