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Perseid
Meteor, passing from Pegasus into Aquarius.
Unguided Canon
550D DSLR camera at iso1600 with 30mm f2 lens,
20 second
exposure.
August 2018 |
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Quadrantid
Meteor, passing the Alpha Perseus cluster, 15 second
exposure.
Canon 550d
camera at iso1600 with 30mm f1.4 lens.
January 2017 |
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Star arrowed
is Tycho 3162-665-1 or KIC8462852, also known as Tabby's star in Cygnus and
is 1480 light years from earth and around 12th magnitude. This star was
identified by the Kepler space telescope as having irregular changes in
brightness that could not be explained by the presence of planets or by
known variable star theories. It has been postulated that this may be due to
the presence of an Alien civilisation perhaps building a
Dyson ring or swarm.
Seti researchers, however, have studied the star and found no evidence of
radio transmissions, although perhaps a civilisation capable of modifying
their star no longer communicates this way.
30 second exposure.
Starlite
Xpress Trius SX694 camera.
10" Meade LX200 SCT f6.3. September 2016 |
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Perseid Meteor
in Andromeda (M31 bottom left).
Unguided Canon
550D DSLR at iso3200, 28mm lens at f2.8.
20 second exposure. August 2016. |
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Perseid Meteor
near Altair.
Unguided Canon
550D DSLR at iso1600, 28mm lens at f2.8.
20 second exposure. August 2016. |
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Kuiper Belt Object Makemake, currently almost 52AU away and mag 17 in Coma
Berenices, 9
minute exposure.
Starlite
Xpress Trius SX694 camera.
10" Meade LX200 SCT f4. April 2016 |
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Perseid Meteor
near M31 galaxy in Andromeda.
Unguided Canon
550D DSLR at iso1600, 28mm lens at f2.8.
30 second exposure. August 2015. |
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Perseid Meteor
near Altair in Aquila.
Unguided Canon
550D DSLR at iso3200, 28mm lens at f2.8.
15 second exposure. August 2014. |
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Milky Way through Aquila, Unguided Canon
550D DSLR at iso3200, 28mm lens at f2.8.
20 x 15 second exposures stacked in AstroArt 5. August 2014. |
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Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter - Canon
550D, 400mm lens at f5.6, 1/2th second
exposure at iso800 (insert 1/200 sec), through thin cloud, 22.30BST June 30th 2015 |
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Asteroid 1566
Icarus in Bootes, close approach to Earth (5 Billion miles), approx
magnitude 13-14. 12 minute exposure. Starlite
Xpress Trius SX25C camera.
Meade 80mm APO Refractor guided by 10" Meade LX200 SCT.
June
2015 |
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Virgo Galaxy Cluster, Virgo. 30
minute exposure.
Starlite
Xpress Trius SX25C camera.
10" Meade LX200 SCT f4. May 2015 |
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Conjunction of Venus and Mercury - Canon
550D, 28mm lens at f2.8, 1/30th second
exposure at iso800, April 2015 |
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Conjunction of Moon, Venus, Aldebaran and the Hyades - Canon
70D, 80mm lens at f9, 2 second
exposure at iso1600, April 2015 |
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Aurora
Borealis, Tromso, Norway.
Unguided Canon
550D DSLR, 10mm lens at f3.5.
5 second exposure at iso1600. October 2014. |
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Perseid Meteor
near Polaris in Ursa Minor.
Unguided Canon
550D DSLR, 28mm lens at f2.8.
15 second exposure. August 2014. |
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Ceres and Vesta in Virgo, 9
minute
exposure,
Starlite
Xpress SX-M25C camera.
Meade 80mm APO Refractor guided by 10" Meade LX200 SCT.
April
2014 |
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Perseid meteor
crossing the Square of Pegasus.
Imaging Source DBK 41AU02.AS Camera using f1.4 6mm lens.
20 second exposure. 10th August 2013 at 00.22UT |
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Asteroid 2012DA14 on close
approach to Earth (distance under 20,000 miles),
passing through Canes Venatici near to spiral galaxy NGC4244,
Meade 80mm APO Refractor guided by 10" Meade LX200 SCT, Canon
1100D
DSLR. Two 4 minute exposures
at iso400.
15th February
2013 |
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Conjunction of
Jupiter and Venus,
around 3 degrees apart - also showing the Pleiades. Modified Canon 1100D
DSLR (unguided), f3.5 18mm EFS lens.
Sum of six 20 second exposures at iso1600. March 12th
2012 |
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Barnards Star, Ophiuchus.
Red dwarf star 6 light years away (3rd nearest)
10"
LX200 SCT at f4, Starlight Xpress
SXVF-MX9 CCD.
Exposure 1
minutes. July 2012. |
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Perseid Meteor
in Cygnus,
Canon 550D EOS
camera f3.5 10mm lens. Exposure 15 seconds at iso3200, August 13th 2010 at
00.11 |
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Perseid Meteor
in Draco,
Canon 550D EOS
camera f3.5 10mm lens. Exposure 30 seconds at iso1600, August 11th 2010 at
12.39 BST |
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Noctilucent
Clouds due North and the star Capella,
Canon 550D EOS
camera f4.5 32mm lens. Exposure 0.4 second, July 9th 2010 |
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NGC4438,
Irregular Galaxy in Virgo - 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress SXVF-MX9 CCD. Multiple exposures :
Effective integration time 15 minutes,
May 2012 |
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NGC4490,
Irregular Galaxy in Canes
Venatici - 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress SXVF-MX9 CCD. Multiple exposures :
Effective integration time 15 minutes,
Apr 2010 |
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NGC4214,
Irregular Galaxy in Canes
Venatici -
39
minute exposure.
Starlite
Xpress Trius SX25C camera.
10" Meade LX200 SCT f6.3. March 2016 |
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NGC4656,
Peculiar Galaxy in Canes Venatici
- 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress SXVF-MX9 CCD.
Multiple exposures : Effective integration time 15
minutes. March 2009 |
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NGC4038/9
Ringtail Galaxy, Sb colliding galaxies in
Corvus - 10"
Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress SXVF-MX9
CCD. Multiple exposures : Effective integration time 18 minutes.
March 2009 |
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Moon, Venus and Jupiter, Canon
450D DLSR, f4.5, 1 second exposure, December 3rd 2008 |
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Mercury and 1.8% crescent moon,
May 17th 21:00 BST, Picture taken with digital land camera. |
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Venus (centre), Mars (left of Venus) and Saturn (top
left) outside of the Cody Observatory in Farnborough. 6 second exposure
using a Minolta Dimage Xt digital camera, 4th May 2004 |
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Asteroid 13 Egeria in Virgo. Picture shows two
3 minute photographs, 40 minutes
apart, superimposed showing the movement of Egeria. 10" LX200 f4,
Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. |
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Ceres, Asteroid/Minor planet,
in Coma Berenices. Picture shows two 20 second photographs, 24 minutes
apart, superimposed showing the movement of Ceres. 10" LX200 f4.2,
Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. |
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NGC2261 Hubble's Variable
Nebula in Monoceros.
10" Orion Optics GX250 Newtonian f4.8, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Multiple exposures :
Effective integration time 6 minutes.
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NGC2537 Bear Paw Galaxy in Lynx and
companion galaxy NGC2537A. Magnitude about 11.7,1.7' x 1.5'.
10" Meade LX200 f6.3, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Six summed three minute exposures -
total integration time 18 minutes. |
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NGC4567/8,
Siamese Twins Spiral Galaxies, Virgo. 10"
LX200 SCT at f4, Starlight Xpress
SXVF-MX9 CCD.
15 minute exposure. May 2013. |
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Quasar 0957+561
in Ursa Major, Mag 17.3. Unusual as it appears as 2 images of the same
object caused by gravitational lensing from an invisible massive object -
10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. 3 exposures :
Effective integration time 9 minutes. |
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3C273 Quasar in Virgo.
10" Orion Optics GX250 Newtonian f4.8, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Integration time 1
minute. |
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Stephan's Quintet, a
group of 5 faint galaxies in Pegasus, just half a degree from NGC7331. 10"
LX200 at f6.3, Trius SX694 CCD. Effective exposure
60 minutes. |
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M82, Irregular
Galaxy, Ursa Major. 10"
LX200 SCT at f4, Starlight Xpress
SXVF-MX9 CCD.
Effective exposure 15
minutes. Febuary 2012. |
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NGC4449, Irregular Galaxy in
Canes Venatici.
10" Meade LX200 SCT
f4, Starlight
Xpress MX9 CCD. Multiple exposures :
Effective integration time 9
minutes. Mar 2009
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