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Waning Crescent
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You and Galileo: 1610 A.D.
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Latest Observations
Orion 10XTi
10 points
Orion 10XTi
20 points
Orion 10XTi
20 points
Appeared as a faint, gray area. Power was out around me making it possible to find.
Orion 10XTi
100 points
Orion 10XTi
30 points
100 points
Using Sony a500 SLR from my back garden
Celestron SkyMaster 15x70 Binoculars
100 points
My first time seeing the milky way. Amazing!
Pentax PF-80ED scope
10 points
Was in the area to look at carbon star UY And and noticed this galaxy - a fairly bright one. Shape evident even at 60x.
Naked eye
50 points
Noticed that M 31 was easy to see before beginning to look at some smaller & fainter objects with telescope.
10x42 Binoculars
10 points
Latest Comet
C/2020 B3 (Rankin)
- Magnitude:
- 19.15, Peak: 19.14
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Closest Approach
- March 14, 2020
Brightest Comets
A/2018 V3 ( K18CG 359.8): -318.69A/2018 V3 ( K1939 359.9): -318.69
A/2018 V3 ( K193B 359.9): -318.69
A/2018 V3 ( K191I 359.8): -318.69
A/2018 V3 ( K1928 359.9): -318.69
Brightest Supernova
2016gxp
- Last Observed Magnitude:
- 16.5 (Oct. 10, 2016 )
- Galaxy:
- NGC51
- Type:
- Ia
Recent Comments
So cool, I hope I can catch the next one, I was clouded out.
Fantastic shot. Well done!
The detail here is just fantastic. You must be an experienced sketcher. I like how prominent the windmill stars are.
Awesome you were able to observe Neptune and Uranus. They have been on my todo list for ages!
Mercury