Monthly Archives: February 2012

Posted on February 27, 2012 by admin

2-26-2012: Crescent Moon, Venus and Jupiter

Jupiter, the Moon, Venus (left to right) – late twilight, Feb 26, 2012, from the Town of Maine, NY.  Photo by G.P. Normandin. [singlepic id=66 w=800 h=1202 float=center]

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Posted on February 22, 2012 by admin

KAS Astrophoto – Mars

On Monday 2/20/2012, G.P. Normandin and A. Cacciola set out to take some images of Mars during a KAS Only observing session.  Sounds like they had a great night of observing and they capture some data too! Image shows some surface … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on February 20, 2012 by admin

Check Out Mars As It Makes Its Close Approach

Coming up: check out the view of Mars, the reddish-orange object, just below the constellation Leo.  Mars will be making its close approach between February 24th thru about March 9th or so. Daily observing of the 2012 Mars close approach … Read the rest of this entry →

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