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Hi all I had a first attempt with my 290c camera using my skywatcher ed80 refractor and managed to get 11 seconds on each image of 41.This is what I finished after 3 hours of editing using cs2 photoshop,I thought I would share,thanks for looking.

m31september2.jpg

Andy

On 12th September, the sky was particularly clear with none of that haze which has been hanging around for so long. I spent a few hours looking at various targets, which included M27 or sometimes known as the Dumbbell Nebula. It is a large looking planetary nebula, which is a cloud of gas blown off by a central star. M27 tends to have the appearence of an 'apple core', which is the brighter dust streaming ...

August was poor for the Moon and planets, for me, but great for meteors.

Full report: http://sungazer127mak.blogspot.com/2018 ... -2018.html

Monthly summaries: http://www.philippughastronomer.com/201 ... ective.pdf

Video of photos with Nobody's Fault but mine by Led Zeppelin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysrak1B-jsI

To be honest, I have seen much better solar hydrogen alpha shots than mine. I simply don't have the money to buy a larger hydrogen alpha telescope. However, I have made some progress by using a DSLR to capture the Sun through my PST.

Here's a few recent ones:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/philippug ... ed-public/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/philippug ... ed-public/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/philippug ... ed-public/ ...

Just seen my first Perseids meteor! Heading South West through the top of Bootes. It had a pinkish hue to it.

It was a shame that I missed the eclipse and planetary viewing was disappointing but I managed some nice Sun shots and some unusual constellation images.

The summary is here, as part of my 2018 retrospective:

http://www.philippughastronomer.com/201 ... ective.pdf

The full report is here:

http://sungazer127mak.blogspot.com/2018 ... -2018.html

The video is accompanied by "Going to California" by Robert Plant:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaFQ71tr3Mk ...

A few nights ago, I tried to look at Mars, but the top of a Leylandi got in the way. The next day I lopped a couple more inches off the top, and last night (23rd July) I was ready for it. Mars gets close to the earth about every 2 years, but the actual distance varies. This year is particularly close, but it is also very low down from the northern hemisphere. Mars came ...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/philippug ... ed-public/

Hi all I took these images on the 2nd July,hope you enjoy,thanks for looking.
Andy

Full June report: http://sungazer127mak.blogspot.com/2018 ... -2018.html

Monthly video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s8YKFUJZ_E

June summary: http://www.philippughastronomer.com/201 ... ective.pdf