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15 January 2024 at 3:40 pm in reply to: How difficult (or easy) is it to see Uranus with the naked eye #621263
Dave Smith
ParticipantI have seen it naked eye at Kelling Heath in Norfolk approx 6 years ago. I was in my mid 70s at the time. I suspect rural Wales is darker than Kelling so Uranus should be easier.
6 January 2024 at 5:37 pm in reply to: Is there any connection between the tilt of the Sun and the Earth’s orbit? #621160Dave Smith
ParticipantThank you very much Nick. Most helpful.
Dave5 January 2024 at 5:09 pm in reply to: Is there any connection between the tilt of the Sun and the Earth’s orbit? #621146Dave Smith
ParticipantThanks Nick, Your last line was going to be my next question :-))
Dave5 January 2024 at 2:29 pm in reply to: Is there any connection between the tilt of the Sun and the Earth’s orbit? #621143Dave Smith
ParticipantThank you Dominic. I am not sure that I was very clear. Each time I image the Sun, I use Tilting Sun software to indicate how much the Sun appears tilted from the Earth’s point of view. A day or two ago the Sun went from tilting to the left through zero and is now very slightly tilting to the right. It was at perihelion on January 3 when the apparent tilt of the Sun was zero. I wondered if that was coincidence or not.
Dave
Dave Smith
ParticipantI am so sorry to hear about Roger. He very kindly encouraged and supported me in variable star observing.
Dave Smith
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ParticipantThanks Nick. Took me a little while to see what you meant as I’m not really a PI user but it worked fine.
Dave
Dave Smith
ParticipantThanks Michael. Was your transit expected or did you see it by chance? Which ever it was likely very exciting.
Dave
Dave Smith
ParticipantThanks Jeremy. I did try to produce a composite image using the above as background but couldn’t get it to look right. I might try again just using the video frames. That may not work because of the wobble in the atmosphere.
Dave
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