Virtual Star Party - January 27, 2013: The Hand-Guided Moon Edition

By Fraser Cain - January 28, 2013 at 11:41 PM UTC | Observing
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Cruddy winter weather kept most of our astronomers indoors, but a few spots opened up in the clouds this week - enough for three telescopes. We had great views of a recently full Moon, Jupiter, and several clusters, nebulae and galaxies, including Andromeda, the Blue Snowball, the Triangulum Galaxy, and more.

We were joined by a new astronomer this week, Russell Bateman, who kept us entertained with his fantastic hand guiding skills, keeping the Moon in view for the duration of the Hangout.

Astronomers:

Stuart Forman

,

Dave Dickinson

, and

Russell Bateman

.

Commentary: Scott Lewis

Host:

Fraser Cain

We run the Virtual Star Party every Sunday night as a live Google+ Hangout. Want to find when it's happening next? Just circle the

Virtual Star Party page on Google+

. Visit the

Universe Today YouTube channel

to see an archive of all our past events.

The Moon, by Russell Bateman

Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today, founding the website in March 1999. He's also the co-host of Astronomy Cast.