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Richard Fleet

@dewbow

Interested in astronomy and atmospheric optics. Current vice-chairman of Newbury Astronomical Society

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Crescent moon and #Venus a bit earlier - nice to have a warm and clear evening for a change :-)

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Here she is, Zorro of the cat's ears conjunction fame ;-)

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From the top, Pleiades, Venus, Moon, Jupiter, , 22cm dobsonian. #conjunction

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Zoomed in a bit on the Moon, Jupiter, Venus plus Pleiades and Hyades star clusters over the church #conjunction

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From right to left - Moon, Jupiter, Venus, Pleiades, Hyades and Orion over Wilcot Church #conjunction

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Jupiter and Venus are just a cat's ears apart tonight :)

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Had a bright paraselene (moondog) earlier on. No colour to the eye but this 15 sec exposure brings it out nicely

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Composite of 12 Quadrantids hinting at position of the radiant #meteorwatch (Reposted)

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Another composite of 9 Quadrantids taken before moonset this morning (Best viewed full size) #meteorwatch

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#ISS twilight is short - bright sun to total darkness in less than 20 seconds! Out of focus to emphasise colours

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Composite of 16 Geminids over 2 hours on 14th Dec. Jupiter at right, Pleiades at centre #meteorwatch

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And to round off the evening, a bright Geminid zips through Orion #meteorwatch

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Longest and brightest Geminid trail from tonight - inside having a cup of tea at the time :-( #meteorwatch

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Ole! Bright Geminid spears Taurus the Bull #meteorwatch

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A bright Geminid races past Perseus #meteorwatch

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A fairly bright Geminid streaks above Jupiter #meteorwatch

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Zoomed in a bit to show coloured rings of corona, caused by diffraction round small cloud droplets

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Large faint arc is 22 degree halo in high cirrus, smaller coloured rings round moon is corona in lower cloud

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Battered moon rising, squashed by refraction, slashed by cloud and an eclipse biting off the top #LunarEclipse

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Umbra leaving the moon shortly after moonrise #LunarEclipse

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