Observing - Planetary

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1. Surprise view of the Jupiter and Venus conjunction

   By Stu, March 1
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   • Stu
   • March 2

2. Jupiter and Venus conjunction - 1st March

   By IB20, March 1
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   • IB20
   • March 2

3. Is it normal to get glare from Jupiter? 1 2

   By stafford_stargazer, February 14
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   • Stu
   • February 17

4. diffraction spikes

   By nightfisher, December 9, 2014
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   • Stu
   • February 15

5. Heads up - Jupiter now

   By CraigT82, February 9
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   • PeterStudz
   • February 13

6. Moon Occults Mars - 2023 JAN 30-31

   By CentaurZ, January 22
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   • CentaurZ
   • January 22

7. Shadow AND Moon Transit - A First!

   By cloudsweeper, January 20
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   • Littleguy80
   • January 22

8. Underwhelming mars.

   By stafford_stargazer, January 16
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   • lunator
   • January 19

9. Mars 1896

   By markse68, December 31, 2022
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   • mikeDnight
   • January 8

10. 2022 at an end

    By Mart29, December 31, 2022
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    • teoria_del_big_bang
    • January 1

11. Mars tonight - 26th December 2022

    By Stu, December 27, 2022
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    • Stu
    • December 29, 2022

12. Asteroid 2 Pallas Opposes Sun 2023 JAN 16

    By CentaurZ, December 26, 2022
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    • CentaurZ
    • December 26, 2022

13. All the planets visible now!

    By lukebl, December 26, 2022
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    • Knighty2112
    • December 26, 2022

14. Jupiter and Mars - visual factors coming together, for once!

    By westmarch, December 21, 2022
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    • PeterStudz
    • December 24, 2022

15. Cheap Mars filter.

    By Peter Drew, December 24, 2022
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    • Franklin
    • December 24, 2022

16. Jupiter & Ganymede

    By Alkaid, December 15, 2022
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    • HollyHound
    • December 15, 2022

17. Mars Opposes Sun while Full Moon Occults Mars - 2022 DEC 07-08

    By CentaurZ, November 12, 2022
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    • Nicola Hannah Butterfield
    • December 8, 2022

18. Is the Thorlabs adaptive optics kit worth it for telescopes between 250mm-1 Meter telescopes and can they be used for Visual astronomy?

    By kingsbishop, December 4, 2022
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    • kingsbishop
    • December 4, 2022

19. Mercury and Venus as Evening Stars

    By CentaurZ, December 4, 2022
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    • CentaurZ
    • December 4, 2022

20. Do amateur adaptive optics work in the visible waveband and are they good for visual astronomy

    By kingsbishop, November 24, 2022
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    • ollypenrice
    • December 2, 2022

21. Saw my first ever shadow transit on Jupiter this evening... chuffed to bits

    By Paul Manuell, December 1, 2022
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    • Sunshine
    • December 1, 2022

22. Are there any adaptive optics the visible light spectrum?

    By kingsbishop, November 25, 2022
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    • Astronomist
    • November 27, 2022

23. Mars from the 19th November

    By Nigella Bryant, November 23, 2022
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    • Nigella Bryant
    • November 26, 2022

24. Mars Features on Display Late November and December

    By orion25, November 25, 2022
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    • orion25
    • November 25, 2022

25. *** Io shadow transit happening now 11th October *** 1 2

    By IB20, October 11, 2022
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    • IB20
    • November 22, 2022