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This hardly qualifies as a report as the total time involved was less than a minute.
But for a quality vs. quantity view, I found it unexpected and hard to beat!
I was outside this morning refilling the dogs water dish and looked up to pleasantly find a clear (or clearish) sky.
It just happened that I was looking South to Southeast and the planets were there in all of their glory. Saturn, Jupiter, crescent moon, Mars, and Venus all saying good morning. No horizon view to try to catch Mercury.
The icing on the cake was that the ISS was cruising just below the planet row following the same ecliptic plane. What an awesome sight!
A heck of a way to start my day. Just wanted to share.
Jim
Scopes: Explore Scientific ED102 APO, Sharpstar 61 EDPH II APO
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro with Rowan Belt Mod
Stuff: ASI EAF Focus Motor (x2), Orion 50mm Guide Scope, ZWO 30 mm Guide Scope, Orion SSAG, ZWO ASI 120mm mini, Stellarview 0.8 FR/FF, Sharpstar 0.8 FR/FF
Camera/Filters/Software: ASI 533 mc pro, ASI 120mm mini, Orion SSAG, IDAS LPS D-1, Optolong L-Enhance, Sybony UV/IR Cut, N.I.N.A., Green Swamp Server, PHD2, SharpCap Pro, Adobe Photoshop CC, NoiseXTerminator, StarXterminator,
Pixinsight.
Dog and best bud: Jack
Sky: Bortle 7
Astro Photos https://www.astrobin.com/users/Juno16/
helicon wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 1:46 pm
Very cool Jim!
Sounds like it was an uplifting experience.
It was Michael.
All of us look up every time we see a clear sky and it is always beautiful.
I’ve been seeing the planet parade for a while. The bonus was one extra planet was moving!
Jim
Scopes: Explore Scientific ED102 APO, Sharpstar 61 EDPH II APO
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro with Rowan Belt Mod
Stuff: ASI EAF Focus Motor (x2), Orion 50mm Guide Scope, ZWO 30 mm Guide Scope, Orion SSAG, ZWO ASI 120mm mini, Stellarview 0.8 FR/FF, Sharpstar 0.8 FR/FF
Camera/Filters/Software: ASI 533 mc pro, ASI 120mm mini, Orion SSAG, IDAS LPS D-1, Optolong L-Enhance, Sybony UV/IR Cut, N.I.N.A., Green Swamp Server, PHD2, SharpCap Pro, Adobe Photoshop CC, NoiseXTerminator, StarXterminator,
Pixinsight.
Dog and best bud: Jack
Sky: Bortle 7
Astro Photos https://www.astrobin.com/users/Juno16/
Hi Jim. It looks like you had a great experience this morning by spotting the "parade of planets" and also including an ISS fly by. Thanks for sharing this nice observation with us Jim and keep looking up.
Marshall
Sky-Watcher 90mm f/13.8 Maksutov-Cassegrain on motorized Multimount
Orion Astroview 120ST f/5 Refractor on EQ3 mount
Celestron Comet Catcher 140mm f/3.64 Schmidt-Newtonian on alt-az mount
Celestron Omni XLT150R f/5 Refractor on CG4 mount with dual axis drives.
Orion 180mm f/15 Maksutov-Cassegrain on CG5-GT Goto mount.
Orion XT12i 12" f/4.9 Dobsonian Intelliscope.
Kamakura 7x35 Binoculars and Celestron SkyMaster 15x70 Binoculars. ZWO ASI 120MC camera.
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Jim, I've had a few of those in the past 20 years; always a great experience! That made me smile wide; I can so relate!
All the best to you and yours
Mark "The Hankmeister" Celestron 8SE, William Optics Zenithstar 61mm
C80-HD, orange tube Vixen made C80 with diagonal and 2X barlow, CG4 mount Towa Glass: 60mm 1961 Tasco 12TE , 'Towatron' 60mm f/6, Jason 80mm f/15,
Tasco 3T and Towa 3" and 4.5" reflectors. ES & Ioptron diagonals, Fujiyama KK orthos, ES 68°'s.
Canon EOS 550D, Baader OD 5.0 & 3.8 Solar film, Solar Continuum filter and Solar Cycle 25 TheFatKitty.comNCC-1701.Ca
Very nice Jim. I had some good views of Mercury and Venus in 2021 (I think) and snapped some photos where both were visible just after sunset, which is somewhat infrequent. Indeed the parade of planets seems like a cosmic ballet. Cue up the 2001 Space Odyssey music....either the kettle drums or the Blue Danube...
-Michael Dobsonian: 10" Zhumell f/4.9 Refractors: ES AR152 f/6.5 Achromat on Twilight II, KOWA 90mm spotting scope Grab-n-go: AWB 5.1" Onesky Newtonian Binoculars: Oberwerk 25x100, Celestron SkyMaster 15x70, Bushnell 10x50 Eyepieces: Explore Scientific line, GSO Superview, 9mm Plossl, Edmund 28mm RKE Camera: ZWO ASI 120 Naked Eye: Two Eyeballs Latitude: 48.7229° N
The evenings have been cloudy and super hot (over 100F during the day with high humidity). The past two mornings have been clear.
The planets were crisp this morning. No ISS though. Unfortunately, I don't have a view of the horizon. Mercury would ice the cake!
Jim
Scopes: Explore Scientific ED102 APO, Sharpstar 61 EDPH II APO
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro with Rowan Belt Mod
Stuff: ASI EAF Focus Motor (x2), Orion 50mm Guide Scope, ZWO 30 mm Guide Scope, Orion SSAG, ZWO ASI 120mm mini, Stellarview 0.8 FR/FF, Sharpstar 0.8 FR/FF
Camera/Filters/Software: ASI 533 mc pro, ASI 120mm mini, Orion SSAG, IDAS LPS D-1, Optolong L-Enhance, Sybony UV/IR Cut, N.I.N.A., Green Swamp Server, PHD2, SharpCap Pro, Adobe Photoshop CC, NoiseXTerminator, StarXterminator,
Pixinsight.
Dog and best bud: Jack
Sky: Bortle 7
Astro Photos https://www.astrobin.com/users/Juno16/
