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I emailed RAF Marham. It turns out the Typhoon is based at RAF Coningsby. They featured my photo on their twitter feed

Thanks Chris. Good to know it’s from Marham. My original plan had been to go to Seething but with the dodgy forecast, I decided to hit the road to try and find some clear skies. Looked like a good turn out at the obs.

Managed a couple more views before bed. I was really taken with the detail on the Moon. I’ve started to think of the Moon as a bit boring when it’s full but at lower powers it’s got lots to show. Just needed a shift of perspective to bring it to life!

Forecast is set to turn cloudy later on here so out for a quick look now. With the Equinox 80 and 40mm eyepiece, I can just get the Moon and Aldebaran into the same FOV. Very pretty. Thanks for the heads up

I just found out that it’s made the Sky at Night website https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/transit-mercury-11-november-2019-pictures/

No way! Thank you for letting me know. I exchanged some emails with them today and they said it may make the January edition if page space allows. Very chuffed to have it up on the site though

Yup. I believe it's from RAF Lakenheath. Best guess is a Typhoon (Eurofighter)

I may be pushing the limits of the theme with this image. I’m justifying it on the grounds that transits are themselves a demonstration of celestial motion. The Jet adds a sense of motion, although not celestial. Finally, I rarely have anything worth submitting to the imaging challenge so didn’t want to miss this opportunity Photo taken with a SkyWatcher Equinox 80, TS Optics Herschel Wedge, 9mm Baader Genuine Ortho and iPhone 8. A very lucky shot taken from my back garden. The image is the moment as I caught it. Only processing is adjustments to exposure and contrast levels using iOS’s inbuilt editor. I’ve included the video of the full Live Photo too. IMG_0318.mov

It’s the same old thing as yesterday I hope the song reference was intended or my response will make no sense 😂 Great capture!

A friend suggested sending it to Sky at Night magazine so I did that this evening. Fingers crossed

Sure is. I believe it’s one of the jets based at RAF Lakenheath. Typhoon Eurofighter as you suggested

Thank you for all the kind comments Here’s the full Live Photo. The image above is the moment I caught and not a time adjustment from the Live Photo. IMG_0318.mov

Thank you, Stu. The fact that it was a jet really made it for me too Yes, a Typhoon was my thought too.

I lucked out with this jet passing across the face of the Sun as I was taking photos of the Mercury transit on my iPhone. I believe the jet is based at RAF Lakenheath. I fiddled a bit with exposure and contrast but other than that it’s as is. Had a really great afternoon observing and taking photos of this event. Photo taken with a SkyWatcher Equinox 80, TS Optics Herschel Wedge, 9mm Baader Genuine Ortho and iPhone 8.

They talked about the transit at my son’s school today. He made it home just in time to see it

Just had the BEST luck taking a photo!

Yes!!!

I have the option of driving somewhere from Norwich to find clear skies. Any suggestions of where to head?

Variety is the spice of life. Each eyepiece seems to have its own personality. I really like to experiment with finding the right eyepiece for the object. It’s amazing how much difference getting the right magnification/exit pupil with the right FOV makes to what you’re observing. Plus the different views give a different experience of the object. Doesn’t have to be expensive either. My 9mm BGO cost £50 and has shown me fainter objects than any of my more expensive eyepieces have been able to.

I remember my first time seeing the wanderer, no doubt inspired by another of old Nick’s great reports. It was at a dark site with my trusty 130mm reflector at my side. It must have taken an hour of hunting. I even stopped for a cuppa to warm up half way through. It was fainter than I expected which explained why I kept missing it. I let out a triumphant “Yes!” on finding it and punched the air. No one was there to share the joy but that’s ok, that’s what observing reports and friends on SGL are for. Thanks for another great report, Nick. I’ll be sure to revisit the wanderer again soon

Another nice feature is the T2 thread on the eyepiece holder. I use my Baader clicklock eyepiece holder on top of this. I also use this with my Baader diagonal. Makes for easy eyepiece changes and if you want to rotate the eyepiece to adjust brightness with the polarising filter.

As John said, there is an ND3 filter stacked on top of the narrowband filter. I spoke to TS optics who confirmed the dark element is an ND3. I also have a separate Baader ND3 filter which I sometimes use instead of the ND3/Narrowband filter. Just gives me the option of a white Sun instead of a green Sun. Nice review of a very good value for money wedge

Your effort was once again rewarded with a nice session, Doug. We had some clear skies earlier In Norfolk earlier on. A quick look at M45 showed transparency was quite poor. I took a look at M38 and then tried for C/2017 T2 Panstarrs. No luck. Went onto Vesta, Uranus and then another asteroid called Metis. Another shot at the Comet. Sky looked better but still nothing conclusive. Definite haze in the right area but nothing that felt like an observation. Nice to get the dob out again!

Excellent photos. Caught it when I got home from work. Thanks for the heads up

You can take the horse to water but you can’t make it drink. Not everyone will appreciate what they’re seeing. Good on you for giving up some of your own precious observing time to share with others.