Astronomy Images
Solar and Sun images taken in various ways with white light filters in paper and glass via Skywatcher 80mm, 10" Meade LX200 and Hydrogen Alpha images via a standard Coronado PST solar telescope
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Lunar images taken with webcams like the SPC900, Imaging Source DMK21, Canon DSLR camera or Atik 314L+ CCD camera. These have been taken through an 80mm refractor, 10" Meade LX200 and 120mm refractor.
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They come and they go, try to catch them if they are about and can be spotted.
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Deep Sky images taken with 10" Meade LX200, Skywatcher ED80 Pro, Skywatcher 120ED Pro, Meade 127mm triplet, Altair Astro ED Triplet 80mm, or Canon Lens on a Geoptik CCD adaptor. Images taken with Canon SLR digital cameras, Atik 314L+ or Atik 460 CCD camera.
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Constellation images take with a Canon DSLR camera.
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Widefield Imaging with my Geoptik adaptor, Canon lenses and Atik 460ex Mono CCD camera.
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Planets
Observatory
This is my 1st observatory in my back garden. It took about 3 months to complete. I decided to amend a standard Pent Shed design, but have it shiplapped sides,top and bottom and also have it 1 foot higher than a standard shed.
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Astronomy Trips
Mullard Radio Observatory site near Cambridge. This site is not open to the general public, but I managed a look around with the Cambridge Astronomy Association
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This was my 1st visit to Hermonceaux Science Festival in 2009
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These are all taken at the Cambridge Institute of Astronomy where the Cambridge Astronomy Association meets monthly.
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These are pictures I took at the National Space Centre in Leicester. The planetarium there is very good as well. Worth a visit.
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Astronomy Equipment
This was my first telescope. The Bresser Messier 130N Newtonian. A brilliant first scope and a stable MON1 mount. I also added an RA motor drive, and I used it nearly every clear night for about 3-4 months before upgrading.
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My 10\" Meade LX200 GPS model that I previously owned for a number of years.
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This was a great scope, cost around £1,000. Another telescope I did not have for that long, as I decided to upgrade to triplets, as this was a doublet.
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Skywatcher Equinox 66mm. A very well made telescope, another telescope I did not use much, but one I thought I would have used a lot for widefield imaging. I just did not like having an SCT end to the focuser.
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My Skywatcher MN190 Explorer 190MN DS-PRO Telescope. Owned for about 12 months.
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