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Peter Sherman's Astro Blog: Northern Lights Jan 17th 2013 & Nov 23/24th 2012
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Peter Sherman's Astro Blog. A COLLECTION OF MY ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOS. My total Lunar Eclipe video 03rd March 2007. Thursday, 17 January 2013. Northern Lights Jan 17th 2013 and Nov 23/24th 2012. 17th January 2013 from Kingston Wildlife Reserve. The light is a Tornado going into Lossiemouth. A few images of the Aurora Borealis taken from Slorach's Woods looking above Fochabers towards the Moray Firth. This was a fairly weak display but still gave a good show despite the bright Moon. Thursday, January 17, 2013.
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Peter Sherman's Astro Blog: October 2012
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Peter Sherman's Astro Blog. A COLLECTION OF MY ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOS. My total Lunar Eclipe video 03rd March 2007. Saturday, 13 October 2012. Messier 57 The Ring Nebula. The famous Ring Nebula. Also catalogued as NGC 6720. Appears in the northern constellation. It is a prominent example of a planetary nebula. This is a shell of ionized gas expelled into the surrounding interstellar medium. By a red giant. Star, which was passing through the last stage in its evolution. Before becoming a white dwarf. Exposu...
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Peter Sherman's Astro Blog: February 2012
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Peter Sherman's Astro Blog. A COLLECTION OF MY ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOS. My total Lunar Eclipe video 03rd March 2007. Wednesday, 1 February 2012. 22deg Moon halo from Conon Bridge on 01 Feb 2012 #bbcstargazing. 22deg Moon halo from Conon Bridge on 01 Feb 2012 #bbcstargazing. 22deg Moon halo from Conon Bridge on 01 Feb 2012 #bbcstargazing. Wednesday, February 01, 2012. Links to this post. Moon Halo 1st Feb 2012 20:30. This is the stitched Photo Jupiter is just to the lower right at the edge of the halo. Hints ...
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Peter Sherman's Astro Blog: November 2008
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Peter Sherman's Astro Blog. A COLLECTION OF MY ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOS. My total Lunar Eclipe video 03rd March 2007. Sunday, 16 November 2008. Http:/ www.ustream.tv/channel/the-night-sky. Sunday, November 16, 2008. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Fochabers, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom. View my complete profile. Building the Fochachabers Observatory. Morays Astronomy Club Sigma. Hints and tips for your scope. The Sky at Night. Equatorial mount Polar alignment. My Live web broadcast. I hope...
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Peter Sherman's Astro Blog: Stars and Constellations
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Peter Sherman's Astro Blog. A COLLECTION OF MY ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOS. My total Lunar Eclipe video 03rd March 2007. Thursday, 28 March 2013. Night Sky from Fochabers. I was very impressed with the clarity of the sky from Fochabers Memorial gardens, so thought I would take a couple of shot to finish the night off. Got this nice shot of Orion, Taurus, Jupiter and a meteor, very happy now. :-). Taurus and Canis Major. This is a two minute exposure taken from my back garden on December 22nd 2011. Also discovere...
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Peter Sherman's Astro Blog: April 2009
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Peter Sherman's Astro Blog. A COLLECTION OF MY ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOS. My total Lunar Eclipe video 03rd March 2007. Sunday, 12 April 2009. Jodrell Bank Observatory's Meteor Detector. Jodrell Bank Observatory's Meteor Detector. Jorell Bank Observatory, The Lovell Radio Telescope. Jodrell Bank Observatory's Meteor Detector. Sunday, April 12, 2009. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Fochabers, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom. View my complete profile. Building the Fochachabers Observatory. Http:/ ...
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Peter Sherman's Astro Blog: March 2013
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Peter Sherman's Astro Blog. A COLLECTION OF MY ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOS. My total Lunar Eclipe video 03rd March 2007. Thursday, 28 March 2013. Night Sky from Fochabers. I was very impressed with the clarity of the sky from Fochabers Memorial gardens, so thought I would take a couple of shot to finish the night off. Got this nice shot of Orion, Taurus, Jupiter and a meteor, very happy now. :-). Taurus and Canis Major. This is a two minute exposure taken from my back garden on December 22nd 2011. Also discovere...
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Peter Sherman's Astro Blog: August 2011
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Peter Sherman's Astro Blog. A COLLECTION OF MY ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOS. My total Lunar Eclipe video 03rd March 2007. Saturday, 6 August 2011. Aurora 06th August 2011. These photos were taken on the night of 5/6th August from Spey Bay and my back garden. Saturday, August 06, 2011. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Fochabers, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom. View my complete profile. Building the Fochachabers Observatory. Aurora 06th August 2011. Morays Astronomy Club Sigma. The Sky at Night.
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Peter Sherman's Astro Blog: July 2011
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Peter Sherman's Astro Blog. A COLLECTION OF MY ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOS. My total Lunar Eclipe video 03rd March 2007. Friday, 8 July 2011. Phenomena that are the "ragged-edge" of a much brighter and pervasive polar cloud layer called polar mesospheric clouds. In the upper atmosphere. Visible in a deep twilight. They are made of crystals of water ice. The name means roughly night shining in Latin. They are most commonly observed in the summer months at latitudes. They are the highest clouds. 47 to 53 mi. Nocti...