Recent images

Here you will find a selection of recent images I've taken ranging from wide field sky shots to latest planetary and deep sky images. After a while older images will be transferred to the main image gallery. The most recent images will be at the top.

April 2008

April 17th First image taken using the 10" Reflector and a DBK 31AF03.AS Webcam
The Moon from Tycho to Gassendi. This is a sum of two sets of data from a 3 minute avi I had to split before Registax could deal with it so I still have a lot to learn in order to get the best out of the DBK.	Labeled version
April 10th Taken using the 10" Reflector and Canon 300D DSLR
M5 cropped from original. Sum of 11 x 90 second exposures	M81 cropped from original Sum of 12 x 90 second exposures
M82 cropped from original. Sum of 12 x 90 seconds exposure	M97 cropped from original. Sum of 10 x 240 seconds exposure

March Mainly Northern Lights flight images but little else done due to the weather
March 17th Taken using the Explorer 300 Reflector and Canon 300D DSLR
M3 cropped from original	M51 cropped from original
March 24th Taken using the Canon 300D DSLR and a fixed manual lens to test before the Gatwick March 25th NL flight
Ursa Major with 2 satellites passing through. 20 seconds at ISO 3200

February 11th Taken using the 10" F5 Newtonian Reflector and Phillips ToUCam II Webcam and 2x barlow for Moon and 5x Powermate for Saturn
Southern Lunar Cusp and Craters	Saturn - best so far this session!
February 12th Taken using the 10" F5 Newtonian Reflector and Canon 300D DSLR
Interacting Galaxies NGC 3226-7 in Leo. NGC 3227 is the larger and lower of the pair with fainter NGC 3222 near the middle right edge	Galaxies in Leo - NGC 3193 and companions. Note the dust lane cutting across NGC 3190	Galaxies in Leo - NGC 3193 and companions - annotated.

January 5th - 6th images Taken using the Equinox 80ED and Canon 300D DSLR
Comet Tuttle P8- stack of 10, 2 minute images at ISO 800	The Andromeda galaxy, M31 plus it's two companions, M32 & M110. Stack of 21, 4 minute exposures all at ISO 800	The Pleiades, M45. Stack of 15, 4 minute exposures at ISO 800
January 7th - 8th images Taken using the 10" F5 Newtonian Reflector and Canon 300D DSLR
M1, the Crab Nebula in Taurus. Stack of 10, 1 minute exposures at ISO 800	NGC 1514, a Planetary Nebula in Taurus. Stack of 8, 2 minute exposures at ISO 800	Messier 42/43, Orion Nebula. Stack of 25, 30 seconds exposure at ISO 800