M13
The Owl Nebula and M108
The Owl is a planetary nebula in our galaxy some 3000 light years away. M108, an edge on spiral galaxy, is further away at 45 million light years.This photograph was taken with a CanonEOS600 on a Takahashi106 and is a composite of 19x300s exposures, iso800 captured in Nebulosity,calibrated with flats and darks in AstroArt and finally processed in Photoshop.Rhys Owen
Solar Eclipse - Totality from the Faroes on 20.3.15
Taken by Bill Hughes with his Canon DSLR on a cruise to Iceland and the Faroes, in windy weather, varying from Force 8 to Force 11!He had to be speedy as he had only 10sec of clear sky at totality.
Kimberworth WI's Moon - 27.3.15
Partial Solar Eclipse 20.3.15 - from Bridlington.
A Canon 450 was used coupled to a Skywatcher 80ED on an EQ6 mount.
This collection was made from many more taken during the time the sky was clear, which is to say for most of the time from first contact to just short of mid-eclipse, and for some time towards the later part of the eclipse.
Partial Solar Eclipse - Friday - 20.3.15 at Partridge farm, Doncaster
10 of us gathered at Partridge Farm on High Common Lane, Austerfield, and set up the equipment, Elaine's 6" Celestron, and the PST solar telescope, in clear sunshine, a fine morning. All ready for the start of the event. We were, Peter and his daughter Gill, Paul and Elaine, Robin and Sheila, Sandra and John Cox, not seen him in many a year, Rhys and Vic.
But, of course, not unexpectedly, the Cloud God put his oar in, and covered the sky with mottled clouds from the start of the eclipse to the end, to the minute! So we were stuck with trying to use our solar viewing spectacles, retained from the last eclipse, No. 11 welding glasses etc. but in the event it proved best to use ordinary sunglasses aided by the cloud cover, changing quickly to welding glass when a clear patch moved across the Sun. Robin and Sheila had some success with a pinhole arrangement in a card, and John successfully projected the image onto a card using binoculars.
We also had to revert to our domestic point-and-shoot cameras, but still were able to obtain the results you see below.
The Sun was in good condition too with several prominences round the limb, and some filaments on the face with plenty of granulations too, but only after the clouds and Moon had left the scene.
Canon 550D with Baader solar filter, taken by Mark Sabir while at work, in Doncaster
Taken by Robin Hodges using a Canon Power Shot. 26mm FL lens at f/5.6. This and the next photo were taken with a lens of his sunglasses over the camera lens. You do what you have to to get a result!
Also taken by Robin Hodges using the same camera
Another from Robin's camera, this time fitted with a solar filter
He also caught the prominence just below the Moon's edge as it was leaving the Sun
This is the group that gathered at Partridge farm that morning, gazing hopefully at the Sun, willing the clouds to go, but to no avail. Photo taken by Paul Booker of Wong.
But, of course, not unexpectedly, the Cloud God put his oar in, and covered the sky with mottled clouds from the start of the eclipse to the end, to the minute! So we were stuck with trying to use our solar viewing spectacles, retained from the last eclipse, No. 11 welding glasses etc. but in the event it proved best to use ordinary sunglasses aided by the cloud cover, changing quickly to welding glass when a clear patch moved across the Sun. Robin and Sheila had some success with a pinhole arrangement in a card, and John successfully projected the image onto a card using binoculars.
We also had to revert to our domestic point-and-shoot cameras, but still were able to obtain the results you see below.
The Sun was in good condition too with several prominences round the limb, and some filaments on the face with plenty of granulations too, but only after the clouds and Moon had left the scene.
Canon 550D with Baader solar filter, taken by Mark Sabir while at work, in Doncaster
Taken by Robin Hodges using a Canon Power Shot. 26mm FL lens at f/5.6. This and the next photo were taken with a lens of his sunglasses over the camera lens. You do what you have to to get a result!
Also taken by Robin Hodges using the same camera
Another from Robin's camera, this time fitted with a solar filter
He also caught the prominence just below the Moon's edge as it was leaving the Sun
Leo Trio
17.2.15. 12x300s iso400 captured with Nebulosity, sigma averaged in AstroArt and processed in Photoshop,this image was taken with a Takahashi FSQ 106 refractor and a Canon EOS 600 dslr with a CLS filter.The group of spiral galaxies in Leo consists of M65, M66 and ngc 3628,also known as the Hamburger Galaxy.
M38
This image is the result of 24x120s exposures at iso400 taken with a modified Canon 600 dslr on a Takahashi 106 mounted on a NEQ6 pro mount and guided using a Celestron 60mm refractor. The results were stacked and sigma averaged in AstroArt and processed a few times in Photoshop.
Rhys Owen
NGC6888 - The Crescent Nebula in Cygnus
The Exposure was 130 x 30sec, unguided and at ISO 800. With Astronomik Clip CLS/CCD filter. Stacked in Astroart and final processing in Photoshop with some help from Brian.
Taken from Rossington, Doncaster, Dec 2014
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