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Photographer

Luis Argerich

E-mail

lrargerich@gmail.com

Location

Argentina

Date

2012-08-13 6:55am

Equipment

Canon 60Da 14mm lens Tripod

Description

The photo shows the conjunction between the Waning Crescent Moon and Venus as seen from the south hemisphere on August 13th 2012. It was a very beautiful display as Venus was very bright and the moon and thin crescent.
 

Photographer

MINORU OWADA

Location

HAMAMATSU-city,Japan

Date

22h28m45.15s to 22h29m02.16s & 22h33m41.42s to 22h33m57.04s(UT) on May 20th,2012

Equipment

TAKAHASHI FS128 refractor(reduced aperture of 50mm,fl=1040mm),with ND100000&ND400 filter and WATEC WAT100N CCD camera,recorded on SONY DCR-TRV50 digital video recorder.

Description

2nd contact(left):composition of 86 continuous still images(about 0.2s interval)from 22h28m45.15s to 22h29m02.16s(UT) 3rd contact(right):composition of 79 continuous still images(about 0.2s interval)from 22h33m41.42s to 22h33m57.04s(UT) all the still images were captured from digitalvideorecorder,and each images were shifted by one pixel in accordance with moon's movement(so that limb's profiles were enhanced vertically.) Those continuous images of annular solar eclipse revealed moon's limb profiles which were compared with Kaguya's profile(below).
 

Photographer

Ricardo José Cavallini

E-mail

rjcavallini@gmail.com

Location

Batatais - Brazil

Date

22h30 UT 12/25/12

Equipment

Newtonian 254mm GSO Eypiece Plöss 9mm wideangle Câmera Samsung ES70

Description

Registration occultation of Jupiter by the Moon occurred on December 25, 2012. Processed using Registax.
 

Photographer

Ricardo Jose Cavallini

E-mail

rjcavallini@gmail.com

Location

Batatais - Brazil

Date

22h30 UT / 12/25/12

Equipment

Newtonian 254mm GSO Plöss 9mm wideangle Câmera Samsung ES70

Description

Registration occultation of Jupiter by the Moon occurred on December 25, 2012. Processed using Registax.
 

Photographer

Ricardo Jose Cavallini

E-mail

rjcavallini@gmail.com

Location

Batatais- Brazil

Date

22h40 UT - 12/25/12

Equipment

Newtonian 254mm GSO Plöss 9mm wideangle Câmera Samsung ES70

Description

Registration occultation of Jupiter by the Moon occurred on December 25, 2012. Processed using Registax.
 

Photographer

Victor C. Rogus

Location

Jadwin, Missouri

Date

12-13-12 3:00 AM

Equipment

50mm Carl Zeiss lens @ f1.4, Cannon 60Da Losmandy GEM

Description

GOT ONE! This morning (12-13-12) at about 3:00 AM, I caught this Geminid Meteor slicing through the bowl of the Big Dipper (Ursa Major). Notice the beautiful spectrum of color as it burns up in our atmosphere! A beautiful display saw well over 100 meteors and the best show will be tonight.
 

Photographer

John Van't Land

Location

Gallup, New Mexico

Date

12/13/12 12:48:10 (AM) Local Time

Equipment

Canon 5D Mark III on Tripod

Description

Geminid Meteor going across Orion in dark, New Mexico sky.
 

Photographer

Victor C. Rogus

E-mail

chiefthundersky@hotmail.com

Location

Jadwin, Missouri

Date

12:30 AM 12-14-12

Equipment

At about 12:30 AM on December 14, 2012 I captured this photograph of Double Geminids passing through the constellation of Orion! I used a Cannon 60Da camera with a Carl Zeiss 35mm lens at f 2.0. ISO was 640 and the exposure was 100 seconds. Photo was made in Jadwin, Mo.

Description

I used a Cannon 60Da camera with a Carl Zeiss 35mm lens at f 2.0. ISO was 640 and the exposure was 100 seconds. On a Losmandy G-8 GEM Photo was made in Jadwin, Mo.
 

Photographer

Victor rogus

E-mail

chiefthundersky@hotmail.com

Location

Jadwin, MO

Date

12-13-12 8:30 PM

Equipment

Cannon 60Da camera with Calr Zeiss 35 mm lens at f 2.0, ISO 640 and an exposure of 107 seconds, Losmandy G-8 GEM

Description

I am happy to submit my latest image of a wonderful Geminid Meteor in Taurus (along with the Planet, Jupiter). I made this image at about 8:30 PM on the evening of 12-13-12. I used a Cannon 60Da camera with a Carl Zeiss 35 mm lens at f2.0, ISO was 640 and the exposure time was 107 seconds. Photo was made in Jadwin, Missouri. I saw the meteor strike the atmosphere with my own eyes, and I knew, I had it! Fantastic sight!
 

Photographer

Frankie Lucena

E-mail

frankie57pr@yahoo.com

Location

Cabo Rojo,Puerto Rico

Date

Nov. 28, 2012 at 11:42pm

Equipment

Kodak Z740 camera set to F/3.6 at ISO 400

Description

Last night I found the Moon and Jupiter floating in my cup so I decided to photograph it.
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