Crab Nebula using Canon 40D

Solar Astronomy at Sierra Cabrera Observatory

An excellent sfternoon with Andy Devey a top solar astronomer who visited me today. Images of his equipment coming shortly and hopefully some solar images taken in Hydrogen Alpha light from SCO(Sierra Cabrera Observatory).

Horsehead Nebula

358 Galaxies Imaged last night

I managed to image 358 galaxies last night as part of the SN run as well as dabbling with some DSLR imaging.

Another M42 Image using Meade 12" SCT

This is a 10 second image of M42 taken with a Canon 40D and Meade 12" SCT f/10 at prime focus. A direct copy of the JPEG with no processing.

M42 Region with 500mm lens

A 5 minute exposure.

M42 Region

A 30 second exposure of the M42 region using a piggy backed Sony Alpha with a 400 mm lens,

NGC 2244 Region with 500 mm Lens

A 5 minute exposure with Sony Alpha DSLR and 500 mm lens.

NGC 2244 Region

NGC2244 region. I wonder how many stars in this image? A 5 minute exposure using a 150mm lens with a Sony Alpha camera piggy backed onto a Meade SCT on a CGEM mount. A fantastically clear and stready night in Spain again.

Tonight's sunset in Cabrera with the Moon, Venus and Jupiter

The crescent Moon,Venus and Jupiter with an inset of the Moon (magnified from this image) showing Earthshine.