M81

M81 Bodes Galaxy in Ursa Major
Taken with the modded 450D on the C925 with f6.3 focal reducer. I was using one of the extension tubes hence the vignetting.

M51 Wide Field

10 x 120 seconds
ISO800
4 dark frames
0 Flats
Sky Watcher ED80 @f7.5
Meade LXD75 GOTO mount (the society's mount)
Canon EOS 450D astro modded
No light pollution filter used as it was not needed.

Saturn 20 April 2011

Had a go at Saturn last night. Nice colour, Cassini division nice and crisp. What's that in the southern hemisphere?
Is it a bird?
Is it a plane?
NO! It's SUPER STORM!

Theophilus

This is one I took a little over a year ago, just forgot to put it up here.

My first serious attepmt at the Flame Nebula in Orion.
William Optics Megrez 102
Canon EOS 450D
Type IV Field Flattener
30x180 second exposures at ISO 800

Jupiter again

Probably my last go at Jupiter until the Autumn.
The GRS is there but not great and the SEB is starting to reappear.

Here is NGC7000 or the North American Nebula. Not particularly a good shot but it was my first serious attempt at it. Unfortunately my Megrez 102 even with the Type IV field flattener couldn't capture all of the nebula because it is so big.