Planet Mars from early attempt 2005

I used an ITE deep sky pro security camera to capture this picture of Mars in 2005. Coupled the camera to Orion 4.5 inch reflector telescope 🔭 recording onto a VCR tape. Later transferred to hard disk. Man, it was a lot of effort 👌. The icing on the cake was the polar ice 🧊 cap.

Mars was in opposition and pretty close to the earth 🌎 in 2005.

Jupiter and Saturn conjunction 18th Dec 2020

Captured these snaps of the conjunction with mobile. Samsung galaxy note 8.

See the jet trail nearby. 

Crescent moon seen in top left.

Another view Saturn in conjunction with Jupiter

View from my home terrace. Mobile click. Handheld auto mode. 9th Dec 2020.

November 2020 planet fest

October 2020 was when Mars was at it's closest approach to earth after 2005 opposition. 

Also, Jupiter and Saturn were in conjunction or close to each other in November 2020.

Here are some snaps of these two gas giants. 

Saturn: and Jupiter: note 8

Saturn: Nikon p900 without telescope:

Some of Saturn's moons besides the rings

Jupiter too: Nikon p900 without telescope:

Great red spot of Jupiter and it's moons. 

Some pictures of Mars November 2020

Dobson 8 inch reflector telescope with Samsung galaxy note 8 mobile with orion adapter. Used an Orion stratus giant eyepiece. 5 mm and 13 mm.

The above Facebook post says it is possible to see and image the moons of Mars. I think I've captured one of them in the snaps above. 

Moon November 2020

Took some pictures of the moon with Nikon p900. Processed in Photoshop express and snapseed on mobile. 

Mars mobile pictures

Mars taken with Samsung galaxy note 8

Gardening and moss

A simple mossy brick in the flower bed is pure pleasure. 

Solar eclipse from Kochi Dec 2019

Using a cardboard with pinhole I projected onto white paper held 6 inches or so from the cardboard. 

Time 9.15 to 9.3AM 26th December 2019.

☝️☝️ I edited this snap on my mobile phone. 

The rest are raw snaps of the eclipse projected onto white paper. 

👇👇

Last full moon of 2019

13th December 2019. The last full moon of the decade. Nothing unusual about it. This is the moon using Nikon p900 without telescope. 

Moon mode. 

Another exo planet similar to earth

A far away star shows a exo planet similar to earth.
Livemint: NASA satellite uncovers 'first nearby super-Earth'.
https://www.livemint.com/science/news/nasa-satellite-uncovers-first-nearby-super-earth-1564653028514.html

Venus snaps Nikon p900 without telescope

Captured Venus in August 2018
Nikon p900 without telescope using manual control of exposure and focus.
40 pictures processed with  pipp + castrator and stacked with autostakert.

Mars 1st August 2018

Used Nikon p900 without telescope manual control of exposure and focus to get these images after PIPP + castrator + autostakert. Transferred images to pc from camera.

Blood-moon-eclipse-July-2018-Mars

Mars with a blood moon eclipse July 2018.
Started around 11 P.M. with totality at 1 AM .
Used my Nikon p900 without telescope.

Blood moon lunar eclipse Jan 2018

Lunar eclipse and blood moon from my terrace 31st Jan 2018.
Nikon P900 moon mode.

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