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titan shadow transits ringspan

Sabertime — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:41:12 MDT

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tst042909.avi

Sabertime — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:54:46 MDT

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tst042909.avi - tst042909.flv

titan shadow crossing *created with celestia*

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Sabertime — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:00:03 MDT

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dst041309.avi - dst041309-1.flv

saturn2009-10avi.

Sabertime — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:57:11 MDT

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double-pump: saturn ring plane crossing and aspect (jan '09- sep '10) *created with celestia*

elcdmap1080

Sabertime — Sat, 30 May 2009 01:44:58 MDT

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Sabertime — Sat, 30 May 2009 01:39:12 MDT

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Sabertime — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:06:05 MDT

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Sabertime — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:05:56 MDT

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dst041309.gif

Sabertime — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:48:43 MDT

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shadows of callisto and io follow the grs across the jovian disc (winjupos)

milky way viewed from lmc

Sabertime — Sat, 4 Apr 2009 15:14:16 MDT

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milky way viewed from lmc - sollmc.jpg

jupiter at our moon's distance

Sabertime — Fri, 3 Apr 2009 17:10:02 MDT

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jupiter at our moon's distance - jupcomp2.jpg

18° at 384400km. I've kept the stars in for scale. At this distance Io can swing within 32000km of Earth and cover 6° of sky.

Saber's Beads

Sabertime — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:53:22 MDT

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Saber's Beads - islambeads.jpg

Sol's chromosphere peering from behind an eclipse? Nope. It's ICOP's excellent capture of Saber's Beads. The necklace of illuminated lunar peaks mimicking solar eclipse contacts can be detected on very young and old crescents. (courtesy ICOP)

leo the charioteer

Sabertime — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:01:47 MDT

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leo the charioteer - aurleo.jpg

(spring 09) urban observers in particular may have noticed leo's current resemblance to auriga's pentagon as saturn makes its way through eastern leo. the next time we'll see this configuration will be late in 2037

jup032809

Sabertime — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:04:24 MDT

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mutual galilean satellite event; looking back from above and behind io as callisto (green diamond) prepares to occult earth

elcdmap1076

Sabertime — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:56:00 MDT

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elcdmap1075

Sabertime — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:55:51 MDT

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penum020909

Sabertime — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:49:54 MST

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a penumbral eclipse from earth is seen as a partial solar eclipse from the lunar surface [ssx09celestia]

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Sabertime — Mon, 2 Feb 2009 11:54:50 MST

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elcdmap1074

Sabertime — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:44:08 MST

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elcdmap1073

Sabertime — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:24:26 MST

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elcdmap1072

Sabertime — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:33:29 MST

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satjan09.jpg

Sabertime — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:46:51 MST

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the force is with them

Sabertime — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:46:47 MST

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the force is with them - force.jpg

why the southern skies are so abundantly blessed

m104, jaws, and stargate

Sabertime — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:25:40 MST

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m104, jaws, and stargate - 104plus.jpg

double-double in taurus

Sabertime — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:21:12 MST

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double-double in taurus - dbltau2.jpg

tfovvsafov

Sabertime — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:59:58 MST

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elcdmap1070

Sabertime — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:22:14 MST

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double cluster

Sabertime — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:12:21 MST

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Sabertime — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:12:12 MST

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Sabertime — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:12:02 MST

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Sabertime — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:28:32 MST

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Sabertime — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:54:47 MST

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Sabertime — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:54:42 MST

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Sabertime — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:54:36 MST

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Sabertime — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:54:30 MST

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Sabertime — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:54:25 MST

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lunamag.jpg

Sabertime — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:11:32 MST

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olive, the other nebula

Sabertime — Sat, 3 Jan 2009 14:02:37 MST

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olive, the other nebula - olive_pdc1.jpg

xmas 08: dss plate noise near m35 ra 06 06 20.0 dec 24 10 000 plate 60'x60'

titan013109

Sabertime — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:12:44 MST

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titan013109 - titpartecl0131.flv

titan clips saturn's shadow before occultation ingress *ssx2008celestia*

satx2009

Sabertime — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 02:41:43 MST

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satx2009 - satx.flv

jan-sep 2009: from saturn's gap overlooking the rings earth makes a final dive south of the ring plane before the northern crossing *created with celestia*

ase012609.avi

Sabertime — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:03:41 MST

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earth's annular solar eclipse seen as a lunar shadow transit from plato (actual elapsed time is approx 8 hours) [ssx2009celestia]

ptime2

Sabertime — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:45:22 MST

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tigermoon

Sabertime — Wed, 3 Dec 2008 17:31:06 MST

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sabersbeads061707.jpg

Sabertime — Fri, 7 Nov 2008 17:58:05 MST

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image courtesy of Vern Raben

little joe

Sabertime — Fri, 7 Nov 2008 17:44:26 MST

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little joe - jup101708.jpg

mercbeads.jpg

Sabertime — Fri, 7 Nov 2008 17:42:02 MST

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Asterisms: Ally's Braid

Sabertime — Fri, 7 Nov 2008 17:41:58 MST

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Asterisms: Ally's Braid - allysbraid.jpg

jam06.jpg

Sabertime — Fri, 7 Nov 2008 17:26:46 MST

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sadr_cdc

Sabertime — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:48:51 MDT

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sadr_cdc - dream1.jpg

this loose circle of 5-7mag stars become a wreath of alternating bright and dark nebulae under dark skies. best seen in 15-20x binoculars

sadr_dss

Sabertime — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:48:25 MDT

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sadr_dss - dream2.jpg

'Dreamcatcher' asterism in Cygnus

saber's beads 02july08

Sabertime — Thu, 3 Jul 2008 13:37:13 MDT

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saber's beads 02july08 - luna7208.jpg

waning crescent caught 16h14m from New Moon

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Sabertime — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:17:45 MDT

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ganymede, europa, and shadows transit jupiter. io (lower left) has emerged from occultation *courtesy of celestia*

ssc.avi

Sabertime — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:16:55 MDT

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ssc.avi - ssc.flv

earth (and a few orbiting satellites) occult the sagittarius starcloud. *courtesy of celestia*

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Sabertime — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:18:43 MDT

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m81field.jpg

Sabertime — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:13:37 MDT

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naked-eye finder chart for m81

myspace

Sabertime — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:41:16 MDT

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eclipse from luna

Sabertime — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:43:03 MDT

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eclipse from luna - 0030ut-1.jpg

a lunar eclipse from earth presents a total solar eclipse for lunar observers *courtesy of celestia*

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Sabertime — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:42:33 MDT

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*courtesy of celestia*

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Sabertime — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:41:26 MDT

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coronal crescent *courtesy of celestia*

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Sabertime — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:40:50 MDT

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the feb 08 totality lasted about 2.5 hours *courtesy of celestia*

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Sabertime — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:40:09 MDT

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*courtesy of celestia*

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Sabertime — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:38:52 MDT

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*courtesy of celestia*

Lunar Phenomena: Saber\'s Beads

Sabertime — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:49:05 MDT

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Lunar Phenomena: Saber\'s Beads - sabersbeads.jpg

earth occults saturn

Sabertime — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:58:04 MDT

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earth occults saturn - satocc_feb14.jpg

earth and luna are both suffering from a saturn occ drought until 2014. this is saturn disappearing into earth's atmosphere 6 years from now as seen from the lunar crater plato *courtesy of celestia*

earth occults hyades

Sabertime — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:57:01 MDT

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earth occults hyades - hyadesocc_jan15.jpg

currently bowling over pleiades during consecutive lunations/terrations, earth's path has veered through the hyades by 2014 *courtesy of celestia*

earth occults antares

Sabertime — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:39:33 MDT

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earth occults antares - antaresocc.jpg

along with the pleiades, earth has an affinity for tackling antares in 2008. light having traveled 600 years from the red supergiant is shown moments before being intercepted at literally the last second by alaska ; *courtesy of celestia*

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Sabertime — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:39:06 MDT

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antares prepares to disappear behind earth's northwest limb *courtesy of celestia*

earth occults mars

Sabertime — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:36:04 MDT

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earth occults mars - marsocc_jan08.jpg

mars emerging from earth's limb. that's antarctica on the left *courtesy of celestia*

earth occults m45

Sabertime — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:58:13 MDT

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earth occults m45 - m45occfeb08.jpg

spinning at 15 degrees per hour, earth steamrolls the pleiades with a different phase during every lunation/terration in 2008-9 *courtesy of celestia*

m45occjun08.jpg

Sabertime — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:57:45 MDT

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*courtesy of celestia*

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Sabertime — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:57:18 MDT

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before, during, and after stills from sep 08. earth's eastern spin rides against the grain of its apparent western motion *courtesy of celestia*

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Sabertime — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:56:51 MDT

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*courtesy of celestia*

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Sabertime — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:56:26 MDT

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*courtesy of celestia*

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Sabertime — Tue, 5 Feb 2008 20:51:20 MST

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