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Monday December 3rd Observing

3rd December 2018

The weather forecast looks promising for tonight, Monday 3rd December and very poor for Wednesday. The Observatory will be...

Christmas Observing

25th November 2018

With a Speaker meeting on November 28th and the BAS Social on December 12th, the last scheduled observing session...

November 21st Observing

21st November 2018

The forecast shows part clear for this evening. It will be close to full moon, but if it is...

Lovejoy & M76 by PETER HUDSON

C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) and M76 "The Little Dumbbell". 21/02/2015. Prime focus on Tele Vue Genesis 4" refractor. Losmandy G8 mount. Canon 60Da. 4 x 30 sec. ISO 800 Processed in Deep Sky Stacker then adjusted for brightness and contrast.

The Sun in HA by PETER HUDSON

TeleVue Genesis 4" refractor. Solarscope SF70. Canon 60Da. ISO 100. 1/800 second (Peter Hudson)

Planetary Conjunction by PHIL STONE

The Mars, Venus and Jupiter planetary conjunction October 2015. Imaged from New Mexico USA at an altitude of arounf 7,500 feet by PHIL STONE.

Orion Nebula by Aprill Harper

I only pointed the camera and scope to M42 to see if I could capture anything. And I was stunned when I saw colour. If this is just my Samsung NX1000 camera connected to prime focus on the Meade LX90-ACF single shot then imagine what I can achieve with a CCD camera ! (Aprill Harper)

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