Tag: saturn
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5/30 Astronomy Report
The weather looked promising last night, and the ClearSkyChart was reporting good news. At around noon, I shot a quick e-mail over to a few of the people I’ve viewed with before, and was happy to get a quick response from Barry (who lives near Rattlesnake) that the skies were in fact clear. I cleared…
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Telescoping: April 11
We’re having an odd break in the weather here in the Seattle area, and last night the clouds cleared. (Not to mention it’s beautiful and sunny today, and supposed to hit the low 70’s!) Diann & I went out to Rattlesnake Lake, where the temps were hovering in the mid-40’s. The moon was up in…
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This weekend’s observations
It’s gonna get a little monotonous here, but I figure since I’ve posted all my other telescoping hijinx, I might as well keep up with that. Saturday, we drove up to Anacortes to visit Anacortes Telescope & Wild Bird. I chatted with the owner of the store for a bit on what my equipment is,…
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Saturn
The weather report says it’s about 37°F outside, and it’s nice and clear. I decided to subject myself to the cold and go gazing upwards. I decided to do a bit of experimenting this time around with AstroPlanner, a piece of software that was demo’d at a recent Seattle Astronomical Society meeting. Turning on AstroPlanner…
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Congratulations NASA and ESA!
Today marks mankinds first visit to Titan, one of Saturn's moons. Article from Space.com notes that landing confirmation occurred at 11:35AM EST. UPDATE: ESA says that the first pictures should be up at 11:45AM PST UPDATE: CNN has a picture from Huygens on the front page! No pictures from the ESA or JPL yet. UPDATE:…