Astronomy on Maui without a Telescope
Hold your mouse over the above
picture to find Venus, Mercury, Mars and the Moon
rising over the West Maui Mountains 37 minutes before sunrise on January 7,
2005.
Moon craters
(through my telescope)
Full Maui Moon
Moon setting behind Molokai
Hold your mouse over the above
picture to find the Southern Cross,
and the stars Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri,
low near the southern horizon at 2:45 AM on March 6, 2005
The shadow of the earth forms a
gray band along the horizon in the west
(while the sun is rising in the east).
Hold your mouse over the above
picture to find Mercury and the Moon
setting over the ocean 42 minutes after sunset on March 11, 2005
(44 hours past new moon)