Members Pics

Pictures by Phil Alner
	Mars, Meade 10" LX200
	Moon, with MX5 CCD and long focus lens
Pictures by Glenn Shackleford
	Comet 17P/Holmes, 30-10-07, Canon 30D EOS 30sec exposure - prime focus on Tal Newtonian (150mm, F8)
	Comet 17P/Holmes, 15-11-07, Canon 30D EOS, 45sec exposure - prime focus on Tal Newtonian (150mm, F8)
	Moon, 29-10-07 - Canon 30D EOS prime focus on Tal Newtonian (150mm, F8)
Pictures by Paul Curtis
	Comet 8P/Tuttle (Approx mag6) in Pisces. Sum of ten x 30s exposures. 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Jan 2008
	M42, Orion Nebula - 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. 20 second exposure, Jan 2008
	Mars, Sum of 409 exposures each 1/50th second, 10" LX200@f24, TouCam Pro webcam, December 2007
	Comet 17P/Holmes, sum of ten x 30s exposures, 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. October 2007
	Mercury and the Moon (phase 1.5%), 17th May 2007. 6M Sanyo digital camera. Image by Paul Curtis.
	Saturn, sum of 307 exposures each 1/25 second, 10" LX200@f24, TouCam Pro webcam, April 2007
	HGC7293, Helix Nebula, Aquarius, 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. 15 minute exposure. October 2006. Image by Paul Curtis
	Comet M4 Swann 2006 in Corona Borealis at Mag 4 - showing detail in the tail, 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. 8 x 60 second images summed on Comet. Oct 2006. Image by Paul Curtis
	Mars, sum of 50 exposures each 1/33 second, 10" LX200@f24, TouCam Pro webcam, 19th December 2005, Paul Curtis
	Saturn, sum of 126 exposures each 1/25 second, 10" LX200@f24, TouCam Pro webcam, 8th February 2005 at the Cody Observatory
	Comet/2002 Q2 Machholz in Aries at Mag 4.1 - showing detail in the tail, 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. 10 x 60 second images summed on Comet. Jan 2005. Image by Paul Curtis
	Comet 2001 Q4 NEAT in Cancer. Eight 30 second images summed on the comet. Paul Curtis, 10 LX200, MX5 CCD, May 2004
	Jupiter and the GRS, sum of 275 exposures each 1/25 second, 10" LX200@f24, TouCam Pro webcam, 19th April 2004
	Jupiter and the Red Spot, March 2004, 10" Meade LX200 SCT f24, Philips TouCam Pro Webcam. Sum of 115 x 1/25 second exposures, processed in Registax 2.
	Mars, August 2003, Sum of 88 images from TouCam Pro Webcam with 10" LX200.
	Jupiter and the GRS, sum of 200 exposures each 1/25 second, 10" LX200@f24, TouCam Pro webcam, April 2003
	Saturn passing in front of the Crab Nebula on 4th January 2003. Even heavily overexposed it proved impossible to image both saturn and the crab at the same time. 3 satellites of saturn are clearly visible. Image by member Paul Curtis.
	Comet Ikeya-Zhang, Mag 5, in Draco, 10" LX200, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Sum of ten 1 minute exposures. May 2002. Paul Curtis
	Tail of Comet Ikeya-Zhang, Mag 5, in Draco,10" LX200, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. May 2002. Sum of ten 30 second exposures. Paul Curtis
	Tail of Comet Ikeya-Zhang, Mag 5, in Draco,10" LX200, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. May 2002. Sum of five 1 minute exposures. Note 6th mag star in the tail and the clear bifurcation of the tail. Follows on from picture above. Paul Curtis
	Jupiter, December 2001, Picture by Paul Curtis, 10" LX200 SCT, MX5 CCD.
	Saturn, December 2001, Picture by Paul Curtis, 10" LX200 SCT, MX5 CCD.
	Comet A2 Linear, using a 10" LX200 at f4 and an MX5 CCD, exposure 10 minutes (10 x 60s summed on comet nucleus), July 2001
	Comet S4 Linear 2000, using a 10" LX200 at f4.2 and an MX5 CCD, exposure 5 minutes (10 x 30s summed on comet nucleus), 20th July 2000
	Comet S4 Linear 2000, using a 10" LX200 at f4.2 and an MX5 CCD, exposure 5 minutes (10 x 30s summed on comet nucleus), 14th July 2000
	M95, Barred Spiral Galaxy, Leo, MX5 CCD, 10" LX200
	M81, Sb Spiral Galaxy, Ursa Major, MX5 CCD, 10" LX200
	Comet 1999 S4 linear, in Perseus. Taken when Mag 14. Note tail to the right. This comet is predicted to be naked eye visibility in July 2000. 10" Meade LX200 SCT f6.3, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Multiple exposures : Effective integration time 12 minutes - summed on the comet (hence stars are rows of dots)
	Saturn at November 1999. 10" LX200 at f33, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Clearly showing the Cassini division in the rings. Average of three 1.5 sec exposures.
	M1 Crab Nebula in Taurus, 5 minute exposure, Orion optics 10" GX250 Newtonian Reflector, MX5 CCD.
	M16 Eagle Nebula, 7 minute exposure, Orion optics 10" GX250 Newtonian Reflector, MX5 CCD.
	M17 Omega Nebula, Sagittarius, 7 minute exposure, Orion optics 10" GX250 Newtonian Reflector, MX5 CCD.
	M27 Dumbell Nebula, Vulpecula, 6 minute exposure, Meade 10" LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, MX5 CCD
	M42 Orion Nebula, 3 minute exposure, Orion optics 10" GX250 Newtonian Reflector, MX5 CCD.
	M45 Pleiades, Taurus, 5 minute exposure, 200mm f3.5 lens guided by Orion optics 10" GX250 Newtonian Reflector, MX5 CCD
	NGC2903, Leo, Sb Spiral Galaxy, 10 minute exposure, Orion optics 10" GX250 Newtonian Reflector, MX5 CCD
	Jupiter and moon Europa, 0.3 sec exposure, Meade 10" LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope at f20, MX5 CCD
	Jupiter and the Great Red Spot with moons Europa and Io, 0.05sec exposure, Meade 10" LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, MX5 CCD.
	The Moon - Aristoteles and Eudoxus, 0.05sec exposure, Orion optics 10" GX250 Newtonian Reflector at f14.4, MX5 CCD
	The Moon - Crater Clavius, 0.2 sec exposure, Meade 10" LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope at f24, MX5 CCD.
	Comet Lee, 10 minute exposure summed on the comet. Meade 10" LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, MX5 CCD.
Pictures by Gordon Lloyd
	Jupiter, 250mm Orion Newtonian, Celestron Neximage Webcam, Focal length 3750mm. Average of 1000 images processed in Registax. April 2006. Image by Gordon Lloyd.
	Total lunar eclipse, 250mm Orion Newtonian, afocal image with Olympus compact microdigital 800 camera (5M pixel). 3rd March 2007. Image by Gordon Lloyd.
	Lunar occultation of saturn. 22nd May 2007. 250mm Orion Newtonian, afocal image with Olympus compact microdigital 800 camera (5M pixel). Effective focal length 5200mm. Image by Gordon Lloyd.
	Saturn, 250mm Orion Newtonian, Celestron Neximage Webcam, Focal length 3750mm. Average of 1000 images processed in Registax. March 2007. Image by Gordon Lloyd.
	Moon, Theophilus to Fracastorius, afocal image with Olympus compact microdigital 800 camera (5M pixel). Effective focal length 5200mm. November 2006, Image by Gordon Lloyd.
	Moon, Hommel to the limb, afocal image with Olympus compact microdigital 800 camera (5M pixel). Effective focal length 5200mm. April 2007, Image by Gordon Lloyd.
	Moon, Clavius, afocal image with Olympus compact microdigital 800 camera (5M pixel). Effective focal length 5200mm. March 2007, Image by Gordon Lloyd.
Pictures by Steve Foulkes
	Steve Foulkes, from DERA Malvern, is to be congratulated on his joint discovery in January 2000 of a supernova in the faint galaxy NGC2415 in Lynx.
	Steve Foulkes' image of the NGC6946 in Cepheus. 10" LX200, f6.3, ST7 CCD, exposure 45 minutes luminescence, 15 minutes each red, green and blue combined.
	Steve Foulkes' image of the Whirlpool Galaxy M51 in Canes Venatici. ST7 CCD
	A colour image of M1 the Crab Nebula in Taurus taken by Steve Foulkes. ST7 CCD.
	A colour image of M82 in Ursa Major taken by Steve Foulkes. ST7 CCD.
Pictures by Grant Privett
	Pictures of the Aurora seen in Farnborough on the night of 6th April 2000, photographed with an ordinary camera.
	M63 Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici, 8" Newtonian Reflector, TC255 CCD
	Comet Hale-Bopp, 400s exposure, September 1996
	NGC5907, Edge-on galaxy in Draco, 8" Newtonian Reflector, TC255 CCD
Pictures by David Harden
	Comet Hyakutake in 1996
Pictures by Geoff Thurston
	Jupiter, March 2004, Sum of 200 images from TouCam Pro Webcam, 9.25" scope at about f10
	Mars, August 2003, Sum of 85 images from TouCam Pro Webcam, 6" scope at f36
	Summer Milky way and trails in Cygnus
	Nova Aquila 2 - Second nova in Aquila this year, this time much brighter. Photo taken by club member Grant Privett on friday 3rd December when nova was about mag.4. Yellow background is light pollution.
	Image of Orion with scattered moonlit clouds. Exposure time was 10-15 seconds using Kodak Gold 200asa film with a Praktica SLR camera and a 50mm lens
Pictures by Mark Radice
	Pleiades, drawing using 15x70 binoculars, by Mark Radice, November 2004
	Saturn, by Mark Radice using a Toucam Pro Webcam with a 4" refractor, November 2004
	Moon, Shroters Valley, by Mark Radice using a Toucam Pro Webcam with a 4" refractor, October 2004
	Some lunar images taken by Mark Radice using a Toucam Pro Webcam with a 4" refractor, June 2004
	Jupiter, by Mark Radice, 4" refractor, June 2004
	Jupiter and its moons. Image by Mark Radice, 120mm refractor at 1000mm FL, x2 Barlow. Sum of 30 images with a Toucam Pro Webcam, April 14th 2004
	Saturn. Image by Mark Radice, 120mm refractor at 1000mm FL, x2 Barlow. Sum of 290 images with a Toucam Pro Webcam, April 14th 2004
	Domes near Copernicus. Image by Mark Radice, 120mm refractor at 1000mm FL, x2 Barlow. Sum of images with a Toucam Pro Webcam, May 2005