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

2. This time last year - you
Hurricane Irene GOES-13

3. This time last year – Carol and me
Denali, Alaska

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

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

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

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

8. Jupiter

9. Stop Light

10. Stop Light – with Jupiter and Venus

11. Mars rotation
Not mine

12. Moon 8” dob

13. Tycho – ejecta

14. Moon Tools Using terrain data, plot elevations along paths you select
Using terrain data, plot elevations along paths you select
Tycho
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

15. When you can’t see because the sun is in your eyes……
SOHO LASCO C3
Sep02-Sep20
Mercury
-1.8 mag
right to left

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

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

18. To There

19. Vesta (a minor planet)
Dawn spacecraft Hubble telescope

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

21. Hey, Mars: Incoming! Curiosity - Mars Science Laboratory

22. MSL’s Goal

23. Opportunity – 3056 sols – 35km Over eight Earth years

24. Cassini at Saturn

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

26. Rainbow Connection

27. What’s at the end of the rainbow?

29. Extras

30. Rock on Tycho’s Peak

31. Prime focus 60mm refractor