 Jason
Shinn aka "TrueMartian"
to YouTube fans around the globe for his educational videos on various aspects of astronomy |
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 Solar
Phenomena - Jason's forté |
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 Three
planets: Venus, Mars and Saturn, with accompanying radio frequency
graphs |
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 Nova,
with accompanying radio frequency graphs |
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 Lunar
close-up taken Aug 19, 2003
Equipment used: 10" Dob-mounted Newtonian
Image captured onto Fuji 800 ACA film using the eyepiece projection
method |
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 Comets!
Hale-Bopp - Mar 31, 1997
Hyakutaki - Mar 25, 1996
Both images taken with a tripod-mounted wide angle camera |
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 It
almost didn't happen! But... Here is a picture of the May 20, 2012
annular solar eclipse as observed shortly after 1st contact from Akron,
OH USA! First contact was at 8:21 PM EDT and sunset occurred at 8:42 PM
EDT. A VERY short window to catch this fleeting glimpse! . This image
was taken at exactly 8:34:49pm EDT when the Sun was a mere 1.4° above
the horizon
Image details:
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XT
Lens: 55mm
Shutter speed: 1/4000 second at f/22 at ISO: 1600 |
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 Photo
of the Stargate asterism in the constellation Corvus. |
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 Photo
of near-Earth asteroid 1998 QE2. |
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Movie of near-Earth asteroid 1998 QE2 assembled from multiple single
frames |
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