Photos from Here and There A year in photographs Westchester Amateur Astronomers September 7, 2012 From Canon to Cassini <<< (not to scale) >>>

This time last year - you Hurricane Irene GOES-13

This time last year – Carol and me Denali, Alaska

Transit of Venus, filtered by clouds Canon XS, 250mm telephoto lens, using LCD screen to avoid directly viewing the sun

Transit of Venus 60mm refractor with solar filter. Canon XS prime focus

How people find my blog: “What does Saturn look like through a telescope?” Canon XS at prime focus - uncropped

“What does [planet] look like through my telescope?” Canon XS at prime focus May 26- 27, 2012 Venus Mars Saturn (size as seen through my telescope)

Jupiter

Stop Light

Stop Light – with Jupiter and Venus

Mars rotation Not mine

Moon 8” dob

Tycho – ejecta

Moon Tools Using terrain data, plot elevations along paths you select http://target.lroc.asu.edu/da/qmap Using terrain data, plot elevations along paths you select Tycho Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

When you can’t see because the sun is in your eyes…… SOHO LASCO C3 Sep02-Sep20 Mercury -1.8 mag right to left http://sungrazer.nrl.navy.mil/index.php?p=transits/transits_2012

Here NASA Terra Satellite: 8/30/12 250m resolution

NASA Terra Satellite: 9/6/12 250m resolution

To There

Vesta (a minor planet) Dawn spacecraft Hubble telescope

On to Ceres, ¡Hasta la Vesta! Next! Dawn spacecraft Hubble telescope

Hey, Mars: Incoming! Curiosity - Mars Science Laboratory

MSL’s Goal

Opportunity – 3056 sols – 35km Over eight Earth years

Cassini at Saturn

Cassini Solstice Mission <<<<<< Polar vortex – start of Titan’s South Polar Winter?

Rainbow Connection

What’s at the end of the rainbow?

Extras

Rock on Tycho’s Peak

Prime focus 60mm refractor