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¤······Subject: Jupiter 2011.10.16

Received: Wed 10/19/2011 23:24 JST

Dears,

Jupiter under correct conditions:

http://astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j20111016-MDe.jpg

BA is pale in visible light but bright in methane (as SSTB ovals).

Sincerely,

Marc DELCROIX (Tournefeuille, FRANCE)

 

¤······Subject: Jupiter 15 Oct 2011

Received: Wed 19 Oct 2011 04:45 JST

Dear All,

One from the other morning.  Good seeing.

 Regards

Simon KIDD (Welwyn, the UK)

 

¤······Subject: Jupiter 16th Oct 2011

Received: Wed 19 Oct 2011 03:06 JST

REPEAT SEND DUE TO ERROR PROMPT

 Hi Guys Here are 4 images for the fair seeing of the 16th ,  I draw your attention to:- The blue festoon on top of the NEB , the pink spot following the region behind BA and indeed the changing face of BA.

  

best wishes

 Dave TYLER (Flackwell Heath, Bucks, the UK)

www.david-tyler.com

 

¤······Subject: Jupiter 15-Oct-2011

Received: Mon 17 Oct 2011 06:24 JST

Hi Guys variable seeing this evening, only one decent run early evening.

 

Best wishes

Dave TYLER (Flackwell Heath, Bucks, the UK)

www.david-tyler.com

 

¤······Subject: Solar images

Received: Mon 17 Oct 2011 06:17 JST

Hi

I’m catching up with my backlog so here are some images

Full disk from September 18

 

http://astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/sun_110918.jpg

 

Color version

 

http://astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/sun_110918_c.jpg

 

Active region 1305 from October 2

 

http://astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/ar1305_111002.jpg

 

Full disk from October 15

 

http://astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/sun111015.jpg

 

color version

 

http://astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/sun111015_c.jpg

 

Regards

Paulo CASQUINHA (PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC)

 

¤······Subject: Jupiter images 15 october 2011

Received: Mon 17 Oct 2011 02:19 JST

Hi all,

A set taken under fair seeing. Images worked nicely in long wavelenghts (including CH4)

http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/J111015-CPE

 Best wishes

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

¤······Subject: Transit of Venus Project Newsletter #5

Received: Sun 16 Oct 2011 14:35 JST

Dear all,

Even though it's still more than 230 days before the transit of Venus, one can notice only from the number of talks at conferences and the launch of new projects that we are becoming closer and closer. In this newsletter we'll look back at the exciting things that happened in the first half of October.

 

Our Last Transit of Venus ? teaser for documentary film

Last Saturday filmmaker Maarten Roos released a teaser for his documentary film on the 2012 transit of Venus. For this film, Maarten is going to follow three groups of people, preparing for the transit of Venus. First, a group of amateurs and professionals that plan to observe the transit with antique telescopes from the 18th and 19th century. This experimental archaeology project is part of our website. Next, the classrooms and amateurs worldwide that will participate in our Measure the Sun's Distance project. Using the free phone app, they will time the moments of contact, from which the distance to the Sun can be derived. Finally, professional scientists who will observe the transit to study the atmosphere of Venus or to calibrate their methods for finding exoplanets. You can watch the beautiful 6-minute teaser at

 http://transitofvenus.nl/wp/2011/10/15/our-last-transit-of-venus/  or http://vimeo.com/channels/ourlasttransitofvenus

 

Talks at DPS-EPSC meeting (Nantes, France) and CAP 2011 (Beijing, China)

At two conferences, held in the last two weeks, different talks were devoted to the transit of Venus. At the DPS-EPSC meeting in Nantes, France (2-7 October) scientists Paolo Tanga, Jean-Eudes Arlot, Jay Pasachoff and Louis Mayo presented their own plans and explained which educational opportunities the transit has to offer. All four talks were video taped and can be viewed at

 http://transitofvenus.nl/wp/2011/10/16/four-giants-talk-about-transits/

A week later, at the Communicating Astronomy with the Public (CAP) meeting in Beijing, China (10-14 October), Mike Simmons presented the transit of Venus programme of Astronomers Without Borders, entitled "A Global Education Program of Collaboration in Astronomical experiments". You can read more about this exciting programme at

http://transitofvenus.nl/wp/2011/10/12/a-yearlong-of-classroom-projects/  and http://transitofvenus.nl/files/AWB-Poster.pdf

 

Sun-Earth Day 2012 launched

Last Thursday, NASA launched the 2012 edition of it's annual Sun-Earth Day. This flagship educational project popularises heliophysics and this year's theme centres around the transit of Venus. On the accompanying website, educators can find lesson plans and public outreach specialists can get program ideas; scientists are called to be involved. The project culminates with the transit of Venus, an event NASA will cover live from Hawai'i. Make sure to visit http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/

 

New map showing visibility of 2012 transit of Venus

Michael Zeiler produced a wonderful new map for the 2012 transit of Venus:

http://transitofvenus.nl/wp/2011/10/14/mapping-next-years-transit/

 The map shows where the the transit of Venus will be visible and also explains the basic parameters of the event. In plain language that can be understood by lay people, the map makes clear where to be and what to watch for. You will see Zeiler's excellent work not only at our website, but on other websites and in magazines as well (January issue of Sky & Telescope, for example). I encourage you to take a look at his website www.eclipse-maps.com

 

Test run of phone app

The phone app that classrooms and amateurs around the world will use to time the exact moments of interior contact and submit their measurements to our international database, will be tested in November or December. For this test run, we are still seeking volunteers who would like to test this basic version and give us suggestions for improvement. If you would like to participate in this test run, just contact Steven van Roode at s.vanroode@transitofvenus.nl

 

I invite you to follow us on Twitter or to join our group on Facebook to keep in touch with other transit enthusiasts. If this email was forwarded to you, and you too would like to receive our monthly newsletter, just send an email to info@transitofvenus.nl and we'll keep you in the loop.

Sincerely,

Steven van ROODE (The NETHERLAND) 

www.transitofvenus.nl

info@transitofvenus.nl

 

¤······Subject: Mars 2011/10/14

Received: Fri 14 Oct 2011 16:42 JST

Hello, Here is Mars on 2011/10/14

The transparency was average.

The seeing was bad.

Sometimes, the wind was annoying.

T = +8°C

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/111014/JPp14Oct11.jpg

Regards

Jean-Jacques POUPEAU (Essonne, FRANCE)

 

¤······Subject: Mars - change of address for Martín Gaskell

Received: Fri 14 Oct 2011 11:49 JST

Hi everybody,

 Please note my change of institution and change of e-mail address.

Best wishes for Mars observing,

Martín GASKELL (Departamento de Física y Astronomía, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, CHILE)

 

¤······Subject: Solar images 2-Oct-2011

Received: Fri 14 Oct 2011 05:31 JST

Hi Guys

 

Here are some solar images back from 2 Oct. Quite a good morning with a nice prominence as well as 1302 in sight of the limb. Always makes for a more interesting shot.

 Best wishes

 Dave TYLER (Flackwell Heath, Bucks, the UK)

 

¤······Subject: Jupiter 28 Sept 2011 GRS +Io

Received: Wed 12 Oct 2011 21:25 JST

Hi Guys

Following Damian’s beautiful capture of this event here's how it looked from my location.  Although I have described the seeing as fair,  Io's shadow looked like an over active Ninja.

 It was fascinating to watch, with Io giving the illusion of travelling faster over Jupiter's surface than the surface features rotation, which of course it doesn't.  I read it takes 42.5 hours to orbit Jupiter, whereas Jupiter's rotational period is a little under 10 hrs. 

 Best wishes

 Dave TYLER (Flackwell Heath, Bucks, the UK)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 1 October 2011

Received: Wed 12 Oct 2011 12:39 JST

Here my best Mars of this year imaged in the wonderful night of October 1, 2011. For Dutch standards seeing was quite good. Considering the low altitude there are many details visible.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/111001/JSb01Oct11.jpg

Regards,

John S SUSSENBACH (Houten, the NETHERLANDS)

 

¤······Subject: Mars images (September 28th, 2011.)

Received: Wed 12 Oct 2011 06:21 JST

Hi all,

Here are some images from the 28th. Sinus Meridiani and Acidalium are prominent.

http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2011_09_28rgb.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/110928/DPc28Sept11.jpg

Best Wishes

Damian PEACH (Selsey, the UK)

 

¤······Subject: Full Solar Disk with the Luntanado at .5A

Received: Mon 10 Oct 2011 21:04 JST

Hi Folks,

Attached is yesterday's full solar disk (October 9, 2011) in Ha, taken with the Luntanado at .5A and DMK 41 camera.  Seeing was pretty decent and I picked up a bit more detail than usual, even with the extra glass of the .5x reducer.  Enjoy!

 

Regards,

Jim LAFFERTY (CA)

 

¤······Subject: (no subject)

Received: Mon 10 Oct 2011 08:14 JST

Full disk with PST and Skynyx 2.0M

9 pane mosaic

BW

http://astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/sun111009.jpg

color

http://astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/sun111009_c.jpg

Regards

 Paulo CASQUINHA (PORTUGAL)

 

 

¤······Subject: Mars 8 Oct

Received: Mon 10 Oct 2011 00:02 JST

Hi, Under a fair seeing, I took one set of images. PLS see it.

 

B.W

Sadegh GHOMIZADEH (Tehran, IRAN)

 

¤······Subject: solar images 29-Sept-2011

Received: Sun 9 Oct 2011 21:02 JST

(2nd resend due to send error message)

 Hi Guys more from the backlog showing  ar 11302   in ,5A and .7A bandwidths, plus a wider shot of  ar 11301 near the limb also in .5A Ha

 

Best wishes

 Dave TYLER (Flackwell Heath, Bucks, the UK)

 

¤······Subject: Re: Jupiter images, 3rd october 2011

Received: Sun 9 Oct 2011 17:30 JST

Hi Sylvia,

You have some very sharp UV and CH4 images ! The maps are especially interesting. Got the same idea ;)

I note that the WSZ looks a bit CH4 bright on sept.28. AWos in the NTrZ are dull in general in that band.

Please keep me informed of such work.

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

¤······Subject: Re: Jupiter images, 3rd october 2011

Received: Sun 9 Oct 2011 11:27 JST

Hi Christophe,

 

> Of special note is the little SEB outbreak near the GRS. It's very

> bright in CH4 ; the brightness has been detected visually at the

> eyepiece. The zone appears multi-colored in RGB.

 

thanks for pointing on that Outbreak. A few days earlier the Outbreak was only weak visible in ch4 near the GRS. I started my Jupiter observation on 25th september with my 8" Newton and was lucky to capture details on Ganymede on 26th september. So I asked to use the huge Cassegrain at Observatory Zollern-Alb. Under good conditions I could use the 80 cm mirror at Observatory Zollern-Alb and captured on September 27th and 28th a whole rotation and generated maps in several wavelength and an animation of Iotransit ...

 

http://www.sternwarte-zollern-alb.de/beobachtungen/jupiter/index2.htm

http://www.sternwarte-zollern-alb.de/beobachtungen/jupiter/index3.htm

http://www.sternwarte-zollern-alb.de/beobachtungen/jupiter/index4.htm

 

I am still processing the data (80 GB!) of this observation, so the pages will be updated several times...

Cheers

Silvia KOWOLLIK (Ludwigsburg, GERMANY)

 

¤·······Subject: Jupiter images, 3rd october 2011

Received: Sun 9 Oct 2011 06:07 JST

Hi all, Images belated due to my participation to the EPSC-DPS meeting this week in Nantes. It has been a pleasure to meet some astronomers and to listen to interesting news about planets!

Seeing was very good :

http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/J111003a-CPE (RGB, R, B)

http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/J111003b-CPE(UV, IR, CH4)

 

 Of special note is the little SEB outbreak near the GRS. It's very bright in CH4 ; the brightness has been detected visually at the eyepiece. The zone appears multi-colored in RGB.

Best wishes,

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

¤·······Subject: solar images 24-Sept-2011

Received: Sat 8 Oct 2011 18:38 JST

Hi Guys

 A spell of good weather night and day spells backlogs of processing. I just took a break from Jupiter and had a refreshing solar pro'session.

 

Awesome AR11302 coming on, and AR11295 looking like a dying blackberry flower, going off.

  Oh yes a prominence arch.  Bit of a Marmite this one, you'll either .........

 Best wishes

 Dave TYLER (Flackwell Heath, Bucks, the UK)

www.david-tyler.com

 

¤·······Subject: Jupiter 2-Oct-2011

Received: Sat 8 Oct 2011 07:14 JST

Hi guys Generally an evening of poor seeing but one run is always better than the rest.

Note the faint pink spot in the STB and the long  grey scarf ( more of a scarf than a belt I would say ) along the lower edge of the NEB

Best wishes

Dave TYLER (Flackwell Heath, Bucks, the UK)

www.david-tyler.com

 

¤·······Subject: Mars images (September 23rd, 2011.)

Received: Sat 8 Oct 2011 06:26 JST

Hi all,

Good seeing conditions on this morning. Chryse is again nicely presented. Weak clouds around the NPC with Ganges/Lunae Lacus again appearing distinctly dark.

http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2011_09_23rgb.jpg

Best Wishes

Damian PEACH (Selsey, the UK)

 

¤·······Subject: lafcadio hearn again

Received: Sat 8 Oct 2011 03:30 JST

Dear Masatsugu,

   I reread the article today—I found a few grammatical problems, which are corrected, and typos.  I also decided to cut some of the long quotations.

   Please refer to this shorter version and publish that instead of the earlier sent one.

   Best,

Bill SHEEHAN (Willmar, MN)

 

¤·······Subject: Jupiter 1-Oct-2011

Received: Sat 8 Oct 2011 01:03 JST

Hi guys resend due to 421 error message

  here are some more from the now inverted fine weather we had.  Seeing was quite good and reggi 4 still going strong and doing a fine job, making a marvel out of the mush.

 I tried an inverted colour view which highlights the colour of the barges in a bright turquoise.  The large barge preceding the GRS now has a pale payload.. The GRS looks in danger of being consumed by a grey scarf.

 

Best wishes

 Dave TYLER (Flackwell Heath, Bucks, the UK)

www.david-tyler.com

Ham call G4PIE

 

¤·······Subject: RE: Lafcadio Hearn essay

Received: Fri 7 Oct 2011 02:43 JST

Dear Masatsugu,

   Here is a (slightly edited) version; I just perused it after lunch, and found a few things to change.  I apologize for the haste with which this was written (I had about an hour to devote to it).

Bill SHEEHAN (Willmar, MN)

 

¤·······Subject: Lafcadio Hearn essay

Received: Fri 7 Oct 2011 01:58 JST

Dear Masatsugu,

   Here is the Hearn essay.  It may need to be pruned a bit for CMO.  A possible alternate title: Lost Worlds: Lafcadio Hearn and Percival Lowell. Best,

Bill SHEEHAN (Willmar, MN)

 

¤·······Subject: Jupiter 4 Oct

Received: Thu 6 Oct 2011 10:23 JST

Hi Guys, Under fair seeing after long time, I took some images of Jupiter. PLS see them.

 

Ciao

Sadegh GHOMIZADEH (Tehran, IRAN)

 

¤·······Subject: Mars: 27/09/11

Received: Thu 6 Oct 2011 05:44 JST

Greetings All!!  Attached is an observation I made of Mars on 2011 September 27th.  Alas, as one would expect, not a great deal is revealed on a 5" disk.  Nevertheless, I was able to see M Acidalium, Sinus Sabaeus, and the bright NPC.  I believe there may have been a bright equatorial cloud but I am far from certain of this.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/110927/PAb27Sept11.jpg

Best wishes,

Paul ABEL (Leicester, the UK)

 

¤·······Subject: Mars images (September 22nd, 2011.)

Received: Thu 6 Oct 2011 05:42 JST

Hi all, Some Mars images from the 22nd. Fair seeing and windy conditions. Solis Lacus is nicely seen along with clouds around the NPC. Ganges/Lunae Lacus looks especially dark and prominent. Some clouds over Tharsis.

http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2011_09_22rgb.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/110922/DPc22Sept11.jpg

Best Wishes

Damian PEACH (Selsey, the UK)

 

¤·······Subject: Jupiter 25-Sept-2011

Received: Tue 4 Oct 2011 17:50 JST

Hi Guys Not quite such good seeing here as the 24th, but good enough to hint at the pale centre and ring in BA

 

Best wishes

Dave TYLER (Flackwell Heath, Bucks, the UK)

www.david-tyler.com

Ham call G4PIE

 

¤·······Subject: mars 2 oct

Received: Tue 4 Oct 2011 10:58 JST

Hi, Under fair seeing, I took one image of Mars.  PLS see it.

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/111002/SGh02Oct11.jpg

B.W

Sadegh GHOMIZADEH (Tehran, IRAN)

 

¤·······Subject: AR 1302

Received: Tue 4 Oct 2011 07:59 JST

Active region 1302 from September 29

Two images mosaic

http://astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/ar1302_mos.jpg

Main group

http://astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/ar1302.jpg

Regards

Paulo CASQUINHA (PORTUGAL)

 

¤·······Subject: Mars obs. last 3rd from SMK

Received: Tue 4 Oct 2011 5:54 JST

> Dear sir,

> Please find my recent observations performed last 3rd with the RC200mm.

> Some comments are noted with the sketch.

> I join the report from the Mr Gomizadeh's images of last 30th sept.

> (nothing to see with the atmospheric refraction disturbance).

> For your perusal.

> Have good receipt. Faithfully.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/111003/SMk03Oct11.jpg

Stanislas MAKSYMOWICZ (Ecquevilly, FRANCE)

 

¤·······Subject: Hearn article

Received: Tue 4 Oct 2011 04:55 JST

Dear Masatsugu, I’m off just now to a meeting (on the human brain).  I did get most of the article on Hearn written before I left; so hope to have that to you by weekend. 

Bill SHEEHAN (Willmar, MN)

 

¤·······Subject: Final Jupiter data 24-Sept-2011

Received: Mon 3 Oct 2011 07:19 JST

Hi Guys This completes the processing of data from the excellent night's seeing of the 24th. Bit of a marathon but one must make the most of it.

 

best wishes

Dave TYLER (Flackwell Heath, Bucks, the UK)

 

¤·······Subject: Jupiter images 29 september 2011

Received: Mon 3 Oct 2011 04:57 JST

Hi all,

My second good set of images with the gregory, although the seeing was degrading.

http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/J110929-CPE

I have changed the processing of the multispectral images thanks to the wonderful processing window of Registax 6 - more size and contrast. I have changed for more selective filters as well; IR is with the Astronomik 742, UV with the Astrodon Uvenus. CH4 is from IDAS.

The NTB is more conspicuous at these longitudes, and is very dark in UV.

Best wishes

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

¤·······Subject: RE: mars sketches 28/09 & 02/10

Received: Sun 2 Oct 2011 20:33:37 JST

Hi, here are my 2 sketches from september 28 & october 02.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/111002/KSm02Oct11.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/110928/KSm28Sept11.jpg

instrument: 12" f/5 dobson

magnification: 312x + 536x

seeing: average + very good

filters: no colour filters used, apodizing mask used

Greetings,

Kris SMET (Bornem, BELGIUM)

 

¤·······Subject: Mars 2011/10/02

Received: Sun 2 Oct 2011 18:04 JST

Hello, Here is Mars on 2011/10/02. The transparency was average, while the seeing was fair. T = +11°C

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/111002/JPp02Oct11.jpg

Regards

Jean-Jacques POUPEAU (Essonne, FRANCE)

 

¤·······Subject: Mars 2011/10/01

Received: Sat 1 Oct 2011 20:05 JST

Hello, Here is Mars on 2011/10/01. The transparency was average, and also the seeing was average. T = +12°C

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/111001/JPp01Oct11.jpg

Regards

Jean-Jacques POUPEAU (Essonne, FRANCE)

 

¤·······Subject: Re: CMO/ISMO updated

Received: Sat 1 Oct 2011 2:16 JST

Dear Masami, Thank you for your emails and the printed CMO which is always a pleasure to read.

This fall I will be trying out a new scope and see if it produces better planet images than my LX200. I look forward to the upcoming Mars season.

Please note than from now on I have a NEW ADDRESS: …….

I would very much appreciate if you sent the printed CMO there. I now live 4 km from the Swedish south coast, about as far south in the country as you can come (55d25m N). The planets are thus almost five degrees higher than in Uppsala :-)

All the best,

Johan WARELL (Skivarp, SWEDEN)

 

¤·······Subject: More Jupiter data from 24th Sept 2011

Received: Fri 30 Sept 2011 20:45 JST

Hi Guys

 

Here are two more sets from the super seeing of the 24th.  The awesome EZ reminds me of "rapids" and the north and south beaches are quite different.  Ok the GRS looks like the Lonsdale Belt too.

 

UK weather is still great and plenty more data to wade through.

 Best wishes

 Dave TYLER (Flackwell Heath, Bucks, the UK)

 

¤·······Subject: Bright flare in AR11302, Sept 28th

Received: Fri 30 Sept 2011 19:39 JST

Hi all,

AR11302 was showing some impressive flare activity on Sept 28th...

Best regards,

Pete LAWRENCE (Selsey, the UK)

 

¤·······Subject: Jupiter le 30 Septembre

Received: Fri 30 Sept 2011 17:12 JST

 Bonjour à tous,

Pour résumer cette nuit: turbulence moyenne - Transparence moyenne. En conséquence : Résultats moyens. Par contre nuit assez douce T = 13.5°C.

Jean-Jacques POUPEAU (Essonne, FRANCE)

 

¤·······Subject: mars 30 sept 

Received: Fri 30 Sept 2011 14:01 JST

Hi, Average condition with 35 degrees above. I took one image of mars  PLS see it.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/110930/SGh30Sept11.jpg

Sadegh GHOMIZADEH (Tehran, IRAN)

 

¤·······Subject: Jupiter Images 22nd/23Sept-2011

Received: Fri 30 Sept 2011 05:57 JST

Hi Guys here is a batch of Jupiter data from the night of 22nd into 23rd Sept. Just 3 set from the 8 taken, note the faint pink spots following BA. The last one in the "train" is a little more intense that the others. 

 

 

 

 

Best wishes

 Dave TYLER (Flackwell Heath, Bucks, the UK)

 

¤·······Subject: Mars 2011/09/29

Received: Thu 29 Sept 2011 20:11 JST

Hello,

Here is Mars on 2011/09/29

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/110929/JPp29Sept11.jpg

The transparency was average, and the seeing was fair. T = +10°C

Jean-Jacques POUPEAU (Essonne, FRANCE)

 

¤·······Subject Jupiter 28th Sept 

Received: Thu 29 Sept 2011 05:38 JST

An image from this morning. Seeing was only fair, good for short moments. Transparency poor.

 

Regards

Simon KIDD (Welwyn, the UK)

 

¤·······Subject: Jupiter and Ganymede 2011.09.26

Received: Wed 28 Sept 2011 11:58:37 JST

Dears, Under fair conditions:

http://astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j20110926-MDe.jpg

Despite the non-round shape on some images, details are seen on Ganymede: white area North is around Osiris crater, the NE dark area i Galileo Region and the dark zone at the center ... does not correspond to anything on the map...

Steady skies,

Marc DELCROIX (Tournefeuille, FRANCE)

 

¤·······Subject: mars sketches 20/08 & 24/09

Received: Tue 27 Sept 2011 17:59:22 JST

Hi, here are my 2 sketches from august 20 & september 24.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/110924/KSm24Sept11.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/110820/KSm20Aug11.jpg

instrument: 12" f/5 dobson

magnification: 416x

seeing: poor + very good

filters: no colour filters used, apodizing mask used

Greetings,

PS: the LCM on the sketch from august 20 would be 351°W

 Kris SMET (Bornem, BELGIUM)

 

¤·······Subject: Mars 2011.09.26

Received: Tue 27 Sept 2011 04:04 JST

Hi all, As usual, it's always a thrill to start again imaging a planet for a new apparition. That was the case for me this morning, for my first image of Mars since almost 1 year and a half.

For now, I'm rather satisfied despite the small 5.1 arcsec diameter:

http://astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/m20110926-MDe.jpg

We can see North Niliacus Lacus and Mare Acidalium, and East Deuteronilus, and South Chryse very bright, dark Mare Erythraeum, with Sinus Meridiani/Sabaeus East. And the North Pole covered with clouds. And of course the usual limb artefact always very strong in my images. Steady skies,

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/110926/MDc26Sept11.jpg

Marc DELCROIX (Tournefeuille, FRANCE)

 

¤·······Subject: Mars 2011/09/26

Received: Mon 26 Sept 2011 22:59 JST

Hello, Here is Mars on 2011/09/26

The transparency was bad, while the seeing was average. T = +11.5°C

Regards

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/110926/JPp26Sept11.jpg

Jean-Jacques POUPEAU (Essonne, FRANCE)

 

¤·······Subject: Mars 24-Sept-2011

Received: Mon 26 Sept 2011 18:48 JST

Hi Guys after a great Jupiter session I finally located Mars through the branches of a weeping willow.  An hour later I got some images showing reasonable detail of Sinus Meridiani, Oxia Palus and Mare Acidalium. The North polar region is shrouded in cloud

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/110924/DTy24Sept11.jpg

Best wishes

Dave TYLER (Flackwell Heath, Bucks, the UK)

 

¤·······Subject: Re: AR1302 - M-class flare Animation

Received: Mon 26 Sept 2011 16:26 JST

Well done Andy, and well recognised in the first place that something was about to happen, that's the really clever part !  Do you have a crystal ball or something?  cheers

Dave TYLER (Flackwell Heath, Bucks, the UK)

 

¤·······Subject: Sun full disk

Received: Mon 26 Sept 2011 07:38 JST

Full disk of the Sun today, PST @ f/20 + Skynyx 2.0M, 9 pane mosaic

http://astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/s110925.jpg

color version

http://astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/s110925_c.jpg

Regards

Paulo CASQUINHA (PORTUGAL)

 

¤·······Subject: AR1302 - M-class flare Animation

Received: Mon 26 Sept 2011 06:15 JST

Hi I got an email from Paulo Re AR1302

I thought I would share an animation I prepared of this very explosive event from 15-27 to 15-39UT this afternoon [25 Sept 2011].

 

I hope you like it it is on the front page of my site. I also attach the GIF coloured and mono files.

Regards

Andy DEVEY (Barnsley, South Yorkshire, the UK)

http://thesolarexplorer.net/

 

¤·······Subject: AR 1302

Received: Mon 26 Sept 2011 02:49 JST

Active region 1302 with C14 @ prime focus and full aperture

http://astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/ar_1302_110925.jpg

Best Regards

Paulo CASQUINHA (PORTUGAL)

 

¤·······Subject: Jupiter images 24-Sept-2011

Received: Mon 26 Sept 2011 00:43 JST

Hi Guys  What a surprise on seeing Jupiter on screen this fine morning, the seeing was 9/10, and so still I thought I had brought up a BMP!

I have never seen seeing like this in UK for Jupiter, it really was like Barbados.  Back on one night 14 April 2004 (see my Home page) when I was armed with my 8,5 inch f12 and a ToUcam, was it as good, but this time I am viewing with the Flea 3.

 What made it more spectacular was all the high contrast detail following the GRS.  Note how dark that barge is in the green filter.

 We have had a spell of good seeing over the past few days here in the UK, as Damian says, the sleep deprivation experiment continues!

 This is the first set from this night, there are more to come.

 Best wishes

Dave TYLER (Flackwell Heath, Bucks, the UK)

www.david-tyler.com

 

¤·······Subject: Solar images 22 Sept 2011

Received: Sun 25 Sept 2011 21:45 JST

Hi Guys here is a bunch of stuff from the 22nd. The montage of new spot ar1302 is a bit too early for the beautiful fan captured by Pete Lawrence. Spectacular events are continuously unfolding up there.

  

best wishes

Dave TYLER (Flackwell Heath, Bucks, the UK)

www.david-tyler.com

 

¤·······Subject: Mars 23 Sept

Received: Sun 15 Sept 2011 03:39 JST

Hi, on 23 Sept seeing was fair so that I took one image. PLS see them. B.W

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/110923/SGh23Sept11.jpg

Sadegh GHOMIZADEH (Tehran, IRAN)

 

¤·······Subject: Jupiter images 23 september 2011

Received: Sun 25 Sept 2011 02:51 JST

 

Hi all, My second night with the gregory, and the first one under good seeing. The PLA-Mx performed very well, and outpassed the Skynyx even in blue light despite the high sampling.

http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/J110923a-CPE  (RGB, R, B)

http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/J110923b-CPE  (IR, UV, CH4)

Best wishes

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

¤·······Subject: Wm. Herschel and Mars

Received: Sun 25 Sept 2011 00:57 JST

  Dear Masatsugu,

   Just after I sent the last, I resumed work on a chapter of a Galaxies book describing the career of William Herschel, and returned to the excellent article by Hitomi Tsunemachi (translated by you in No. 377 of the CMO or No. 3 of the International Society of Mars Observers).  It raises some interesting points; namely, that Herschel’s interest in Mars went back to early in his career as an astronomer—he was observing the planet already in 1777, and making observations which would eventually lead him to assert: “That planet has a considerable but moderate atmosphere, so that its inhabitants probably enjoy a situation in many respects similar to ours.”  Ms. Tsunemachi makes an interesting point I had not thought about before: when William Herschel moved from No. 5 Rivers Street in Bath back to No. 19 New King Street, it was because the latter had a fine southward-facing garden, which the house on Rivers Street lacked (in fact, William had to set up his seven-foot reflector on the cobblestone street in front of his house), and he mentions the interesting circumstance that that summer of 1781 Mars was inexorably moving to a very fine opposition, similar to that in 1986, when it would be close to the Earth but far to the south.  I think it is quite likely that the move was in anticipation of this grand Martian event, though I don’t know of any place where Herschel specifically mentions it.

   As Ms. Tsunemachi points out, Herschel’s observing log books for March 12 and 13 show that:

   On March 12, he observed Mars at 5:45 in the morning, and noted “Mars seems to be all over bright but the air is so frosty & undulating that it is possible there may be spots without my being able to distinguish them.”  At 5:53 he includes an entry: “I am pretty sure there is no spot on Mars.”  He also looked at Saturn and noted, “The shadow of Saturn lays [sic.] at the left upon the ring.”

    On March 13 his log book reads:

   Pollux is followed by 3 small stars at about 2’ and 3’ {thus he was examining it for companions as part of his double star research project}

   Mars as usual.

   In the quartile near Zeta Tauri the lowest of two is a curious either nebulous star or perhaps a comet.

   A small star follows the Comet at 2/3rds of the field’s distance.

   The “comet” was of course Uranus.

   It appears clear from all this that Herschel observed Pollux and Mars in the morning of March 13, and then the discovery of Uranus occurred as he commenced observations (presumably after he returned from giving concerts or whatever) that evening.

   It is at least possible that Herschel’s move to the house at New King Street—and the discovery of Uranus—owed something to his early fascination with Mars.

   Bill SHEEHAN (Willmar, MN) 

 

¤·······Subject: Nix Olympica

Received: Sun 25 Sept 2011 00:23 JST

Dear Masatsugu,

  Thank you for the very illuminating article on the aspects of Olympus Mons as observed from Earth.  I remember your expounding on this at the Paris meeting.  One cannot hear this often enough as there is so much confusion on these points. 

   Over the summer, I have read a novel in manuscript about Percival Lowell—as seen through the eyes of his secretary Wrexie Louise Leonard—by Jan Milsapp, a filmmaker in San Francisco, and just received notice that the novel about Percival Lowell by Jean Cave, whom you met in Paris, is about to be published.  The title is Nos Rêves sont plus Grands que le Ciel.

   Have been very busy but hope to get to Hearn for you after a while. Best

  Bill SHEEHAN (Willmar, MN)

 

¤·······Subject: Jupiter 2011.09.22

Received: Fri 23 Sept 2011 13:32 JST

Dears, Under average conditions:

http://astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j20110922-MDe.jpg

with oval BA setting and WSZ transiting at meridian.

On the CH4 image, additionally to BA and 2 SSTB ovals, white spot Z is a bit bright, and a suspect spot on the north polar area which could be an artifact as it is not seen on 3 other methane images I took, and there are no clear spot corresponding in other wavelengths images. Sincerely,

Marc DELCROIX (Tournefeuille, FRANCE)

 

 

¤·······Subject:  Jupiter 20 Sept

Received: Fri 23 Sept 2011 10:02 JST

Due to further medical situations I'm still (temporarily) limited to the

C5, but it's impressive what it can do:

 

http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~rhill/jup11.html

 

Richard HILL (Jim Loudon Observatory, AZ)

 

¤·······Subject: Moon 22 Sept

Received: Thu 22 Sept 2011 14:40 JST

Here is tonight's Moon in the early hours....

 

 cheers

 Jamie COOPER (Northampton, the UK)

 

¤·······Subject: mars 19 sept

Received: Wed 21 Sept 2011 06:02 JST

Hi, Poor seeing & average condition PLS see you it. B.W

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/110919/SGh19Sept11.jpg

Sadegh GHOMIZADEH (Tehran, IRAN)

 

¤·······Subject: solar image 19-Sept-2011

Received: Wed 21 Sept 2011 04:53 JST

Hi Guys a break in the clouds was big enough for 5   x 30 second mosaic runs of this monster called AR 11295. Visually it was awesome, with flares and filaments all over the place.  I think the picture has captured its mood.

 

Best wishes

 Dave TYLER (Flackwell Heath, Bucks, the UK)

www.david-tyler.com

 

¤·······Subject: Jupiter 18th (morning) Sept 2011

Received: Wed 21 Sept 2011 00:13 JST

Here is the complete batch from 3 of the 9 LRGB runs imaged on the morning of the18th.  I did the evening too but have not processed them yet.

  

 

Seeing was fair but a trifle soft. Alt was 48deg.  

 Best wishes

 Dave TYLER (Flackwell Heath, Bucks, the UK)

www.david-tyler.com

 


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