{"id":105,"date":"2019-01-23T21:06:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T03:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.jmhastronomy.com\/?page_id=105"},"modified":"2019-01-23T21:53:45","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T03:53:45","slug":"sun-and-moon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.jmhastronomy.com\/?page_id=105","title":{"rendered":"Sun and Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Moon on 4\/23\/2018<\/strong>

The moon, taken from my observatory on April 23\/2018

Designations:<\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022 Common Name:<\/strong> Moon
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022 Messier:<\/strong> n\/a
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022 New General Catalogue:<\/strong> n\/a
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022 Other:<\/strong> Luna
Telescope:<\/strong> Orion 8″ f\/3.9 Imaging Newtonian
Camera:<\/strong> SBIG STF-8300C
Object Type:<\/strong> Planet
Distance:<\/strong> 250,000 miles
Constellation:<\/strong> Andromeda
Right Ascension:<\/strong> 0 Hrs, 0′, 0.00″
Declination:<\/strong> 0\u00b0, 0′, 0.00″
Magnitude:<\/strong> 12.00
Single very short exposure<\/em>
(Image ID: 253)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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August 21, 2017 Partial Eclipse (6 of 6)<\/strong>

This is one of a handful of images I took of the partial eclipse.

Designations:<\/strong>
    \u2022 Common Name:<\/strong> Sol
    \u2022 Messier:<\/strong> n\/a
    \u2022 New General Catalogue:<\/strong> n\/a
    \u2022 Other:<\/strong> Sun
Telescope:<\/strong> Meade 2080 with focal reducer
Camera:<\/strong> Canon 350D
Object Type:<\/strong> Sun
Distance:<\/strong> 1 AU \/ 93 million miles\/8 light minutes
Constellation:<\/strong> Not Applicable
Right Ascension:<\/strong> 0 Hrs, 0′, 0.00″
Declination:<\/strong> 0\u00b0, 0′, 0.00″
Magnitude:<\/strong> -26.74
Shortest exposure, lowest ISO available. No real processing done, just resizing<\/em>
(Image ID: 233)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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August 21, 2017 Partial Eclipse (5 of 6)<\/strong>

This is one of a handful of images I took of the partial eclipse.

Designations:<\/strong>
    \u2022 Common Name:<\/strong> Sol
    \u2022 Messier:<\/strong> n\/a
    \u2022 New General Catalogue:<\/strong> n\/a
    \u2022 Other:<\/strong> Sun
Telescope:<\/strong> Meade 2080 with focal reducer
Camera:<\/strong> Canon 350D
Object Type:<\/strong> Sun
Distance:<\/strong> 1 AU \/ 93 million miles\/8 light minutes
Constellation:<\/strong> Not Applicable
Right Ascension:<\/strong> 0 Hrs, 0′, 0.00″
Declination:<\/strong> 0\u00b0, 0′, 0.00″
Magnitude:<\/strong> -26.74
Shortest exposure, lowest ISO available. No real processing done, just resizing<\/em>
(Image ID: 232)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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August 21, 2017 Partial Eclipse (4 of 6)<\/strong>

This is one of a handful of images I took of the partial eclipse.

Designations:<\/strong>
    \u2022 Common Name:<\/strong> Sol
    \u2022 Messier:<\/strong> n\/a
    \u2022 New General Catalogue:<\/strong> n\/a
    \u2022 Other:<\/strong> Sun
Telescope:<\/strong> Meade 2080 with focal reducer
Camera:<\/strong> Canon 350D
Object Type:<\/strong> Sun
Distance:<\/strong> 1 AU \/ 93 million miles\/8 light minutes
Constellation:<\/strong> Not Applicable
Right Ascension:<\/strong> 0 Hrs, 0′, 0.00″
Declination:<\/strong> 0\u00b0, 0′, 0.00″
Magnitude:<\/strong> -26.74
Shortest exposure, lowest ISO available. No real processing done, just resizing<\/em>
(Image ID: 231)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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August 21, 2017 Partial Eclipse (3 of 6)<\/strong>

This is one of a handful of images I took of the partial eclipse.

Designations:<\/strong>
    \u2022 Common Name:<\/strong> Sol
    \u2022 Messier:<\/strong> n\/a
    \u2022 New General Catalogue:<\/strong> n\/a
    \u2022 Other:<\/strong> Sun
Telescope:<\/strong> Meade 2080 with focal reducer
Camera:<\/strong> Canon 350D
Object Type:<\/strong> Sun
Distance:<\/strong> 1 AU \/ 93 million miles\/8 light minutes
Constellation:<\/strong> Not Applicable
Right Ascension:<\/strong> 0 Hrs, 0′, 0.00″
Declination:<\/strong> 0\u00b0, 0′, 0.00″
Magnitude:<\/strong> -26.74
Shortest exposure, lowest ISO available. No real processing done, just resizing<\/em>
(Image ID: 230)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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August 21, 2017 Partial Eclipse (2 of 6)<\/strong>

This is one of a handful of images I took of the partial eclipse.

Designations:<\/strong>
    \u2022 Common Name:<\/strong> Sol
    \u2022 Messier:<\/strong> n\/a
    \u2022 New General Catalogue:<\/strong> n\/a
    \u2022 Other:<\/strong> Sun
Telescope:<\/strong> Meade 2080 with focal reducer
Camera:<\/strong> Canon 350D
Object Type:<\/strong> Sun
Distance:<\/strong> 1 AU \/ 93 million miles\/8 light minutes
Constellation:<\/strong> Not Applicable
Right Ascension:<\/strong> 0 Hrs, 0′, 0.00″
Declination:<\/strong> 0\u00b0, 0′, 0.00″
Magnitude:<\/strong> -26.74
Shortest exposure, lowest ISO available. No real processing done, just resizing<\/em>
(Image ID: 229)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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August 21, 2017 Partial Eclipse (1 of 6)<\/strong>

This is one of a handful of images I took of the partial eclipse.

Designations:<\/strong>
    \u2022 Common Name:<\/strong> Sol
    \u2022 Messier:<\/strong> n\/a
    \u2022 New General Catalogue:<\/strong> n\/a
    \u2022 Other:<\/strong> Sun
Telescope:<\/strong> Meade 2080 with focal reducer
Camera:<\/strong> Canon 350D
Object Type:<\/strong> Sun
Distance:<\/strong> 1 AU \/ 93 million miles\/8 light minutes
Constellation:<\/strong> Not Applicable
Right Ascension:<\/strong> 0 Hrs, 0′, 0.00″
Declination:<\/strong> 0\u00b0, 0′, 0.00″
Magnitude:<\/strong> -26.74
Shortest exposure, lowest ISO available. No real processing done, just resizing<\/em>
(Image ID: 228)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Transit of Venus (2 of 3)<\/strong>

This was taken during the transit of Venus on June 5, 2012. Venus can be seen at about a 2 o’clock position on the face of the sun.

Designations:<\/strong>
    \u2022 Common Name:<\/strong> Venus
    \u2022 Messier:<\/strong> M0
    \u2022 New General Catalogue:<\/strong> NGC 0
    \u2022 Other:<\/strong> Venus
Telescope:<\/strong> Meade 2080
Camera:<\/strong> Nikon D5000
Object Type:<\/strong> Planet
Distance:<\/strong> 0
Constellation:<\/strong> Not Applicable
Right Ascension:<\/strong> 0 Hrs, 0′, 0.00″
Declination:<\/strong> 0\u00b0, 0′, 0.00″
Magnitude:<\/strong> 0.00
unsure of the processing notes, but taken using a standard white-light filter<\/em>
(Image ID: 113)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Transit of Venus (2 of 3)<\/strong>

This was taken during the transit of Venus on June 5, 2012. Venus can be seen at the upper-right, 1 o’clock position. The other black spots on the disk of the sun are sunspots.

Designations:<\/strong>
    \u2022 Common Name:<\/strong> Venus
    \u2022 Messier:<\/strong> M0
    \u2022 New General Catalogue:<\/strong> NGC 0
    \u2022 Other:<\/strong> Venus
Telescope:<\/strong> Meade 2080
Camera:<\/strong> Nikon D5000
Object Type:<\/strong> Planet
Distance:<\/strong> 0
Constellation:<\/strong> Not Applicable
Right Ascension:<\/strong> 0 Hrs, 0′, 0.00″
Declination:<\/strong> 0\u00b0, 0′, 0.00″
Magnitude:<\/strong> 0.00
unsure of the processing notes, but taken using a standard white-light filter<\/em>
(Image ID: 111)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Transit of Venus (1 of 3)<\/strong>

This was taken during the transit of Venus on June 5, 2012. Part of Venus can be seen at the upper-right, 1 o’clock position.

Designations:<\/strong>
    \u2022 Common Name:<\/strong> Venus
    \u2022 Messier:<\/strong> M0
    \u2022 New General Catalogue:<\/strong> NGC 0
    \u2022 Other:<\/strong> Venus
Telescope:<\/strong> Meade 2080
Camera:<\/strong> Nikon D5000
Object Type:<\/strong> Planet
Distance:<\/strong> 0
Constellation:<\/strong> Not Applicable
Right Ascension:<\/strong> 0 Hrs, 0′, 0.00″
Declination:<\/strong> 0\u00b0, 0′, 0.00″
Magnitude:<\/strong> 0.00
unsure of the processing notes, but taken using a standard white-light filter<\/em>
(Image ID: 110)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Moon and Jupiter<\/strong>

Caption To Be Added Later

Designations:<\/strong>
    \u2022 Common Name:<\/strong> Moon & Jupiter
    \u2022 Messier:<\/strong> n\/a
    \u2022 New General Catalogue:<\/strong> n\/a
    \u2022 Other:<\/strong> N\/A
Telescope:<\/strong> Unknown
Camera:<\/strong> Unknown
Object Type:<\/strong> Moon
Distance:<\/strong>
Constellation:<\/strong> Not Applicable
Right Ascension:<\/strong> 0 Hrs, 0′, 0.00″
Declination:<\/strong> 0\u00b0, 0′, 0.00″
Magnitude:<\/strong> 0.00
I can no longer recall the details of this image’s capture or processing<\/em>
(Image ID: 49)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Moon<\/strong>

Caption To Be Added Later

Designations:<\/strong>
    \u2022 Common Name:<\/strong> Moon
    \u2022 Messier:<\/strong> n\/a
    \u2022 New General Catalogue:<\/strong> n\/a
    \u2022 Other:<\/strong> N\/A
Telescope:<\/strong> Unknown
Camera:<\/strong> Unknown
Object Type:<\/strong> Moon
Distance:<\/strong>
Constellation:<\/strong> Not Applicable
Right Ascension:<\/strong> 0 Hrs, 0′, 0.00″
Declination:<\/strong> 0\u00b0, 0′, 0.00″
Magnitude:<\/strong> 0.00
I can no longer recall the details of this image’s capture or processing<\/em>
(Image ID: 48)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.jmhastronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.jmhastronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.jmhastronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.jmhastronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.jmhastronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wp.jmhastronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114,"href":"https:\/\/wp.jmhastronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions\/114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.jmhastronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}