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Mintaka and Mars?

(double stars Mintaka, belonging to the "belt of Orion")


I had not published anything on the blog that was related to astronomy, that even if he could post some other interesting news and wanted to post something when I could have make a point and so taking a photo, but you know that pictures are more than churrifotos haha.

was very interested in being able to photograph Mars, because at that time is visible all night and not have to wait to see it early. But once you see both Jupiter and Saturn, Mars does not call much attention. Because with my Skylux I can get to see a couple of bands of gas and 4 satellites of Jupiter, Saturn and its rings can see, but Mars ... little to do. I aim with my telescope and little more than a small yellow ball achievement distinction, namely that is very difficult to see any detail on Mars, unless you have a good team. And last night, taking advantage of the opening of a small clearing in the sky, dust the telescope and set out to photograph it. the final result as you can see below, although you say you have to trust my word and believe that this is Mars xd.



A churro true, right?. Then I can get some more. This is where Roberto come and tell me "so expect to publish in the blog to get that churro" haha.

The other picture, which leads this post, is the double star Mintaka, one of the "Three Marys" who form the known as Orion's belt. Well, actually it is a multiple star, but through the telescope is seen as a double. The brightest star is the main, is at a distance of 915 us light years and has a magnitude of about +2.23. The small star that is located next to about 0.25 light-years from primary and has a magnitude of about +6.8.



The truth is that Mintaka was unaware that a double, but after half-decent picture to get to the double Albireo, I began to bite the bug of double stars, and diving on the Internet found a list of the best double stars in the sky, among them was Mintaka. A shame that my computer is fairly limited in order to observe the majority of double stars there, as many times the separation between primary and secondary is so small that you need a good computer to get them apart.

Vintage Girdles Women

10, January 2010. First major snowfall of the year, and I say "great" because in recent years and rarely snowed. A blanket of 15 cm covered the entire valley with only the snow that fell overnight. I, and many more amateur photographers, we clung to take place to get some of these snapshots.

Txokoto Dam

Txokoto Dam from the back. In the background Txokoto bridge.

Pottoka eating the little that comes out of the meadows

row of pines holding the weight of snow

Elizondo newly restored Church of

Giltxaurdi From the bridge

The town of Elizondo in the background

Plaza and City of Elizabeth

The sky remained closed all morning, at a temperature of 1 C

pine forest in the upper of Otsondo

Sauna Cruising Signals

The cold here ...

As cranes announced it last week (see entry below), the cold has arrived. Just as in the west of Navarre, the Basque Country, and many more areas of the peninsula has snowed heavily in the north and center of Navarra has barely snowed. This occurs when the wind is northeast component, so the Pyrenees mountain chain acts as a barrier to entry of clouds.

The next picture is taken on January 9 and nearly dark and starting to snow.

Photographed from high Bagordi at a temperature of -1 º C