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posted: Today, Sunday, 2012 Jan 29 at 07:24
tags: astronomy, astrophotography, Southern Sky Highlights 2012, Moon, Kos Coronaios.
Kos Coronaios images the Moon midway between our two evening stars, Venus and Jupiter.
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Suburban Moon and planets (2012 Jan 27)
posted: Yesterday, Saturday, 2012 Jan 28 at 15:41
tags: astronomy, astrophotography, Southern Sky Highlights 2012, Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Kos Coronaios.
The growing crescent Moon setting side-by-side with Venus, lorded over by Jupiter.
(photo: Moon and Venus. Stellenbosch. 2012 January 27. Auke Slotegraaf.)Crescent Moon and Evening Star
posted: Two days ago, on Friday, 2012 Jan 27 at 09:43
tags: astronomy, astrophotography, Southern Sky Highlights 2012, Moon, Kos Coronaios.
Kos Coronaios captures the setting crescent Moon accompanied by Venus.
(photo: Moon and Venus. Limpopo. 2012 January 26. Kos Coronaios.)The telescope of Nigel Observatory
posted: 12 days ago, on Tuesday, 2012 Jan 17 at 09:33
tags: astronomy, observing equipment, history, telescopes, observatories, Martin Lyons, photo diary.
In 2011, Luciano Pazzi decided to close down Nigel Observatory (see MNASSA, 2011 Jan-Feb edition). The instrumentation is now safely in the hands of Martin Lyons, and I went along yesterday to see this historic beast.
(photo: The equatorial mount ex-Nigel Observatory. 2012 January 15.) posted: 13 days ago, on Monday, 2012 Jan 16 at 16:36
tags: Stellenbosch, photo diary.
Temperatures soar in Stellenbosch and the Western Cape.
(photo: (left) Stellenbosch (right) Paarl, via Danie Cronje)Evening Star setting (2012 Jan 15)
posted: 13 days ago, on Monday, 2012 Jan 16 at 08:08
tags: astronomy, astrophotography, Venus, Kos Coronaios, Southern Sky Highlights.
Ribbetjies in die Spur - lekker
posted: 15 days ago, on Saturday, 2012 Jan 14 at 12:26
tags: photo diary, Stellenbosch.
posted: 19 days ago, on Tuesday, 2012 Jan 10 at 12:34
tags: astronomy, astrophotography, Southern Sky Highlights 2012, Moon, Kos Coronaios.
Kos Coronaios captures the rising of the first Full Moon of the year.
(photo: Full Moon rising in Limpopo. 2012 January 09. Kos Coronaios.) posted: 21 days ago, on Sunday, 2012 Jan 08 at 21:48
tags: astronomy, constellations, astrophotography, space craft, Kos Coronaios.
Kos Coronaios images a bright flyby of the ISS, despite being challenged by the Moon.
(photo: ISS flyby 2012 Jan 08. Kos Coronaios.) posted: 41 days ago, on Monday, 2011 Dec 19 at 22:45
tags: astronomy, comets.
Comet Lovejoy wowed early-morning observers last month. It has since faded rapidly and is now a deep-southern faint fuzzy.
[update Jan 17, 10:01] Kos Coronaios images the comet on Monday morning, Jan 16, from Louis Trichardt
finder chart for Comet Lovejoy
(photo: Comet Lovejoy, Louis Trichardt, South Africa. January 16. By Kos Coronaios.)The Moon and Jupiter (2012 January 03)
posted: 25 days ago, on Wednesday, 2012 Jan 04 at 12:15
tags: astronomy, Southern Sky Highlights 2012.
The Moon and Jupiter together in the evening sky.
(photo: The Moon and Jupiter (2012 January 03))New Year's 2011 at Hermann and Joy's
posted: 28 days ago, on Sunday, 2012 Jan 01 at 10:26
tags: photo diary, Bertus Kock, Hermann Swart.
posted: 28 days ago, on Sunday, 2012 Jan 01 at 08:49
tags: astronomy, deep sky, astrophotography, LMC/SMC, Dale Liebenberg.
Dale Liebenberg has produced a stunning almost 3D image of the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
(photo: NGC 2070, Tarantula Nebula, by Dale Liebenberg.) posted: 29 days ago, on Saturday, 2011 Dec 31 at 17:11
tags: photo diary.
Southern sky highlights for 2012
posted: 29 days ago, on Saturday, 2011 Dec 31 at 00:21
tags: astronomy, Southern Sky Highlights 2012, outreach, almanack, astronomy media, Southern Sky News.
All the cool things to see during 2012 in a handy two-page spread.
(photo: Download your free PDF of the Stargazing Highlights for 2012 - the best sights in the southern skies for the year)Sunset visibility of comet Lovejoy
posted: 35 days ago, on Sunday, 2011 Dec 25 at 16:46
tags: astronomy, comets, Ed Foster, Kos Coronaios.
First evening pics of Comet Lovejoy? The comet is now below naked-eye visibility as it approaches the south celestial pole. Download a detailed finder chart (Jan 04-10) to pick it up.
(photo: Finder chart for Comet Lovejoy, evening sky, Jan 02-06) posted: 42 days ago, on Sunday, 2011 Dec 18 at 08:44
tags: atheism, religion.
Based on the 2001 census, the number of South African non-believers is compared to the number of Dutch Reformed Church members.
(photo: Data from 2001 ZA Census) posted: 48 days ago, on Monday, 2011 Dec 12 at 08:03
tags: magic, College of Magic, Cape Magicians Circle.
Some pics from the last meeting for 2011 of the Cape Magician's Circle, at the College of Magic in Cape Town.
(photo: CMC meeting, December 2011)Installation art, Stellenbosch 2011
posted: 48 days ago, on Monday, 2011 Dec 12 at 06:55
tags: Stellenbosch, photo diary.
Some captivating pieces of art are on display in the streets of Stellenbosch.
(photo: Outside PJ Olivier Kunssentrum) posted: 51 days ago, on Friday, 2011 Dec 09 at 21:17
tags: atheism, supernatural, religion.
What about you?
(photo: What myths do you see?)All the cool things to see during 2012 in a handy two-page spread.
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