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8 MEMBERS' IMAGES

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Astro-photography is not a dark art - it can be relatively easy. Whether images are produced using conventional means or via the latest digital imaging techniques, astro-photography is an absorbing and fun way to expand your interest.

The table below lists members' images captured by a variety of techniques. Click on the thumbnails to view a larger version of the image, with a brief description. Please see the note below regarding correct viewing. Solar images were taken with special filters. Looking at the Sun without proper filters is highly dangerous. The link to software on the left features some of the software used to take some of the images you will see here. Also note that in our newsletter, members images and observation logs appear each month. See our Ask An Expert section for links to people who can help with questions on all aspects of imaging the heavens


MEMBERS' IMAGES - Click the thumbnails to display a larger image in a new window.
Member	Description
Nick Howes	PST CaK/Toucam, May 2007: F10, 1500 frames x 4 panes, composited in iMerge
Nick Howes	Collection of Images from Nick Howes. Click on the image to open a new slideshow, then click on any of the images within the slideshow (requires Flash to be installed)
Nick Howes	Solar Eclipse March 2006. Animation between Cak and White light. Some rotation in the animation to align moon, as they were at different times. Baader ND3.8 film for the white light & Baader ND3.8/Cak for the Calcium.
Nick Howes	Solar Eclipse March 2006. Cak and White light comparison.
John Ball	Comet Hale Bopp March 1997. Zenith SLR camera. 200mm lens. F4. 4 min exp. 400 asa Scotch Chrome film pushed to 800asa. Camera mounted piggyback on 10" Newtonian telescope guided by hand control of motor. Image converted to digital image
John Ball	Comet Hyakutake April 1996. Zenith SLR camera. 200mm lens. F4. 4 min exp. 400 asa Scotch Chrome film pushed to 800asa. Camera mounted piggyback on 10" Newtonian telescope guided by hand control of motor. Image converted to digital image
John Ball	Occultation of Saturn April 2002. Using Canon A20 powershot digital camera and mounted for afocal imaging through my 10" Newtonian Telescope.
John Ball	Occultation of Saturn April 2002. Using Canon A20 powershot digital camera and mounted for afocal imaging through my 10" Newtonian Telescope.
Nick Howes & Nick King	Composite animation of the Sun. Nick King on prominences with a Cosonado PST, and Nick H on surface with the Coronado Maxscope 40.
Nick Howes	Lunar Craters Petavius & Cleomedes
Nick Howes	A Spectral Tour of Orion with element lines - C8 at F10 with LPI and VREH type B1-S spectrascope
Nick Howes	Star spectra with element lines - C8 at F10 with LPI and VREH type B1-S spectrascope
Nick Howes	M42
Nick Howes	Spectral signatures of Betelguese and Rigel
Nick Howes	Saturn in 2006
Nick Howes	Swept-walled Lunar Crater
Nick Howes	Gassendi using an IR blcking filter
Nick Howes	Mars using an IR blocking filter
Nick Howes	Mars at Opposition in 2005, comparison with digital images
Nick Howes	Mars Opposition 2005 . Celestron C8 at F20
Nick Howes	Solar Annular Eclipse from Segovia Spain Oct 2005
Nick Howes	Solar Prominences with a Hydrogen Alpha Telescope
Nick Howes	Solar Annular eclipse - ground projections. Segovia Spain Oct 2005
Nick Howes	Solar Annular Eclipse - First contact
Nick Howes	M27 with a Meade DSI
Nick Howes	M51 with a Meade DSI in Mono. Celestron C8 at F5
Nick Howes	Planetary Composite. Imaged with a C8 at various times from 2005-2007
Andy Burns	Lunar Eclipse - 27th October 2004
Simon Barnes	Comet Hale Bopp
David Parnell	Planetary Conjunctions & Aurora
Brian Scott	Comet Linear
Anthony Bawdon	Groups of Sunspots

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