Hawksmoor

On 18/06/2019 at 17:54, astro_log said:

Awesome shot! It is just unbelievable how much larger Jupiter actually is.

I tried to do a similar shot but didn't get a good image, yet.

Thank you for your kind comment! It is a shame Jupiter and Saturn are so low in the sky this year. I cannot use my big refractor on its pier to get  close up video of either planet. My neighbour's roofs get in the way. I might try with my 90mm Mak on a Star Adventurer mount. Less aperture but more mobility may win the day!

Best regards George.

Lovely image!

A quick snap on a windy night in Lowestoft.

"One of these is very large and a long way away, the other is much smaller but nearby" 

"No I'm still not getting it Ted"

Composite of two images at different exposures to accommodate the wide dynamic range of luminosity of the two bodies. Canon 600D Canon camera with an EOS 90-300mm. telephoto lens at f=300mm.  on a fixed tripod.

Not to be out done by the Event Horizon Array  my take on M 87 in Virgo with an enlargement to show the plasma jet.   127mm Meade Apo refractor - 0.8x focal reducer and field flattener - Canon 600D DSLR - 20 x 2 min Lights at approx f=750mm - ISO1600. Early morning 13th of April 2019. Terrible night with lots of low level cloud and too much moonlight. Mr Canon does make exceedingly good cameras!

Just found out that this little asteroid has two moons orbiting it. How fantastic!

A Globular Star Cluster further out than the Magellanic Clouds.  Gaia estimate - at least 65,000 light years.  Fancied having ago at this for some time. Thought the Robotic Telescope on  Mount Teide gave me the best chance of resolving dimmer stars. Credit: COAST robotic telescope - telescope.org - Open University. BVR filter set - one 3 minute exposure taken on 28th February 2019

Open cluster in Canis Major March 2018. PIRATE Robotic Telescope. Credit: telescope.org Open University.

Combination of two images taken January 2018, with the PIRATE and COAST Robotic Telescopes, BVR filters, on Mount Teide Credit: telescope.org Open University.

What a great image! Nice and crisp detail

Keep coming back to look at this. Such a beautiful image. regards from George.

On 21/01/2019 at 23:14, Ruud said:

Looks wonderful!

It was very pretty to see. Thank you for taking the time to comment.

Mosaic of two stacked videos taken with a QHY5-11 colour planetary camera and my Altair Astro Starwave 66mm. refracting telescope mounted on a Star Adventurer equatorial mount

Very near time of maximum eclipse. Two images with different timed exposures blended together to show background stars as well as colour and illumination affects of the eclipse. Still photographs taken with Canon 600D DSLR and Altair Astro Starwave 66mm. refracting telescope mounted on Star Adventurer equatorial mount.

As maximum totality approached light cloud and frost crystals in the upper atmosphere created a coloured halo around the eclipsed moon.

Moon rising and looking very big over the shop near our house in Lowestoft. Canon 600D DSLR handheld. Composite of two images using different lenses.

Early hours of the 14th January 2019 - very nice night after a long period of 'cloud' and 'Christmas lights'. Sadly my Star Adventurer mount was playing up or I was just out of practice.  This image'stack' was the best I managed on the night using my 66mm. Altair Astro Doublet, a 0.6x focal reducer and field flattener and Canon 600D DSLR. Comet 46P/Wirtanen not far from the Great Bear's nose.

Aurora October 2017 Iceland - Brilliant place to visit. Canon 600D DSLR on a small tripod - EOS lens at f=18mm. Featuring the John Lennon Peace Laser.

Aurora October 2017 Iceland - Brilliant place to visit. Canon 600D DSLR on a small tripod - EOS lens at f=18mm. Composite image.

Aurora October 2017 Iceland - Brilliant place to visit. Canon 600D DSLR on a small tripod - EOS lens at f=18mm.

Aurora October 2017 Iceland - Brilliant place to visit. Canon 600D DSLR on a small tripod - EOS lens at f=18mm.

Aurora October 2017 Iceland - Brilliant place to visit. Canon 600D DSLR on a small tripod - EOS lens at f=18mm.

'Poundland' tripod mounted Canon 600D -EOS lens at 18mm IS0 6400  29x10 sec exposures stacked etc. Less crunchy data re-work.

2 hours ago, tooth_dr said:

Brilliant. 

Thanks for your kind comment.

12 hours ago, happy-kat said:

Well worth doing.

Thanks for commenting. Was well worth getting out of bed for. Tonight there is too much high level cloud to see it, even through my big bins.