A showcase of Astronomical Images taken by members and friends.
Orion, Hyades, Pleiades and a Tree by David Tolliday
Triangulum Galaxy (M33) which is about 3 million light years away in the constellation of Triangulum. Captured from Spain using a remotely operated 200 mm Newtonian astrograph with correcting optics to give a flat, coma free image. Image by Ian Morison
Corona. Image by Prof. Ian Morison (Patron). DSLR and camera lens
Moon from Macclesfield. 127mm CFF apochromat refractor and Nikon D7000 DSLR camera. Image by Ian Morison
The Orion Nebula (M42). Canon 1100D attached to a Williams Optics 72 mm Megrez refractor to capture this 300 second image. Image by Professor Ian Morison
Tamron 55BB 500 mm mirror lens; Canon 350D on a Merlin multi-mount. Stacked 20 images in Registax and processed in GIMP. Image by Christopher Hill
M42. Canon 550D; Skywatcher 127; SynScan AZ goto mount; 10 thirty second JPEG’s @ ISO-1600. The images were stacked in Deep Sky Stacker. Image by Paul Downes
Plato Apennine by John Tipping
Orion Nebula (M42) and the stars of the sword. 80mm EDT and combined ten, 20 second images from his Canon 600D DSLR mounted on an Astrotrac. Image by Christopher Rose
Edge on galaxy NGC 4565 is located in Coma Berenices. 90mm refractor; x1.6 Barlow lens at f9; Starlight Xpress H18 B&W camera; filter wheel with red, green, blue and cls filters. Image by Paul Cannon
M51; focal length (660mm), up to 7-1/2 hours exposure. There is plenty of other interest to be found in the scattering of small background galaxies across the wider field. Image by Chris Heapy.
NGC7023 Iris Nebula by Laurie Yates
Jupiter's Great Red Spot “Junior”, the first storm that astronomers watched develop on a gas giant planet (1998 to 2000). Skymax 150; HEQ5 mount; SPC880 Phillips webcam; Celestron Ultima 2x barlow. A 1800 frame video at 10fps
Image by Christopher Hill
The Rosetta Nebula, 2 hours worth of images. Auto-guided Takahashi Sky 90mm Refractor; SBIG ST11000M CCD Camera; EM200 Mount; Astronomic Colour and Ha Filters. Image by Richard Jackson
Moon Apennines by David Tolliday
Orion Nebula (M42). Celestron 9.25 SCT; G11-Gemini 1 L4; Canon 1000D set at ISO 400 Sixty 120 second images, stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and processed in Photoshop. Image by Paul Brierley
Solar Eclipse in Warwickshire. Chris Rose
NGC7380 the Wizard Nebula by Laurie Yates
Comet Neowise, Noctilucent Clouds and the lights of Manchester by David Tolliday
NGC 7000, The North America Nebula. 2 hours of images. Auto-guided Takahashi Sky 90mm Refractor; SBIG ST11000M CCD Camera; EM200 Mount; Astronomic Colour and Ha Filters. Image by Richard Jackson
Dumbbell Nebula (M27). Imaging time was 25 minutes, made up from 300 seconds subs. Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and then processed in Photoshop. Image by Paul Brierley
Circumzenithal Arc (upside down rainbow). Caused by refraction of sunlight through ice crystals in cirrus and
strato-cirrus clouds. It is brighter and purer than a rainbow. Details f/7.9; 1/2000s; f/l 24mm; Olympus camera. Image by Brian Corfield
Heart Nebula (IC 180). Williams Optics 110mm Refractor; SBIG ST 11000M CCD camera; RGB and Hydrogen Alpha filters. Total exposure of 2 hours. Image by Richard Jackson
M45, The Pleiades. Canon 1100D; Williams Optics 72 mm Megrez refractor; 600 second image. Image by Professor Ian Morison
Mercury, Mars, Venus, Jupiter 26th October- Canon 700D F6.3 2sec ISO 200 18mm lens. Image by John Tipping
Sun’s chromosphere 2013, Macclesfield. 60 mm H-alpha telescope & webcam. Image by Ian Morison
