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Saturday 16 August 2008

The Moon

Images of the partial Lunar eclipse on the 16th August 2008. All 5 second exposures @ 800 iso taken A focally through my LXD 55 10" with a Canon ESO 300D.








This is my first attempt at photographing the Moon with my new Cannon 300D digital SLR.
Technical Details - Raw image processed in photoshop, Lens 55mm, iso 800, 5.6 Av, Shutter speed 1/500


This image is a mozaic of 17 avi's made on the night of April 16th 2008 and processed in Registax and Photoshop.


To see the video I made from the photos I took that night go to-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88pDN73NO4E




The conjunction of Saturn and the moon in February 2007




The full moon













Friday 7 March 2008

Aurora Photos

This is a colection of photos of the Aurora (or Northern Lights) taken in and around Moray.


The Norther Lights, with Saturn in Leo





















Thursday 6 March 2008

Me and my LXD 55

Me and my Meade LXD 55 10 inch Schmidt-Newtonian



Me doing a bit of Solar observing. Bathed it Solar Rays.

WARNING!!!! NEVER OBSERVE THE SUN WITH A TELESCOPE OR BINOCULARS UNLESS YOU HAVE THE CORRECT FULL APATURE FILTER. PREMANENT DAMAGE WILL BE CAUSED TO YOUR EYES!!!!