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by nardes
Tue Aug 15, 2023 2:40 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2023 August
Replies: 146
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Re: Submissions: 2023 August

JWST 14th – 15th August 2023, Slip-sliding away in Sagittarius. After watching an enthralling Netflix documentary covering the James Webb Space Telescope, (JWST), I opened the JPL Horizons Web Application and searched for the JWST. The ephemeris from JPL Horizons indicated that the JWST, would be hi...
by nardes
Fri Oct 30, 2020 8:21 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Fear and Dread: The Moons of Mars (2020 Oct 30)
Replies: 11
Views: 5069

Re: APOD: Fear and Dread: The Moons of Mars (2020 Oct 30)

Question: Is there any particular reason that Phobos appears to be notably brighter at the 22:33:23 time-stamp? It also looks somewhat brighter in the two images just after that, when compared to the first two and the 6th image. Hi The variations in brightness are likely due to capture and processi...
by nardes
Sun Oct 12, 2014 11:37 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submission gallery: Lunar Eclipse October 2014
Replies: 9
Views: 2158

Re: Submission gallery: Lunar Eclipse October 2014

Okay – managed to dodge the clouds which didn’t look as if they would let me in for a look at this glorious cosmic event. It was a bit of a roller coaster ride of “will the clouds clear” or “will they not”. In the end, the gods took pity on me and opened up a nice big sucker hole giving me the oppor...