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.

Jupiter

A nice view of our largest planet. Taken at the end of September the southern equatorial belt is still absent.

Perseid meteor from night of 12 Aug morning of 13 Aug