Well, I am, by nature, an optimist... you have to be to enjoy astronomy in this country! It'll be fun whatever happens.
Superb. Colours look natural, the image isn't over-sharpened and you've managed to bring out lots of detail on the surface. It looks perfect to me!...
Do you know where this sunspot will be on Friday 20th at the time of the eclipse? I suspect it may just be disappearing off the western limb by 20 Ma...
Should be fixed now
A short report of the event, written by Rupert, is now online:
Yes, I'm aware of this. An issue with the Google Calendar Feed plugin. I'm awaiting a fix from the developer of the plug-in. Hopefully tomorrow or ove...
I don’t know if the sky will be dark enough to observe these planets Highly unlikely I'd say. It takes an eclipse of 90% for you to notice any differ...
I've been asked (off forum) to provide a list of details of the kit which I used to take the above images. Happy to provide: - Skywatcher Esprit-80ED...
I’ve noticed some imagers overlaying different exposures of Orion to get that balance and the results do look lovely Yes, that can be a good techniqu...
Thanks Bill. How did you get the Earth shine of the moon A one-second exposure normally gives you decent Earthshine. Anything more than that will ca...
I was compelled to at least take a couple of snaps at the striking earthshing moon with the venus mars conjunction A lovely image Tej. Thanks for you...