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Tissington, England
Joined May 2011
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Some solar observing today …
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Tomorrow the Moon 3.2° NNE of M35 cluster
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Mmmmmooooooooo ….. nnnnnn
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Bright Moon approaching the Pleiades. Will be passing over in a few hours.
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Bright Moon occulting Pleiads’s stars at the moment. Handheld iPhone pic at Celestron StarSense 102AZ
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Bright Moon occulting Pleiads’s stars at the moment. Handheld iPhone pic at Celestron StarSense 102AZ
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After midnight, the Moon 1.00° N of Pleiades Later, the Moon 5.2° N of Uranus And tomorrow, the Moon at perigee; distance 57.13 Earth-radii
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Oooops … the nearly Full Moon goes down our chimney … 🤷‍♂️
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After midnight … Full Moon
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Tomorrow Clocks back 1 hour
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Tomorrow the Moon 4.3° NNW of Neptune Also Venus at inferior conjunction with the Sun; 0.273 AU from Earth; latitude -2.45° And Mercury stationary in longitude; starts retrograde motion, later Mercury stationary in right ascension And the Moon 6.1° NNW of Saturn
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Today the Moon at ascending node; longitude 328.1° And Orionid meteors; ZHR 20; 3 days after First Quarter Moon
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Solar eclipses … maybe this encourages you to observe from the edge of the path … Have a read of this embedded document and share your thoughts scopes4sen.weebly.com/travel…
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Today First Quarter Moon
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Mercury at southernmost latitude from the ecliptic plane, -7.0°
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Tomorrow the Moon at apogee; distance 63.44 Earth-radii
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Tomorrow Pluto stationary in longitude; resumes direct motion and after Pluto stationary in right ascension; resumes direct motion
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In aid if Scopes4SEN
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Tomorrow the Moon 0.47° SE of Antares
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Tomorrow the Moon 2.84° NNE of Venus And, Mercury at easternmost elongation; 25.2° from Sun in evening sky; magnitude -0.0 And, Asteroid 4 Vesta at opposition in longitude; magnitude 6.3
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