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Finally managed to image some deep sky last night. This is NGC6946 and NGC6939 (Fireworks Galaxy and Flying Geese Cluster) in the one frame.
Starwave 80ED-R, Reducer/Flattener, DSLR camera
99X20secs, ISO1600 unguided.
Processed in SIRIL and Photoshop. 11/01/2024 - John Consadine
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NGC 2403, Caldwell 7
1st image this year. This galaxy is part of the M81 group on Camelopardalis an is 8.154 million light years away.
Details.
10'' RC telescope
AA24CFX camera.
Exposure 60x180 sec.
Darks and flats.
Processed in Deep sky stacker And Startools. - 11/01/2024 - Martin Boddy
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Had another go at imaging comet 12p/Pons-Brooks recently using same exposure times and equipment as it was passing M29 (Cooling Tower Cluster).
Still slight smearing as the comet moved but pleased to show the strange star cluster in the same frame.
Hope to attempt closer imaging of the comet if clouds clear before object sets. - 18/01/24 - John Consadine
12p pons brooks jc
First time imaging the Horsehead grouping using the Starwave 80ED. This was unfiltered and unguided, processed in SIRIL and finished in Photoshop. 203X20 secs. at ISO 1600. Will have to try different exposures and times to compare results. - 19/01/24 - John Consadine
horsehead jc
M42 from GFO 19/01/24 - updated 07/02/24
Bright moon so we used the Altair quadband filter, also very windy exposures 30sec x 70 out of 90. Great to have the imaging facility available. John had the Calver set up with a new member taking pictures of the moon with her mobile phone. A really good night. - Martin Boddy
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Comet 12P/ Pons-Brooks - John Consadine
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M51 The Whirlpool galaxy from Monday night. - Martin Boddy - 20/03/24
Used the Altair RGB light pollution filter to combat the 1st quarter Moon and skyglow.
As ever more image time would help and a clear night with no Moon would be even better.
Details:
10inch Rc telescope
AA24CFX camera.
40x 200sec exposures
Darks and Flats
Deep sky stacker
Startools for processing.
m53 mb
A good clear night last night so attempted to image NGC2841 (Tiger Eye Galaxy). Set up minimal equipment Starwave 80 without reducer and DSLR at prime focus. The result from 143X20secs was a little small but was surprised to see two very distant galaxies in the same image top left. May try this again with Skywatcher to get more detail.
Processed in SIRIL and Photoshop. - John Consadine - 30/03/24
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M94- The cats eye galaxy in canes vanatici.
This is an unusual galaxy with only active star formation around the core. The rest of the disc seems dead. It is thought that it contains no dark matter. Beyond the disc is a clear area followed by an extended ring, but much more data would be required to see it clearly. - Martin Boddy - 30/03/24
Equipment
Altair 10inch rc astrograph.
Camera 24cfx with the altair RGB filter.
48 x 300sec subs.
Master darks.
Deep sky stacker
Startools
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Finally managed to image some deep sky last night. This is NGC6946 and NGC6939 (Fireworks Galaxy and Flying Geese Cluster) in the one frame.
Starwave 80ED-R, Reducer/Flattener, DSLR camera
99X20secs, ISO1600 unguided.
Processed in SIRIL and Photoshop. 11/01/2024 - John Consadine

NGC 2403, Caldwell 7
1st image this year. This galaxy is part of the M81 group on Camelopardalis an is 8.154 million light years away.
Details.
10'' RC telescope
AA24CFX camera.
Exposure 60x180 sec.
Darks and flats.
Processed in Deep sky stacker And Startools. - 11/01/2024 - Martin Boddy

Had another go at imaging comet 12p/Pons-Brooks recently using same exposure times and equipment as it was passing M29 (Cooling Tower Cluster).
Still slight smearing as the comet moved but pleased to show the strange star cluster in the same frame.
Hope to attempt closer imaging of the comet if clouds clear before object sets. - 18/01/24 - John Consadine

First time imaging the Horsehead grouping using the Starwave 80ED. This was unfiltered and unguided, processed in SIRIL and finished in Photoshop. 203X20 secs. at ISO 1600. Will have to try different exposures and times to compare results. - 19/01/24 - John Consadine

M42 from GFO 19/01/24 - updated 07/02/24
Bright moon so we used the Altair quadband filter, also very windy exposures 30sec x 70 out of 90. Great to have the imaging facility available. John had the Calver set up with a new member taking pictures of the moon with her mobile phone. A really good night. - Martin Boddy

Comet 12P/ Pons-Brooks - John Consadine

M51 The Whirlpool galaxy from Monday night. - Martin Boddy - 20/03/24
Used the Altair RGB light pollution filter to combat the 1st quarter Moon and skyglow.
As ever more image time would help and a clear night with no Moon would be even better.
Details:
10inch Rc telescope
AA24CFX camera.
40x 200sec exposures
Darks and Flats
Deep sky stacker
Startools for processing.

A good clear night last night so attempted to image NGC2841 (Tiger Eye Galaxy). Set up minimal equipment Starwave 80 without reducer and DSLR at prime focus. The result from 143X20secs was a little small but was surprised to see two very distant galaxies in the same image top left. May try this again with Skywatcher to get more detail.
Processed in SIRIL and Photoshop. - John Consadine - 30/03/24

M94- The cats eye galaxy in canes vanatici.
This is an unusual galaxy with only active star formation around the core. The rest of the disc seems dead. It is thought that it contains no dark matter. Beyond the disc is a clear area followed by an extended ring, but much more data would be required to see it clearly. - Martin Boddy - 30/03/24
Equipment
Altair 10inch rc astrograph.
Camera 24cfx with the altair RGB filter.
48 x 300sec subs.
Master darks.
Deep sky stacker
Startools

Deep Sky

First time this year had opportunity to image the Pleiades with the Starwave. With all the cloud around this week only had a half hour window over two nights clear. This is 49X30secs processed in SIRIL and finished using Photoshop levels and curves. Hope to add more data in the future.
John Consadine 22-11-23
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NGC 925 galaxy in the Triangulum constellation. At 30 million light years distant it appears small and faint. Imaged over two nights this weekend. 12-11-23 Martin Boddy
Equipment
Rc 10'' telescope
AA24 CFX camera
Subs 60x180sec
Plus flats and darks.
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Andromeda Galaxy -15/10/23
Updated 01/11/23 - Martin Boddy
M31
The Wizard nebula is an emission nebula in the constellation of Cepheus. It surrounds an open cluster of stars NGC 7380. I took the Ha/OIII data last year. I finally found a gap in the clouds this month, which enabled me to collect a small amount of data with my SII filter. This image is mapped to SHO, it came out very colourful!
557 x 59 sec, SkyTech Tri-band, clip in filter (used red and green channel only)
97 x 59 sec, Astronomik 12mn SII, clip in filter
Altair Wave 80mm
Canon 1300d
Sky-watcher EQ6-R PRO
Zita Pantelli - 31/10/23
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Kelling 2023, Eastern Veil nebula last night. Extreme astronomy, Only 10 x 3 minute subs between wind and cloud. - Martin Boddey 14/10/23
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I have been doing the Heart and Soul nebulae (IC 1805 and 1848). Tried to do one adding the Sulpher 2 filter to give a more Hubble style (SHO) but it needs some tweaks! - Zita Pantelli
heart soul zp
First images taken with my Starwave 80ED last night using a DSLR and unguided.
M101 50X 30secs
Processed in SIRIL and finished in Photoshop.
Pleased with initial results and hope to add to data later to improve quality. Will take a while getting used to image size and light gathering capabilities of the scope.
08-09-23 John Consadine
m31 08 09 jc
Over the weekend had the society's 8" Vixen Mak out for testing with the planets. Persistent cloud in the east and south prevented imaging so being reminded of the shots of the ring nebula taken by Zita I wondered if it could be used to take deep sky shots at a long focal length (1800mm) without trailing to give a reasonable size image.
This was 34 x 20secs unguided using my DSLR.
Processed in SIRIL and finished in Photoshop. The result is a very soft image with a slight color cast but could be a good start to experiment with guided equipment and various cameras.
Hope someone can try this out and improve results.
M57 Ring Nebula 12-09-23 John Consadine
ring nebula 12 09 jc
NGC 7023 Iris Nebula.
Clear sky last night, cleared my system of gremlins and got some data to process.
This is a lovely reflection nebula with the central star illuminating the surrounding clouds.
Equipment
Altair 130 EDT-F apo.
Ioptron CEM 70.
Altair 294c camera.
Exposure 28 x 180 sec.
Processed in Deep Sky Stacker.
and Startools.
10-09-23 Martin Boddy
ngc 7023 10 09 mb
First images taken with my Starwave 80ED last night using a DSLR and unguided.
M101 50X 30secs
Processed in SIRIL and finished in Photoshop.
Pleased with initial results and hope to add to data later to improve quality. Will take a while getting used to image size and light gathering capabilities of the scope.
08-09-23 John Consadine
m101 08 09 jc
08-09-23 John Consadine
First images taken with my Starwave 80ED last night using a DSLR and unguided.
M92 23X 30secs
Processed in SIRIL and finished in Photoshop.
Pleased with initial results and hope to add to data later to improve quality. Will take a while getting used to image size and light gathering capabilities of the scope.

M92 08-09-23 John Consadine
The image of M3 (Globular Cluster) was produced from 57 x 20 secs shots. Both these taken with a DSLR at prime focus on my 8" Skywatcher. Processed in SIRIL and finished with Photoshop. I found many frames spoilt with satellite trails but just this single image showed a meteor trail. The chances of catching this is very slim as the whole image is only the size of the moon. - John Consadine 27/04/23
jc m3 meteor
Tuesday night managed to get out late as the moon was setting and had a go at some deep sky (maybe the last for the summer!). Managed just 29 x 20 sec shots of M64 (Black Eye Galaxy) which after processing gave this result. More data should give a crisper image. - John Consadine 27/04/23
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The image of M3 (Globular Cluster) was produced from 57 x 20 secs shots. Both these taken with a DSLR at prime focus on my 8" Skywatcher. Processed in SIRIL and finished with Photoshop. - John Consadine 27/04/23
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M63 The Sunflower galaxy - Martin Boddy
Found this image from April 21. Was not happy with the detail at the time, but the latest Startools software has really brought it to life.
Taken with the Altair 294c pro tec camera.
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M63 The Sunflower galaxy - Martin Boddy
Found this image from April 21. Was not happy with the detail at the time, but the latest Startools software has really brought it to life.
Taken with the Altair 294c pro tec camera.
sunflower mboddy
M81 Bodes Galaxy - Martin Boddy
With the Moon out of the way, I managed to grab some images. Would have liked more data and clearer skies, but beggars can't be chooses.
Equipment
Altair CEM70 mount.
Altair 10inch RC telescope
Camera Altair 294c pro tec. Set minus 10c
Field fattener 0.8
70x180sec lights
darks
Flats
Dark flats
Processed in Deep Sky Stacker and Startools
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M81 Bodes Galaxy - Martin Boddy
With the Moon out of the way, I managed to grab some images. Would have liked more data and clearer skies, but beggars can't be chooses.
Equipment
Altair CEM70 mount.
Altair 10inch RC telescope
Camera Altair 294c pro tec. Set minus 10c
Field fattener 0.8
70x180sec lights
darks
Flats
Dark flats
Processed in Deep Sky Stacker and Startools
bodes mboddy
M82 The Cigar Galaxy – Martin Boddy
Two clear nights, testing my latest telescope ready for the galaxy season. Really pleased with the result will add more data.
Details
Altair 130apo refractor
2x tele extender
Camera Altair 294c pro tec
70 subs x 180sec
Deep sky stacker
Startools
cigar
NGC 3718 galaxy in Ursa Major - Martin Boddy 52 million light years away. This was a spiral galaxy until a near miss with galaxy NGC 3729 on the left, which is still only about 150,000 light years from it. The red band was possibly the around the galaxy rim originally. Bottom left there is a distant group of five interacting galaxies 400 million light years away (Hickson 56).
This image is still work in progress, have six hours integration so far, trying to get the fine detail in the arms.
ngc mb
M42 - 21/01/23 - Keith Jones in bortle 5/6 100 x 20s and 17 x 30s AA269C, gain 450, 24 offset - AA 115 refractor with x0.8 flattener. Processed in DSS and GIMP
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IC 352 - Martin Boddy
The hidden galaxy in the constellation of Camelopardalis.
This is a difficult object on the edge of the Milky way shrouded by stars and dust. But I was pleased to get something to show, clear nights have been rare.
Mount CEM70
Telescope Altair 115 triplet
Camera Altair 294c pro tec.
28 x 240 sec subs
Flats x 33
Master dark.
ic
The Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237) - Zita Pantelli
3 hrs 34 mins
Altair Wave 80mm
Canon 1300d (astro modified)
Optolong L-Pro (clip in filter)
Sky-Watcher EQ6-R PRO
Rosette Nebula - David Jackson
rosette nebula dj
M42 - David Jackson
m42 dj
Horse Head Nebula - David Jackson
horse head nebula dj
M13 Globular Cluster in Hercules - Martin Boddy
m13 cluster
NGC 2903 Spiral galaxy - Martin Boddy
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NGC 2067 Casper the friendly ghost Nebula - Brian Fry
M100 & surrounding galaxies - Martin Boddy
m100 surrounding galaxies
2021-09-09 M81 - Brian Fry
m81021 09 09nd process
M51 - Brian Fry
m51st process
M33 Triangulum galaxy - Martin Boddy
m33 triangulum galaxy
M31 Andromeda galaxy - John Consadine
m31 andromeda galaxy
Rosette Nebula - Keith Jones
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Caldwell 34- Witches Broom Nebula - Martin Boddy
caldwell witches broom nebula
C11 - Brian Fry
c11nd process
2021-04-19 Leo - Brian Fry
2021 049 leost process
2020-08-11 M42 - Brian Fry
2020 08 11 m42nd process
2020-05-11 M81-M82 - Brian Fry
2020 05 11 m81 m82nd process
Hamburger Galaxy - Martin Boddy
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First time this year had opportunity to image the Pleiades with the Starwave. With all the cloud around this week only had a half hour window over two nights clear. This is 49X30secs processed in SIRIL and finished using Photoshop levels and curves. Hope to add more data in the future.

John Consadine 22-11-23

NGC 925 galaxy in the Triangulum constellation. At 30 million light years distant it appears small and faint. Imaged over two nights this weekend. 12-11-23 Martin Boddy

Equipment

Rc 10'' telescope

AA24 CFX camera

Subs 60x180sec

Plus flats and darks.

Andromeda Galaxy -15/10/23

Updated 01/11/23 - Martin Boddy

The Wizard nebula is an emission nebula in the constellation of Cepheus. It surrounds an open cluster of stars NGC 7380. I took the Ha/OIII data last year. I finally found a gap in the clouds this month, which enabled me to collect a small amount of data with my SII filter. This image is mapped to SHO, it came out very colourful!

557 x 59 sec, SkyTech Tri-band, clip in filter (used red and green channel only)

97 x 59 sec, Astronomik 12mn SII, clip in filter

Altair Wave 80mm

Canon 1300d

Sky-watcher EQ6-R PRO

Zita Pantelli - 31/10/23

Kelling 2023, Eastern Veil nebula last night. Extreme astronomy, Only 10 x 3 minute subs between wind and cloud. - Martin Boddey 14/10/23

I have been doing the Heart and Soul nebulae (IC 1805 and 1848). Tried to do one adding the Sulpher 2 filter to give a more Hubble style (SHO) but it needs some tweaks! - Zita Pantelli

First images taken with my Starwave 80ED last night using a DSLR and unguided.
M101 50X 30secs
Processed in SIRIL and finished in Photoshop.
Pleased with initial results and hope to add to data later to improve quality. Will take a while getting used to image size and light gathering capabilities of the scope.
08-09-23 John Consadine

Over the weekend had the society's 8" Vixen Mak out for testing with the planets. Persistent cloud in the east and south prevented imaging so being reminded of the shots of the ring nebula taken by Zita I wondered if it could be used to take deep sky shots at a long focal length (1800mm) without trailing to give a reasonable size image.
This was 34 x 20secs unguided using my DSLR.
Processed in SIRIL and finished in Photoshop. The result is a very soft image with a slight color cast but could be a good start to experiment with guided equipment and various cameras.
Hope someone can try this out and improve results.
M57 Ring Nebula 12-09-23 John Consadine

NGC 7023 Iris Nebula.
Clear sky last night, cleared my system of gremlins and got some data to process.
This is a lovely reflection nebula with the central star illuminating the surrounding clouds.
Equipment
Altair 130 EDT-F apo.
Ioptron CEM 70.
Altair 294c camera.
Exposure 28 x 180 sec.
Processed in Deep Sky Stacker.
and Startools.
10-09-23 Martin Boddy

08-09-23 John Consadine

First images taken with my Starwave 80ED last night using a DSLR and unguided.
M92 23X 30secs
Processed in SIRIL and finished in Photoshop.
Pleased with initial results and hope to add to data later to improve quality. Will take a while getting used to image size and light gathering capabilities of the scope.

The image of M3 (Globular Cluster) was produced from 57 x 20 secs shots. Both these taken with a DSLR at prime focus on my 8" Skywatcher. Processed in SIRIL and finished with Photoshop. I found many frames spoilt with satellite trails but just this single image showed a meteor trail. The chances of catching this is very slim as the whole image is only the size of the moon. - John Consadine 27/04/23

Tuesday night managed to get out late as the moon was setting and had a go at some deep sky (maybe the last for the summer!). Managed just 29 x 20 sec shots of M64 (Black Eye Galaxy) which after processing gave this result. More data should give a crisper image. - John Consadine 27/04/23

M63 The Sunflower galaxy - Martin Boddy
Found this image from April 21. Was not happy with the detail at the time, but the latest Startools software has really brought it to life.
Taken with the Altair 294c pro tec camera.

M81 Bodes Galaxy - Martin Boddy
With the Moon out of the way, I managed to grab some images. Would have liked more data and clearer skies, but beggars can't be chooses.
Equipment
Altair CEM70 mount.
Altair 10inch RC telescope
Camera Altair 294c pro tec. Set minus 10c
Field fattener 0.8
70x180sec lights
darks
Flats
Dark flats
Processed in Deep Sky Stacker and Startools

M82 The Cigar Galaxy – Martin Boddy

Two clear nights, testing my latest telescope ready for the galaxy season. Really pleased with the result will add more data.

Details

Altair 130apo refractor

2x tele extender

Camera Altair 294c pro tec

70 subs x 180sec

Deep sky stacker

Startools

NGC 3718 galaxy in Ursa Major - Martin Boddy 52 million light years away. This was a spiral galaxy until a near miss with galaxy NGC 3729 on the left, which is still only about 150,000 light years from it. The red band was possibly the around the galaxy rim originally. Bottom left there is a distant group of five interacting galaxies 400 million light years away (Hickson 56).

This image is still work in progress, have six hours integration so far, trying to get the fine detail in the arms.

M42 - 21/01/23 - Keith Jones in bortle 5/6 100 x 20s and 17 x 30s AA269C, gain 450, 24 offset - AA 115 refractor with x0.8 flattener. Processed in DSS and GIMP

IC 352 - Martin Boddy

The hidden galaxy in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

This is a difficult object on the edge of the Milky way shrouded by stars and dust. But I was pleased to get something to show, clear nights have been rare.

Mount CEM70
Telescope Altair 115 triplet
Camera Altair 294c pro tec.
28 x 240 sec subs
Flats x 33
Master dark.

The Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237) - Zita Pantelli

3 hrs 34 mins

Altair Wave 80mm
Canon 1300d (astro modified)
Optolong L-Pro (clip in filter)
Sky-Watcher EQ6-R PRO

Rosette Nebula - David Jackson

M42 - David Jackson

Horse Head Nebula - David Jackson

M13 Globular Cluster in Hercules - Martin Boddy

NGC 2903 Spiral galaxy - Martin Boddy

NGC 2067 Casper the friendly ghost Nebula - Brian Fry

M100 & surrounding galaxies - Martin Boddy

2021-09-09 M81 - Brian Fry

M51 - Brian Fry

M33 Triangulum galaxy - Martin Boddy

M31 Andromeda galaxy - John Consadine

Rosette Nebula - Keith Jones

Caldwell 34- Witches Broom Nebula - Martin Boddy

C11 - Brian Fry

2021-04-19 Leo - Brian Fry

2020-08-11 M42 - Brian Fry

2020-05-11 M81-M82 - Brian Fry

Hamburger Galaxy - Martin Boddy

Solar System

Partial Solar Eclipse 25-10-22 - Keith Jones
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Sun Spot - John Consadine
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Mars - John Consadine
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Solar Prominence - John Consadine
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Saturn - John Consadine
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Jupiter and Io - John Consadine
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Jupiter with Io's Shadow - John Consadine
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Moon - Tycho crater - John Consadine
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Jupiter with great red spot - John Consadine
jupiter red spot
Solar activity - Altair GPCam 178 mono - Lunt 60 DS/PT - 11/06/22 - Ian Knight
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Mars - 8" Skywatcher, 3X Barlow and ZWO camera - John Consadine
mars jc
Sun Spots - John Consadine
8" Skywatcher, 2X Barlow and ZWO planetary camera, Baader solar

sunspots jc
John Consadine - I wanted to try out the club's 2.5X powermate on my 8" Skywatcher using the ZWO planetary camera. After processing with Autostakkert and Registax I was pleased with the result. I just need more clear nights!!
lunar jc
Venus – John Consadine
Managed to catch Venus early yesterday evening before it got too bright. It might be a cloudy and featureless surface but can clearly see it's gibous phase.
8" Skywatcher
3X Barlow
ZWO 120MC
EQ5 Synscan
Best 10% of 6000 frames using Firecapture
Registax and AutoStakkert
venus
Managed to take better shots of the sun's limb yesterday. Very busy on it's surface now. - John Consadine
solar3 jc
Managed to take better shots of the sun's limb yesterday. Very busy on it's surface now. - John Consadine
solar2 jc
Just got around to processing rest of solar images from last week. First time I had seen the sun's limb with just a Baader Solar filter. Normally will only see features here with a Solarscope but managed to capture striations or channels on the surface. The Solar cycle should become even more active by next year. - John Consadine
solar1 jc
I had planned to image Venus over a period of months in order to catch the different phases but bad weather and house building opposite put stop to it. I thought I would have to give up the idea but fortunately I found these shot taken in 2020 when there was just a field next door. Pleased I saved them for now. 19/07/23 John Consadine
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I had planned to image Venus over a period of months in order to catch the different phases but bad weather and house building opposite put stop to it. I thought I would have to give up the idea but fortunately I found these shot taken in 2020 when there was just a field next door. Pleased I saved them for now. 19/07/23 John Consadine
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Yesterday imaged a string of sunspots across the sun's face plus one enormous one on it's own. Interesting to see it changing over the weeks. - 25/05/23 - John Consadine
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Yesterday imaged a string of sunspots across the sun's face plus one enormous one on it's own. Interesting to see it changing over the weeks. - 25/05/23 - John Consadine
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Yesterday imaged a string of sunspots across the sun's face plus one enormous one on it's own. Interesting to see it changing over the weeks. - 25/05/23 - John Consadine
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The Sun from Yesterday seeing was very good and nice proms showing up.
Details:
Lunt 60mm DS
Altair GPCam 178 mono
1500 frames captured and stacked at 30% in AS3 - 21/05/23 - Ian Knight
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The sun taken on the 9th with a solar filter on a Nikon P1000 camera. - 09/08/23 - Keith Jones
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Managed to try out the society's 8" Vixen MAK scope over the weekend. This image was taken with my Planetary camera at prime focus using a Baader solar filter. It was processed in AutoStakkert and Registax and finished in Photoshop.
The final result is very similar to my 8" Skywatcher + 2X Barlow for detail at this magnification.
Hope to image planets next clear night for comparison. 30/08/23 Jon Consadine
jc
Nice to see the planets reappearing in the evening skies. Used my 8" Skywatcher + 3X Barlow and planetary camera to take this image of Saturn a few evenings ago. The rings are starting to tilt more shallow now. Hope to catch Jupiter later in the month.
05-09-23 John Consadine
saturn 05 09 jc
Had a go imaging Jupiter last night. Trying out some suggestions on Registax settings. Image has a slightly more aggressive sharpening than I'm used to but it does show up the great red spot which is a bit underwhelming at the moment. The moon on the right is Io. 29-11-23 John Consadine
jupiter jc

Partial Solar Eclipse 25-10-22 - Keith Jones

Sun Spot - John Consadine

Mars - John Consadine

Solar Prominence - John Consadine

Saturn - John Consadine

Jupiter and Io - John Consadine

Jupiter with Io's Shadow - John Consadine

Moon - Tycho crater - John Consadine

Jupiter with great red spot - John Consadine

Solar activity - Altair GPCam 178 mono - Lunt 60 DS/PT - 11/06/22 - Ian Knight

Mars - 8" Skywatcher, 3X Barlow and ZWO camera - John Consadine

Sun Spots - John Consadine

8" Skywatcher, 2X Barlow and ZWO planetary camera, Baader solar

John Consadine - I wanted to try out the club's 2.5X powermate on my 8" Skywatcher using the ZWO planetary camera. After processing with Autostakkert and Registax I was pleased with the result. I just need more clear nights!!

Venus – John Consadine
Managed to catch Venus early yesterday evening before it got too bright. It might be a cloudy and featureless surface but can clearly see it's gibous phase.
8" Skywatcher
3X Barlow
ZWO 120MC
EQ5 Synscan
Best 10% of 6000 frames using Firecapture
Registax and AutoStakkert

Managed to take better shots of the sun's limb yesterday. Very busy on it's surface now. - John Consadine

Just got around to processing rest of solar images from last week. First time I had seen the sun's limb with just a Baader Solar filter. Normally will only see features here with a Solarscope but managed to capture striations or channels on the surface. The Solar cycle should become even more active by next year. - John Consadine

I had planned to image Venus over a period of months in order to catch the different phases but bad weather and house building opposite put stop to it. I thought I would have to give up the idea but fortunately I found these shot taken in 2020 when there was just a field next door. Pleased I saved them for now. 19/07/23 John Consadine

Yesterday imaged a string of sunspots across the sun's face plus one enormous one on it's own. Interesting to see it changing over the weeks. - 25/05/23 - John Consadine

The Sun from Yesterday seeing was very good and nice proms showing up.

Details:

Lunt 60mm DS

Altair GPCam 178 mono

1500 frames captured and stacked at 30% in AS3 - 21/05/23 - Ian Knight

The sun taken on the 9th with a solar filter on a Nikon P1000 camera. - 09/08/23 - Keith Jones

Managed to try out the society's 8" Vixen MAK scope over the weekend. This image was taken with my Planetary camera at prime focus using a Baader solar filter. It was processed in AutoStakkert and Registax and finished in Photoshop.
The final result is very similar to my 8" Skywatcher + 2X Barlow for detail at this magnification.
Hope to image planets next clear night for comparison. 30/08/23 Jon Consadine

Nice to see the planets reappearing in the evening skies. Used my 8" Skywatcher + 3X Barlow and planetary camera to take this image of Saturn a few evenings ago. The rings are starting to tilt more shallow now. Hope to catch Jupiter later in the month.
05-09-23 John Consadine

Had a go imaging Jupiter last night. Trying out some suggestions on Registax settings. Image has a slightly more aggressive sharpening than I'm used to but it does show up the great red spot which is a bit underwhelming at the moment. The moon on the right is Io. 29-11-23 John Consadine

Earth Sky

Noctilucent Clouds - Keith Jones
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Sunset - Gary Heard
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Aurora Wiveton Down 02/10/22 - Luke & Zita Pantelli
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Aurora 27/02/23 Overstrand - Zeta Pantelli

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Noctilucent Clouds - Zita Pantelli
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Aurora 18-09-23- Keith Jones
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Aurora 18-09-23 Zita Pantelli
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Aurora 18-09-23 Zita Pantelli
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Aurora 18-09-23 Zita Pantelli
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Aurora 18-09-23 Zita Pantelli
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I did manage to snap a few of the Aurora on my phone last night. - 05-11-23 - Ian Knight
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I did manage to snap a few of the Aurora on my phone last night. - 05-11-23 - Ian Knight
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Noctilucent Clouds - Keith Jones

Sunset - Gary Heard

Aurora Wiveton Down 02/10/22 - Luke & Zita Pantelli

Aurora 27/02/23 Overstrand - Zeta Pantelli

Noctilucent Clouds - Zita Pantelli

Aurora 18-09-23- Keith Jones

Aurora 18-09-23 Zita Pantelli

I did manage to snap a few of the Aurora on my phone last night. - 05-11-23 - Ian Knight

Comets & Meteors

Neowise Wiveton DSDS - Martin Boddy
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Great strike recorded by the GFO Meteor Detection Station last night 27/01/23 - Terry Rose
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C/2022 E3 (ZTF) taken 17-1-23 - Zita Pantelli
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I managed to get a picture of a meteor from the Lyrids shower. Yay. Top right - Kieth Jones
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Neowise Wiveton DSDS - Martin Boddy

Great strike recorded by the GFO Meteor Detection Station last night 27/01/23 - Terry Rose

C/2022 E3 (ZTF) taken 17-1-23 - Zita Pantelli

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I managed to get a picture of a meteor from the Lyrids shower. Yay. Top right - Kieth Jones

Radio Astronomy

This mount for the Radio Telescope has been made available by John Ramm.
It will be cleaned up, painted & modified to hold the dish. Terry Rose
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Radio telescope mount fixed into position along with power/comms and box containing receiver electronics. A 1.2m dish will be fiited next and testing will begin. Still looking for a bigger dish.
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New addition the Radio Astronomy side of NNAS. It's a 7m dipole tuned to a frequency in the Jupitier radio emission range 18 to 23 Mhz.
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The dish in action ploting the Hydrogen line, overcast skies, wind and rain....No Problem!.
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GFO 1032hrs 29/07/23 - TJR
The dish was pointing due South and two peaks of hydrogen emissions occured at 2152hrs (28/07) and 1032hrs (29/07).
The large spike to the right should be ignored as this is a terrestrial signal.
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This mount for the Radio Telescope has been made available by John Ramm.

It will be cleaned up, painted & modified to hold the dish. Terry Rose

Radio telescope mount fixed into position along with power/comms and box containing receiver electronics. A 1.2m dish will be fiited next and testing will begin. Still looking for a bigger dish.

Terry Rose

New addition the Radio Astronomy side of NNAS. It's a 7m dipole tuned to a frequency in the Jupitier radio emission range 18 to 23 Mhz.

The dish in action ploting the Hydrogen line, overcast skies, wind and rain....No Problem!.

GFO 1032hrs 29/07/23 - TJR
The dish was pointing due South and two peaks of hydrogen emissions occured at 2152hrs (28/07) and 1032hrs (29/07).
The large spike to the right should be ignored as this is a terrestrial signal.