ASTRO PHOTOS!

The following pictures were taken by members of the SEOAS. 

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Moon Shots

These Moon shots were taken by Yu Zhang using a Nikon P510. Almost all of the pictures were taken in Athens, Ohio, in September 2012. The last picture was taken in November 2012.

Comet PanSTARRRS

March 2013

These photos were taken by Maryann Hartwick. All pictures were taken with a Canon T3. Location, date and camera settings are listed with each photo.



Observations from Travis Milliken:

"Mar 19: Happy, mega-blessed Spring just about here. Finally, a clear sunset/night in Athens. Hunted and found the peterPAN comet @8:40pm from the road near the water tower on the Ridges (az=290+deg). S/he's a sweet 1.7 degrees in my 6deg FOV, 9.5x40 binocs. (You'll need same or > to spot it). Nice little fan shape w/tail pointing to zenith (tail was x5 the head). Altitude was ,<7deg and dropped rapidly (I had a line of trees on the west horizon but could see the upper 1/4 of a blinking tower)."

Observations from Travis Milliken and Maryann Hartwick:

"We went over to Athens High School at sunset to try to photograph the comet. We were never able to see it with our naked eye, or binoculars. We were using film and digital cameras. We did capture a few dim images of the comet on the digital camera through thin cloud cover at 8:35 PM (az = 306 deg, alt = 5 deg). We'll have to wait to see if the film caught anything." 

Mercury and Mars

February 12, 2013

There was a beautiful pairing of our closest planetary neighbors in February. Maryann Hartwick capture the pair on 2/12/12 with her Canon T3 on The Ridges in Athens, OH, near a high spot above the miniature golf range. Mercury is to the right.