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Photographer

Thomas Wylie

E-mail

twylie44@charter.net

Location

Big Bear City, CA 92314

Date

March 12, 2013, 7:55 PM

Equipment

Nikon D600 with Nikkor 70-300 mm lens. Exposure 300mm at f/5.6, 1 second and ISO 800.

Description

Looking West over Shay Meadow, East of Big Bear City at an elevation of 6,820 feet. Clear and dark sky with very low humidity. Excellent seeing.
 

Photographer

Robert Smith

Location

Leesburg, Virginia

Date

March 14, 2013 at 8:23pm EST

Equipment

Canon 50D with Canon 200mm 2.8L lens on tripod.

Description

Had clear skys for viewing unlike the evening before. This image of PanSTARRS had an exposure of 4 seconds at f3.5 and an ISO of 400. An auto contrast done in CS5.
 

Photographer

Alice Kahn

E-mail

Kahna@miamiOH.edu

Location

Tucson, Arizona

Date

March 12, 2013 10:22 PM

Equipment

Canon 60D camera with 28-135mm stabilized lens.

Description

On the evening of March 12th I was admiring the crescent moon above the desert surrounding our house near Gate’s Pass in Tucson, Arizona. Using Vortex Viper 8X42 binoculars I noticed the comet Pan Starrs to the left of the moon. I photographed moon and comet using a Canon 60D camera with 28-135mm stabilized lens. ISO 12800, f/5.6, 1/10 sec exposure. Photo was cropped and sized using Photoshop software, but is otherwise unaltered.
 

Photographer

Sergio Lleras Restrepo

Location

Bogotá, Colombia S.A.

Date

Feb 21 2013 11.45 pm

Equipment

ETX 90 scope and Meade DSI color camera.

Description

Awesome pass of Jupiter near the moon as seen from 5 degrees northern latitude. Image process included Autostar IP, Registax and Photoshop to enhance Jupiter and moons brightness.
 

Photographer

Dalana Houser

E-mail

dalanahouser@rocketmail.com

Location

Newberry Spgs, Ca.

Date

may 20th approx 5;40 pm

Equipment

just a digital camera with no solar filter

Description

took some pics with a solar filter but this one is without it...
 

Photographer

Bob Hatfield

E-mail

bbhatfield@gmail.com

Location

Southlake Texas

Date

Jan 21 11pm, 2013

Equipment

66mm refractor Nikon D800 dslr single 1/320th second exposure.

Description

Moon and Jupiter on the night of Jan 21, 2013. Note a couple of cloud bands of Jupiter are visible if you zoom in.
 

Photographer

RUBEN PEREZ DE PAULA

E-mail

roperez@adinet.com.uy

Location

Montevideo - uruguay

Date

January 22 , 2013 - 1:44 am local time

Equipment

meade ETX 90 mm telescope, 26 mm ocular, and Canon 20D aimed at the ocular .

Description

In the first hours of january 22nd. the Moon occulted planet Júpiter, as seen from Uruguay, South America. The moon was about 10º over the horizon at the beginning of the occultation.
 

Photographer

Chris Killingsworth

Location

Morgan Hill, California

Date

20 Jan 2013 6:34PM PST

Equipment

Meade LX200 55mm TeleVue Plossl iPhone 4S

Description

Eyepiece projection at 46X into iPhone4S camera, the moon passing close to Jupiter. At full resolution, two major bands in Jupiter are visible.
 

Photographer

Santiago Miguel Vallée

Location

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Date

01/22/2013 00:55 to 0:56 AM GMT-3

Equipment

Unguided photos taken with a Canon 1000D body on the prime-focus of a Meade ETX-90. Camera coupled with Meade #64 T Adapter yielding a focal length of 1450mm at f/16. All photos taken at 1/60", auto white balance and standard picture style. Non-processed images (I have the raw images if you want to do something of a better quality!... is my first shot at astrophotography with this gear)

Description

Sequence of the occultation of Jupiter by the mooon (01/22/2013, between 00:55 and 00:56 AM GMT-3) imaged from Buenos Aires City.
 

Photographer

Gregory Penner

Location

Webster, Texas

Date

1/21/13 @ approx. 8:30CST

Equipment

Takahashi Sky 90 with Extender Q, making an 800mm focal length. on Alt/Az mount Nikon D40 attached at prime focus

Description

Close conjunction of Jupiter and the Moon.
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