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Star trails showing the rotation of stars around the north celestial pole

NCP star trails illustrating polar alignment

by Phil
in Astrophotography
on 8 March 2021

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Felt this was a great way to explain polar alignment. Polar alignment sets the telescope’s “home position” to this stationary point (the “celestial pole”) in the sky – around which…
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Saturn and Jupiter leading up to their 2020 conjunction

Great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn – the Star of Bethlehem

by Phil
in Astrophotography
on 20 December 2020

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A rare conjunction of the two giant gas planets – Jupiter and Saturn – makes a bright “Christmas star” in the sky tomorrow on 21 December 2020. If it’s not…
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Colourful moon halo

by Phil
in Astrophotography
on 27 November 2020

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I was having the typical intermittent issues with the Astromaster’s “StarFinder” finderscope, so instead I captured this colourful moody Moon halo instead.

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NCP star trails illustrating polar alignment

Great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn – the Star of Bethlehem

Colourful moon halo

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