Archive for the ‘Danny Thomas’ Category

Widefield Image of Aquarius by Danny Thomas

 Widefield Image of Aquarius – click to enlarge  Image taken at an observing evening FAS put on for Beaver Scouts at Garners Field Scout Camp Site, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey, 24 October at 21:34.  Unguided 20 second exposure at ISO1600 using 18mm lens on a Canon EOS350 digital SLR. ...
November 5th, 2009 | Danny Thomas | Read More

Widefield Image of Saggitarius, Ophiuchus and Lyra by Danny Thomas

Stellarium Screenshot of Saggitarius Ophiuchus Lyra Image taken at an observing evening FAS put on for Beaver Scouts at Garners Field Scout Camp Site, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey, 24 October at 21:42  Unguided 20 second exposure at ISO1600 using 18mm lens on a Canon EOS350 digital SLR. Some post-processing...
November 5th, 2009 | Danny Thomas, Uncategorized | Read More

Widefield Image of Andromeda / Cassiopeia by Danny Thomas

Image taken at an observing evening FAS put on for Beaver Scouts at Garners Field Scout Camp Site, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey.  24 October at 21:34Widefield Image of Cassiopiea and Andromeda - click to enlarge Unguided 20 second exposure at ISO1600 using 18mm lens on a Canon EOS350 digital SLR.  Some...
November 5th, 2009 | Danny Thomas | Read More

Spacecraft Images by Danny Thomas

ISS and Automatic Transfer Vehicle (ATV) At the October FAS meeting, John Price showed some interesting videos regarding recent satellite and spacecraft missions involving the European Space Agency (ESA). One of the videos covered the Automatic Transfer Vehicle (ATV).   The ATV is an expendable, unmanned...
November 5th, 2009 | Danny Thomas | Read More

The Moon, the Pleiades and Mercury by Danny Thomas

The Pleiades, New Moon and Mercury to the South.  The Moon was less than 2 days old and a razor thin crescent with earth-shine illuminating the disk.   This image was taken with a Williams Optics 66, focal reducer and the Canon 350 at 0.8secs.
August 17th, 2009 | Danny Thomas | Read More