Matt Smith

Solar System/Planetary, Milky Way Images and Tutorials YOUTUBE:

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Time lapse of Jupiter this morning with Io transiting and Ganymede coming out from behind.

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Saturn at Opposition over the weekend.

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Cloudy view of tonight’s #LunarEclipse

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Planet parade last night under pretty horrible conditions, but it was a spectacular sunset. Saturn, Venus, Jupiter and Mars all with their respective apparent diameters through the telescope.

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@MnJackSparrow @kmtildsley @parcastroprades Tell me about it 😂

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Mars Reappears from Behind the Moon

Watching the screen to see that tiny ball poking back out from behind the Moon was a sight to see for sure.
#mars #moon

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Been up since 3:00 and taken 2 captures. What a bust for the first telescope time in months 🙁. Weather apps all predicted clear skies.

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Always love the pair and framing of Aristotles and Eudoxus no matter which side they are illuminated from.

From the morning of June 6.

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Thank you @SkyandTelescope for including this in your new article about the current planetary views in the morning sky. 🪐🔭❤️

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First #Saturn of 2024 and also my first moon transit ever. The dark smudge is Titan.
Why a smudge? Cause Saturn is still really far away and lower in the sky which makes clarity more difficult. But look at those rings getting thin 👀

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Cloudy weather means I can finally work in my daughter’s #graduation pics 😭❤️

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First day of kindergarten and #graduation day of high school yesterday. Where did the time go? 🥺

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@tw__astro @peachastro Gonna need more info on this!

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Actual representation of how hot it is in Texas today 🥵

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Using this ruler, it’s much easier to understand that the crater directly south if the rile, Silberschlag, is ~8 miles (13km) in diameter while the larger crater Southwest of there, Agrippa, is 27 miles (44km) in diameter.

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Rima Ariadaeus

Sometimes the context of sizes is hard to understand looking at circular craters on the Moon. For reference, this image includes Rima Ariadaeus in comparison to the surrounding area. This rile is ~186 miles (300km) long and 3.1 miles (5km) wide.
#moon #astronomy

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Watch a timelapse of the current solar activity, filmed from my backyard observatory this morning.

The sun is still insanely active, this is all unrelated to the show last week.

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@tw__astro So sharp! Front mounted white light filter?

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@GP_O11 Those rings are getting thinner and thinner!

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Montes Caucasus,Aristotles & Eudoxus Craters. I have always enjoyed this region. The craters are pronounced from the ragged terrain, the mountains leading up to them separate the day/night sky, all of which is nestled between the smoother Mare Frigoris and Mare Serenitatis.

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First Quarter #moon from last night. Seeing conditions were incredible and the @Celestron C6R performed exceptionally well for high resolution imaging.