Early Evening Observation

1915 GMT: I spotted Alpha and Beta Centauri but it was too cloudy to see the constellation stars and Southern Cross.

Mid Afternoon Binocular Scan

It cleared mid-afternoon but I could only make out a single sunspot.

Failed attempt to snap Sirius and Canpous

I was awake early (but went back to sleep later!) so checked the sky at 0500 GMT. I had another try at capturing Sirius and Canpous, as the sky was somewhat clearer than 2 days ago, I also kept an eye open for Taurids but didn’t see any.

Unfortunately, I only managed to capture Sirius.

Orion Shoot from Ghana

At 2330 GMT, I attempted to snap Orion and kept half an eye out for Taurids but never saw any. The Orion shot was done using background objects as an “anchor” to stack 5 frames and a LOT of post processing was done to eliminate light pollution.

Evening view/shoot

It cleared somewhat in the evening to reveal some of the brighter objects but no constellations. I captured the Moon through binoculars and the shot of it with Jupiter also shows Aldebaran.

Jupiter also had 2 moons visible but I couldn’t capture them in the camera.

Hydrogen alpha shoot reprocessed

I reprocessed another image from my July 14^th 2011 solar hydrogen alpha shoot.

Early Morning Stint

I woke up early in the morning and was unable to get straight back to sleep. I proceeded to the hotel roof at 0430 GMT where I snapped the Moon with Jupiter, Moon through binoculars and Canis Major with Canopus.

The Moon shot failed due to poor focus and over-exposure. Unfortunately, I could not get Canpous and Sirius in the same camera view but the result was still quite pleasing.

The Moon was a waning gibbous phase, with Tycho’s rays dominating. Although it was hazy I was able to see the Orion Great Nebula (M41), M41 and the Hyades.

I also tried to see Venus but its disc was too small to ascertain a phase. Jupiter showed 2 moons to the east and one to the west.