Steven and I are regulars now, at the science centre in Heerlen, and we’ve been helping the other volunteers showing visitors the sky. Last Friday, a couple of amateur astronomers had taken their ‘scopes out and we also used the 22 cm Fauth Refractor (from 1893) to watch Io, one of Jupiter’s moons, pass the planet. On a Friday last month, I took this picture of the big planet and four of its moons, pointing my iPhone 4 camera at the telescope. Friends on twitter seemed to like it, so I thought I’d repost it here.
Last Friday, a young girl visiting, used my phone/cam to do the same thing, while looking at the trapezium cluster in the Orion nebula. It was a clear night and especially on such occasions, I can recommend a visit. The Sterrenwacht is open every Friday evening. Saturday the 8th of March, we’ll participate in the national stargazing weekend as well. See you there?!
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Nice catch, always love seeing that little system and then thinking how vast Jupiter is
Yeah, amazing isn’t it..
Lovely pictures and they were great nights indeed! You’re good with people (but I already knew that ;)).
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