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Video by telescope Gassendi crater in March 2012

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This is a video through the telescope with the 'diamond ring' lunar crater Gassendi, in March 2012. It is one of several other videos of this crater. Other videos from 2010 and 2011 can be viewed here:

Video by astronomical telescope: Gassendi crater in the clouds.
Video-Gassendi crater on Mare Humorum through telescope
Video-Gassendi crater and Mare Humorum


 In this clip, the image is clear and mountainous region that lies to the north (image is inverted), shows features with very fine details and distinctive.
Gassendi crater is hunted by many amateur astronomers because it is large, 110 km diameter, and presents those rilles on his floor, which in clear weather, are wonderful to look through a telescope. Gassendi A , 33 km, is the 'diamond' of the big 'ring'.

Gassendi's depth to the floor, is measuring 1.9 kilometers, shallow compared to its size. You could say that in the past, lava covering the crater floor, was drained from Mare Humorum, on wich the crater lies, due to low height of the crater rim, but it turned out that is not so, from the high-resolution images obtained from space missions of NASA.




Video: Victor Lupu
Optics: CelestronC8 "-Newtonian telescope, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony CX-130
Video mode: progressive 1920x1080
Filter: no
Date: 04/03/2012
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing and editing: Sony Vegas 10

ASTRONOMY: The largest crater on the Moon Bailly crater Pictures through the telescope [Digg]

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Bailly is the largest crater on the Moon's visible surface, and is comparable in size to a small sea. It lies north of the very eroded crater Le Gentil (113 km), and east of Hausen (167 km). These are not visible from Earth. Farther west of Bailly are mountains Montes Dörfel.

The largest crater on the Moon Bailly crater Pictures through the telescope

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Bailly (303 km) is a lunar impact crater with a depth of 4.3 km, and is located near the southwestern edge of the Moon. Oblique viewing angle offers an oval aspect of the crater because of its location. The most favorable time to observe it, is at almost Full Moon.

Bailly is the largest crater on the Moon's visible surface, and is comparable in size to a small sea. It lies north of the very eroded crater Le Gentil (113 km), and east of Hausen (167 km). These are not visible from Earth. Farther west of Bailly are mountains Montes Dörfel.

In the south-east of the crater are two notable craters, Bailly A (38 km) and B (65 km). These craters overlap, and Bailly A is on the wall of Bailly.


Photographer: Victor Lupu
Optics: Celestron C8-inch reflector telescope-Newtonian, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Camera: Sony HDR CX105
Filter: No
Date: 12/08/2011
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: FastStone and Splash Player

ASTRONOMIE: Saturn filmat prin telescop martie 2012 [Digg]

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Compoziţia lui Saturn este similara cu cea al lui Jupiter, dar are o masă mult mai mică si deci un interior cu un nucleu mult mai mic. În acelasi fel ca Jupiter, răcirea interiorului lui Saturn produce condensul de heliu lichid în hidrogen-heliu. Acest proces eliberează căldură ca urmare a schimbării de fază.

ASTRONOMY: Seas on the east edge of the Moon Pictures by telescope [Digg]

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In these images the telescope, is presented the East of the Moon. On the Moon seen from Earth, are some features on the edge that are rarely seen because the Moon always remains the same face toward us. These features are large craters or seas.

Seas on the east edge of the Moon Pictures by telescope

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In these images the telescope, is presented the East of the Moon. On the Moon seen from Earth, are some features on the edge that are rarely seen because the Moon always remains the same face toward us. These features are large craters or seas.

For example, Mare Smythii, named in the photo below, ("Smyth's Sea") is located along the equator on the easternmost edge on the Moon seen from Earth. Smythii Basin, is from the pre-Nectarian era, and the material forming the floor is basalt, aluminum, covered with basalt from Eratosthenian era.

Mare Australe, or "South Sea", is a basin located in south-eastern hemisphere of the Moon, and is 603 km in diameter. This mare overlaps near side and far side of the Moon.

 Mare Marginis, is a sea located at the west of Mare Crisium, on the Moon's eastern extreme edge, and probably was given this name because of this.

All described and located seas in the photos of this article, have circular shapes, not oval as seen from the Earth.


Photographer: Victor Lupu
Optics: Celestron C8-inch reflector telescope-Newtonian, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Camera: Sony HDR CX105 to 10x
Total Magnification: 100x
Filter: No
Date: 11/08/2011
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: FastStone and Splash Player

Saturn through telescope filmed in March 2012

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Saturn filmed through the telescope. Catches of this video camera can be found here: Saturn Lord of the Rings Pictures by telescope in March 2012 .

Saturn's composition is similar to that of Jupiter, but has a much smaller mass and therefore an inner core much smaller. In the same way as Jupiter, Saturn's interior cooling produces condensation of liquid helium to hydrogen-helium. This process releases heat due to phase change.



Video: Victor Lupu
Optics: CelestronC8 "-Newtonian telescope, plossl20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: SonyCX130
Full HD 1080p (1920x1080)
Filter: no
Date: 24/03/2011
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing and editing: Sony Vegas 10

Astrophotography lunar crater Schomberger

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South of the Moon, are craters of all sizes and numerous. Schomberger (85 km), is one of them. It is round, not as seen from the Earth. The images are from last year and I forgot to posted them.


Photographer: Victor Lupu
Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony CX105
Filter: no
Date: 08/16/2011
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: video capture, FastStone Image Viewer

Pictures of Jupiter through a telescope Registax Most massive planet.

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Jupiter's atmospheric composition is similar to Sun is mostly made ​​of hydrogen and helium.
 Images are processed in Registax.
 
Images of Jupiter are processed in Registax .
The first two images are made up of 226 images, the third 219 images, the fourth of 533 images, all at 90% Lowest quality..
 Most massive planet in our solar system, has four moons and other smaller moons, Jupiter forms a kind of a solar system in miniature, because it resembles a star in composition.
In fact, if it was about 80 times more massive, would have been a sun rather than a planet.

Video by telescope Between Plato and Sinus Iridium through a telescope

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In this 3:51 minute long video of the North of the Moon, is presented a region called Sinus Iridium. The image is upside down as seen through the telescope.
Bay of Rainbows, or Sinus Iridium, consists of Montes Jura mountains, forming a bay. It is actually the remnants of the walls of a large crater.
 Isolated and elongated mountain from Mare Imbrium, is Montes Rectum.
On Imbrium sea are visible two different colour shades that divides the sea in two. This highlights shows in fact that there are two types of soil found in this area.
Helicon and Le Verrier are two isolated craters located "offshore", visible in the region where the lunar surface color is darker.



Video: Victor Lupu
Optics: Celestron C8 "-Newtonian telescope, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony CX-130
Video mode: Full HD 1080p (1920x1080) progressive
Filter: no
Date: 03/03/2012
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing and Editing: Sony Vegas 10

Astronomy Registax Spot on the Sun filmed without telescope

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A new active region (AR11476) appeared in early May 2012. This produced CME (coronal mass ejection) and on May, 5 it began to release small eruptions M-Class, and a lot of C-Class. Between 5 and May 6, it produced four solar eruptions M1.

 AR11476 spot the Sun, can be seen without a telescope, only with an optical camera that zooms more. The solar flare reached 5.7 M Class, at 4:18 UTC on May 10, 2012. It is easily visible with the naked eye, with a solar filter. It will be interesting to study the morphology of the spots in the coming days, for those who pursue it consistently.

Astronomy without telescope
Video: Gabriel Chiveri
Optical: 30x optical zoom SonyCX130 the
Mount: tripod
Filter: Yes, solar
Date: 12/05/2012
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Edit: Photo above: Registax 5, Photo below: Registax 6 (of 101 frames)


Below is the video from wich I processed the images.

Halo around the Sun shot in May 2012

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A halo, or a perihelic ring, is an optical phenomenon produced by ice crystals that create an arc of colored or white ring, or spots in the sky. Many are close to the Sun or Moon. Halo may form around artificial light too, when the weather is very cold, and ice crystals called diamond dust are floating in the nearby air.

A halo is produced by ice crystals in cirrus clouds at 5-10 km height, that are in the upper troposphere. The special shape and orientation of crystals are responsible for the type of halo observed. Light is reflected and refracted by ice crystals, in colors, because of the dispersion. Crystals act as prisms and mirrors, reflecting and refracting sunlight between their faces, sending shafts of light in specific directions.




Sun halo observation in May 2012
Video: Victor Lupu
Optical: 30x optical zoom Sony CX130
Mount: no
Telrscope: no
Filter: no
Date: 12/05/2012
Location: Baia Mare, Romania



Up are video captures from the video. Contrasts were modified in Faststone.

Pictures of Moon through telescope crater Moretus.

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In these images of the lunar south pole, north is down and south is up. Central in these images is the crater Moretus (114 km), which appears as a plate. Looking from above it seems perfectly round, but it's southern edge is wider. With this form, seems a more of a copy of the Drygalski crater (149 km), but which can not be seen from Earth because is at the south of the Moon side but not visible to us.

Photographer: Victor Lupu
Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony CX105 to 8x optical zoom
Total Magnification: 800x
Filter: no
Date: 08/16/2011
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: video capture, FastStone Image Viewer

Videos through telescope Clavius and Moretus craters march 2012

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In these two clips are south craters of the lunar surface, like Scheiner and Blancanus in first video, and sensationally crater Moretus in the second one.

The atmosphere was not of exceptional quality. Most interesting feature visible in the first video, is Scheiner A (12 km), which is the small crater located on the floor of Scheiner (110 km), on the  edge of the shadow.

Video: Victor Lupu
Optics: CelestronC8 "-Newtonian telescope, plossl20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony CX-130
Video mode: progressive 1920x1080
Filter: no
Date: 03/03/2012
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing and editing: Sony Vegas 10

ASTRONOMY: My work in Astrophotography: Sony Vegas and Splash player [Digg]

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Videos of the planets are in the forefront in the processing programs. The videos with Moon craters are burned on the DVDs, and I put a dot with a marker, and get back to them later.