Society for Popular Astronomy

Now THAT is a nice image of the Moon

"20, 500 frame avi's " could you clarify how many frames you used,are you saying 20,500 ?

Thanks,

JJ..

I made a pillar for my EQ mount,and stood it on the usual garden paving stones, Id also made the feet with 3 long screws to enable the correct level to be found, waiting for "no one else" to be in the house one evening I went out with the mount,and once perfectly aligned I unscrewed the ad...

A set of good pics there, I went on the rd bike to an observation point (Id picked earlier in the week), Setting off (in the darkness) in snow and with the local roads rather slippy with ice I made my way up to the hilltops, It was obvious as I cleared the forest and got my first semi daylight view ...

I just had a look on Google earth "sky" and the star field is indeed the same as m82,
Good spot guys


JJ..

I took lot of pictures using my old Lumix fz18 on 41x,
But Ive only put a few onto a little montage,
Hope you enjoy



-7.8C has to be the coldest Eclipse Ive seen yet !


JJ..

I woke at 6.00am and got dressed (lots of layers) however I stayed in the loft (with a cup of hot chocolate) and opened the window, The thermometer said it was -7.8c and it was pretty evident at the time !, The moon was visible right up to 1 minute before Totality where it'd passed behind a tree and...

Don't know how much Il see out of the loft window (looks directly west) but hopefully a few pics of the partial eclipse above the chimneys opposite wouldn't go amiss

JJ..

Thanks for your updates,
Im now ready for the Lunar Eclipse (Im hoping the skies remain clear for it,but doublt they will)

JJ..

Interesting idea,
Have you tried it yet ?
I guess it'd take a while to get any deep sky images though ?

JJ..

My thoughts are with his family,
a sad loss indeed,


JJ..

I spent an hour or two taking wide field pics (15x mag) trying to at least see the comet in the star field,first night I took several good images and compared them with the next nights .. nothing :roll: loads of stars not on any of my charts but I couldn't identify the comet, Using my 16x70's didn't...

Similar to the Amateur Rocket program that was on a few years ago,All the Americans were using advanced computer machining whilst the Brits were basically old doddery eccentric gents still using cardboard tubes :wink: As a mate would say .. its the same with trains "everyone is a Roy Cropper&qu...

wow the motion is smoother than I thought it would be !

Another really inspiring series of images,congrats,

JJ..

That's not too far off looking like a Hubble image
Not too many years ago an image like that would be from a pro scope on top of a mountain,

Really stunning,but What scope did you use ?

JJ..

Thats such a beautifull image !

Well done


JJ..