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Venus and Uranus (2012 Feb 08)
posted: Yesterday, Thursday, 2012 Feb 09 at 05:58
tags: astronomy, astrophotography, Southern Sky Highlights 2012, Venus, Uranus, Kos Coronaios.
Kos Coronaios documents the appulse of Venus and Uranus.
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posted: Two days ago, on Wednesday, 2012 Feb 08 at 18:42
tags: astronomy, astrophotography, Southern Sky Highlights 2012, Moon, Dieter Willasch.
Dieter Willasch captures the rising of the second Full Moon of the year.
(photo: Full Moon. 2012 February 07. Dieter Willasch.)Daylight astropic of the Seven Sisters and Co.
posted: A week ago, on Friday, 2012 Feb 03 at 07:14
tags: astronomy, constellations, astrophotography, atmospheric phenomena.
A lightning flash turns night into day.
(photo: Pleiades, Hyades and Betelgeuse, with natural flash. 2011 December 31. Paul Smit.)Moon, Seven Sisters and chaperone (2012 Feb 01)
posted: Eight days ago, on Thursday, 2012 Feb 02 at 05:50
tags: astronomy, astrophotography, Southern Sky Highlights 2012, Moon, space craft, Kos Coronaios.
One day past First Quarter, the Moon and the Seven Sisters hook up, with the ISS as chaperone.
(photo: Moon, Pleiades, ISS. Limpopo. 2012 February 01. Kos Coronaios.)Moon and Jupiter (2012 Jan 30)
posted: 11 days ago, on Monday, 2012 Jan 30 at 20:38
tags: astronomy, astrophotography, Southern Sky Highlights 2012, Moon, Kos Coronaios.
The Moon shines brightly near Jupiter, with Venus way down. Kos Coronaios was there to image it.
(photo: Moon, Venus and Jupiter. Limpopo. 2012 January 30. Kos Coronaios.)Moon and Jupiter (2012 Jan 29)
posted: 12 days ago, on Sunday, 2012 Jan 29 at 23:33
tags: astronomy, astrophotography, Southern Sky Highlights 2012, Moon, Kos Coronaios.
The Moon shines brightly near Jupiter, and Kos Coronaios was there to image it.
(photo: Moon, Venus and Jupiter. Limpopo. 2012 January 29. Kos Coronaios.) posted: 12 days ago, on 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.
(photo: Moon, Venus and Jupiter. Limpopo. 2012 January 28. Kos Coronaios.)Suburban Moon and planets (2012 Jan 27)
posted: 13 days ago, on 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 weeks 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: 24 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: 25 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: 25 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: 27 days ago, on Saturday, 2012 Jan 14 at 12:26
tags: photo diary, Stellenbosch.
posted: 31 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: 33 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.)All the cool things to see during 2012 in a handy two-page spread.
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