Curt Renz Capital Resources

Astronomy

Monthly Astronomical Calendar

Daily lunar phases, eclipses, planetary events and meteor showers

A great computer desktop background wallpaper

 

Mercury as Evening Star

Panorama of the elusive little planet in the western sky as viewed from Chicagoland 30 minutes after sunset from 2008 APR 21 through JUN 01

Moon Occults Mars

Graze map for Europe, North Africa and South Asia on 2008 MAY 10

Occultation for observers between the graze paths

Full Moons  

Data and graphics demonstrating the declinations, distances and angular diameters of 15 Full Moons from now through July of 2009

Old Moon in the New Moon’s Arms near Mercury

Photo by Curt Renz from Arlington Heights, IL of Moon aged 37:31 hrs on 2008 MAY 06 at 20:49 CDT with Mercury appearing nearby

Total Lunar Eclipse  

Photo by Curt Renz from Arlington Heights, IL on 2008 FEB 20 at 21:28 CST with Saturn to the left and Regulus above

Hunter’s Full Moon above Geese

Photo by Curt Renz from Arlington Heights, IL on 2007 OCT 25 at 17:46 CDT which was 25 minutes after moonrise and 10 minutes before sunset

New Moon through Colored Clouds

Photo by Curt Renz from Arlington Heights, IL of Moon aged 38:05 hrs on 2007 JUL 15 at 21:09 CDT which was 42 minutes after sunset and 26 minutes before moonset

1) Click a button to download the chosen graphic.

 

2) After the graphic fully loads, right-click it then click Save Picture As and send it to any location in your computer’s hard drive (My Pictures and Pictures are good.)

 

3A) To make it your computer wallpaper, right-click the image from its saved location then click Set as Desktop Background.

 

Don’t worry if it seems the wrong size or poorly resolved.  Your computer will adjust it to fit (assuming that within your Windows XP Control Panel, Display/Desktop is set to Stretch.)  If using Windows Vista, right click your desktop background then click Personalize and Desktop Background and choose the positioning option on the left.

 

3B)  To print to paper, left-click “Print” or “Print Picture” and use landscape mode.