Astronomy thread/Kìng a teri tanhìyä tìftia

Toliman · September 08, 2021, 05:08:18 PM

A bit of day time astronomy today

Sky was excellent clear today afternoon so it was easy, I observed Mercury, Venus and Arcturus star. Except these I observed also very thin crescent of the Moon and the Sun which is intereting now, a lot of sunspots.

Toliman · September 09, 2021, 04:53:12 PM

Some pictures of sunspots from previous days

Vawmataw · September 09, 2021, 06:57:19 PM

Nice work!

Toliman · September 09, 2021, 07:59:40 PM

Irayo

Vawmataw · September 10, 2021, 11:40:59 PM

M2, M15, M34, M45, M57
NGC 457, NGC 869, NGC 884, NGC 6633, Stock 2
Saturn (Titan), Jupiter (4 moons)

I also observed Nova Cassiopeiae 2021. It's still there after 6 months!

Toliman · September 11, 2021, 10:23:20 AM

Yeah, Nova Cassiopeiae 2021 is really unique.

I found some time for observation of Orion's nebulae before morning twilight, thanks good conditions it was nice observation

Vawmataw · September 11, 2021, 11:36:43 AM

Never a good sign when you can observe the Orion nebula because that means winter is coming.

Already seeing the Pleiades isn't a good sign.

To be honest the sky conditions were nice here, too. The double cluster, the Pleiades and NGC 6633 were like jewel boxes.
Also, it's funny to see the moons of Jupiter evolve. Earlier I could see Io, then 2 hours later it was gone!

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Toliman · September 11, 2021, 12:07:13 PM

Quote from: Vawmataw on September 11, 2021, 11:36:43 AM
Never a good sign when you can observe the Orion nebula because that means winter is coming.
Already seeing the Pleiades isn't a good sign.

You are right although I am always glad when Orion returns back on the night sky... his nebulae are too beautiful

Quote from: Vawmataw on September 11, 2021, 11:36:43 AM
Also, it's funny to see the moons of Jupiter evolve. Earlier I could see Io, then 2 hours later it was gone!

Yeah, it is

I like observe transits of moons and his shadows across Jupiter.

Quote from: Vawmataw on September 11, 2021, 11:36:43 AM
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Did you tried to observe sunspots too?

Vawmataw · September 11, 2021, 12:34:12 PM

No sunspots

Toliman · September 11, 2021, 01:17:11 PM

That is a pity, the Sun is very interesting to observe at this week.

Vawmataw · September 12, 2021, 10:37:44 AM

I will see if I can do that today

Toliman · September 12, 2021, 10:42:40 AM

Good luck!
I observed sunspots again one hour ago, it's still interesting view.

Vawmataw · September 12, 2021, 12:43:23 PM

So I managed to see the sunspots from my bedroom and it's an interesting view. It's just a shame I can't take pictures as the camera cannot take small details.

Toliman · September 12, 2021, 12:52:09 PM

At least nice that you could observe it too

Toliman · October 01, 2021, 10:38:12 AM

Sun was interesting in H-alpha today

Vawmataw · October 01, 2021, 11:26:17 PM

It looks relatively calm, but it's just a look! hrh

Toliman · October 02, 2021, 05:42:35 AM

Yeah xD

I am curious whether it will be same interesting in next days too.

Vawmataw · October 02, 2021, 07:32:49 PM

I observed the Sun this afternoon. It had a good-sized sunspot plus two small ones nearby. My camera captured all three of them.

The sun passed behind the high tension lines and I could notice the rotation of the Earth.

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Toliman · October 03, 2021, 06:02:22 AM

It looks good

Tonight I found some time for my own observation. I observed some deepsky in Auriga - clusters (M36-38 + few NGCs) and nebulae (small but bright NGC1931 and bigger but fainter IC405 and IC410). Nebulae were great through nebulae filters, it really can help a lot.

Toliman · October 04, 2021, 10:00:48 AM

I captured sunspots again, there is one interesting group of sunspots right now: