Archive for the ‘Image Gallery’ Category

Milky Way centre Imaged by John Moore

Milky Way centre - Imaged by John Moore The centre of the Milky Way, imaged from Tenerife using a 50mm Pentax camera lens and SBIG ST10XME camera – click to enlarge.Overlay of Milky Way – click to enlarge.
November 11th, 2009 | John Moore | Read More

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

Copernicus Imaged by Chris Thayer

Copernicus, a prominent lunar impact crater situated in Oceanus Procellarum , is named after the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 – 1543). It is over 90km in diameter and almost 4km deep. Its ‘rays’ spread up to 800Km across the surrounding mare.   This ‘young’ crater...
October 30th, 2009 | Chris Thayer | Read More

Pelican Nebula Imaged by Chris Thayer

The Pelican Nebula (also known as IC5070) is a large emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus.  It is separated from its larger neighbour, the North America Nebula, by a molecular cloud filled with dark dust.Pelican Nebula – click to enlarge  Imaged using an ED80 and DSI3mono. 9 x 5.5...
October 14th, 2009 | Chris Thayer | Read More

Cygnus Area Imaged by John Moore

Cygnus Area imaged in Halpha from Tenerife with a 50mm Pentax camera lens and SBIG ST10XME camera - click to enlarge.Overlay of Cygnus area – click to enlarge
October 1st, 2009 | John Moore | Read More

Andromeda Galaxy Imaged by Peter Campbell-Burns

the Andromeda Galaxy (M31, also designated NGC 224) is the only extra-galactic object that is visible to the naked eye.  The Persian scholar Abdal-Rahman Al Sufi was the first to make note of a “small cloud” in the constellation of Andromeda; it was rediscovered over 600 years later in 1612...
September 26th, 2009 | Peter Campbell-Burns | Read More

Swan Nebula (M17) Imaged by Chris Thayer

M17, the Swan Nebula (also designated NGC 6618) is an emission nebula (HII region) in the constellation of Sagittarius.  The radiation of a cluster of stars embedded in nebula is exciting the gass and causing the emission.  It is roughly 40 light years in diameter and is  over 5,000 ly away.  ...
September 23rd, 2009 | Chris Thayer | Read More