Jupiter and its Red Spots
Another clear, frosty night here on the South Coast of England. The seeing conditions were quite stable again and I took these 3 images of… Read More »Jupiter and its Red Spots
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Jupiter Near Opposition
Jupiter reached Opposition at about 1am UT on the morning of 3rd December 2012. Here are two images of different aspects of the planet. The… Read More »Jupiter Near Opposition
Adding a Splash of Colour
Yesterday, I posted the monochrome H-Alpha image of M42, taken in full moon-light. To get the RGB colour data, I will have to wait for… Read More »Adding a Splash of Colour
The Wonders of H-Alpha Imaging
It’s amazing what you can do in bright Moonlight! Last night was one day past the full Moon and the sky was flooded with light.… Read More »The Wonders of H-Alpha Imaging
Remote Imaging – M33 in Colour
It seems I’ve caught the remote-imaging bug! I couldn’t resist having a go at M33 with a bigger ‘scope, so I used the LightBuckets LB-0005… Read More »Remote Imaging – M33 in Colour
Messing about with Remote Imaging
Since the weather here in the UK has been pretty bad (for astronomy) recently I decided to have a go at remote imaging. I used the smallest… Read More »Messing about with Remote Imaging
A Couple of Comets
Here are two relatively ‘bright’ comets that are around at the moment – both currently in the constellation of Andromeda. Bright for CCD imaging that… Read More »A Couple of Comets
Jupiter – A case of the blues!
There’s a moral here somewhere.I went out this morning under a crystal clear sky; Jupiter blazing away in the South-East. With collimation complete and a… Read More »Jupiter – A case of the blues!
Full set of Jupiter images from Sep 19th
Looks like my last post was the best image of the session on 19th September 2012. The seeing conditions improved as the session went on,… Read More »Full set of Jupiter images from Sep 19th
It doesn’t get better than this!
A wonderful morning! Went out at 4am BST to be greeted by an incredible dark and starry sky. Jupiter and Venus both blazing in the… Read More »It doesn’t get better than this!