Skywatching on Leap Year Day

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Mar 01

2020

by William Afonso

Feb 29 2020 was of course a celebration of a Day which Come once in 4 Years. And considering that there is an astronomic reason for this , the best way to celebrate this was By Celebrating astronomy Itself. 

A Group of astronomy enthusiasts gathered t the City of VASCO DA GAMA , Goa , India to watch the Skies. There were three telescopes setup for the event one being a 10 inch Orion Company made Reflector telescope, another was a 2.7 Inch celestron telescope while the Last was a Legacy 2 Inch Unitron telescope. Surpising to say the Unitron telescope which is now no longer in Usage Still Gave Great Views of the Moon. The Waxing Crescent Moon and the Half Moon Shaped Venus Phase captured by the 10 inch reflector was the highlight of the day. Pictures of captires and the event itself are below

1) A Moonshot of the Waxing Crescent Captured Via a 10 Inch Reflector Telescope and a Orion Planetery Imaging Astro Camera.

1) Venus in its Phase Crescent Captured Via a 10 Inch Reflector Telescope and a Orion Planetery Imaging Astro Camera.

3) Moonshot of the Waxing Crescent Captured Via a 2 Inch RefractrorTelescope made by Unitron and a Mobile Camera. An Amazing Legacy From Unitron

 4) The Legacy Unitron telescope of the 1960's