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Don Parker’s Christmas Jupiter
David Eicher
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Thu, Dec 27 2012
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Jupiter imaged by the king of planetary photography
David Eicher
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Tue, Aug 14 2012
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Perseid meteors with a great planetary alignment!
David Eicher
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Mon, Aug 13 2012
Blog Post:
Don Parker images amazing clouds on Mars
David Eicher
Legendary planetary photographer Don Parker has done it again. As you’re probably aware, Mars reached opposition March 3, appearing bright and relatively large in the sky. Tonight, the Red Planet will shine at magnitude –1.9 and its disk will span 13.1” as seen through telescopes. Even...
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Mon, Mar 26 2012
Blog Post:
Pluto needs you
David Eicher
You may have heard over the past month of an effort to recognize the New Horizons mission now en route to Pluto and due to arrive in 2015. Now, many of you know the folks here at Astronomy are Pluto backers. I was a friend of Clyde Tombaugh and considered it a great honor to have known and observed with...
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Tue, Mar 6 2012
Blog Post:
The skies belong to everyone, part three: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
David Eicher
So you bought a telescope to look at everything the universe has to offer. You’ve explored the various craters and maria of the Moon, and some of the planets — Mercury, Venus, and Mars. What should you look at next? [caption image="/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs...
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Wed, May 4 2011
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The skies belong to everyone, part two: Mercury, Venus, and Mars
David Eicher
So you bought a telescope to look at everything the universe has to offer. You’ve explored the various craters and maria of the Moon. What should you look at next? [caption image="/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/daves_2D00_universe.Planets.Mars/3660...
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Tue, May 3 2011
Blog Post:
Celebrating Earth Day
David Eicher
You know, I noticed on the calendar when I came into work on Friday that April 22 was Earth Day. That’s great, and I fully support Earth as a good planet and a nice place to be. Sure beats the chills you would get on Mars, the trouble you would have breathing on Mercury, or the scorched hellfire...
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Mon, Apr 25 2011