Saturn – taken using a Philips SPC900 camera (and 2x barlow) through the main observatory telescope (12″ Meade LX200). Image processing via Registax 4 and Photoshop Elements 5.
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Abrams Planetarium Night Sky Notes- Night Sky Note for July 14, 2009Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Venus passes 3° north of the star Aldebaran in Taurus the Bull. Venus and Aldebaran are visible in the morning sky, an hour and a half before sunrise. Aldebaran will be to the lower right of bright Venus. Mars is 8½° to the upper right of Venus.
- Night Sky Note for July 13, 2009Monday, July 13, 2009 Mercury is at superior conjunction. That means Mercury is on the other side of the Sun and not visible in our skies. Mercury will be visible in the evening sky later this month and early in August.
- Night Sky Note for July 12, 2009Sunday, July 12, 2009 The Pleiades star cluster is 5° north of Mars. Mars is 8° to the upper right of Venus. All three can be seen in the morning sky. Look to the east an hour and a half before sunrise.
- Night Sky Note for July 14, 2009
