Mars and other solar system objects 2020

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Persistent cloudy nights

The good news is that the Sun has become a little bit active. Sunspot!

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2020-11-27 Afternoon. Cloudy. Through the high cloud.

Larger spot group appears.

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2020-11-29 Afternoon. Two more spots rotate in.

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2020-12-1

Smaller spots come and go in days. The large ones stay.


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Comet C/2020 S3 meets Venus. Changi beach. Despite the high clouds and the sky light (near sunrise) plus light pollution, the comet does not disappoint thanks to its brightness!

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A trip down TMCR is fully worth it. Departed home when the skies were not cleared, and reached the so-called sunrise view point that finds the skies towards east getting clear. How lucky!

Shot a number of exposures until the sky brightened too much around 06:05AM.

Back home to stack the exposures and found out the coma and the tail are both visible. For the first time ever!

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2020-12-8 Sun

Single sunspot visible

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2020-12-11 Sg

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Jupiter and Saturn approaching great conjunction.

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One step closer to the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn

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