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by llaveder
Thu Jan 31, 2013 7:39 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Gallery: Supermoon 2012
Replies: 27
Views: 56983

Re: Gallery: Supermoon 2012

Hi Marion, it's fun to see your comment about the very clear weather in your desert area. Unlike you, I'm living in Brittany (the Western tip of France) where the weather is very changing (like in Ireland or Scotland). Despite that bad weather, I was able to capture it 22 times during 24 consecutive...
by llaveder
Mon May 07, 2012 9:11 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Gallery: Supermoon 2012
Replies: 27
Views: 56983

Re: Gallery: Supermoon 2012

Hi! my contribution to this Supermoon gallery. First of all, don't miss this video of the whole sequence (one picture every 6 s): https://vimeo.com/41670884 When it appeared at the horizon, it displayed a green flash (on the left, near the red beacon): http://www.pixheaven.net/moyen/120506_3193.jpg ...
by llaveder
Sat Feb 05, 2005 10:50 am
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Which satellite is this?
Replies: 193
Views: 199190

Indeed, Astérix is a cartoon character from a cartoon named "Astérix", see http://www.asterix.tm.fr But, in french, a proper noun doesn't have any plural. Astérix comes from the world Astérisque, which comes from the greek "Asterisk" meaning "Little star". So Astérix is...
by llaveder
Fri Feb 04, 2005 12:18 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Which satellite is this?
Replies: 193
Views: 199190

Hi, I'm new in this forum. I'm the french translator of APOD and I saw a link to this forum in the next Tuesday picture. I would like to have some more informations: - How many time it has taken to the object to go from an horizon to the other? In the APOD animation, the object is visible from 14:19...