In the From the Vault series, I feature an older image which hasn’t been seen here before and I talk about the capture and processing and hopefully highlight why this image is special to me. The feature image in From the … Continue reading
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A Birthday Saturn Image
Hi all This image of Saturn was captured on the morning of the 6th January 2009 at about 2am, but it was still my birthday in Universal Time / GMT. The seeing was maybe a little above average but I … Continue reading
Image of the Rosette Nebula (NGC2237)
Hi all This image was captured on the 30th January 2009 at my local “dark sky” site at the Mangrove Mountain Pony Club. I say “dark sky” in quotes because while it’s darker than my home, it’s not exactly what … Continue reading
From the Vault: High-Resolution Clavius Mosaic
In the From the Vault series, I feature an older image which hasn’t been seen here before and I talk about the capture and processing and hopefully highlight why this image is special to me. The feature image in From the … Continue reading
From the Vault: Dynamic Jupiter in Motion
In the From the Vault series, I feature an older image which hasn’t been seen here before and I talk about the capture and processing and hopefully highlight why this image is special to me. The feature image in From … Continue reading
Saturn in Better Seeing – 19th January
Hi all This image of Saturn was captured on the morning of the 19th January 2009, in variable but at times quite stable seeing conditions. It’s been so long since I’ve seen excellent seeing conditions that I feel i’m over-estimating … Continue reading
Venus in Ultra Violet Light, 14th January 2009
Hi all This image of Venus was captured on the evening of the 14th January 2009 as the planet reached maximum elongation (greatest apparent distance) from the Sun. Still, the altitude at capture was only 25° and the atmospheric turbulance … Continue reading
Saturn – January 14th, 2009
Hi all Although my body was aching from my first sparring class in over 4 weeks at Karate the night before, I was still determined to get up at 2am to image Saturn on the morning of the 14th January. … Continue reading
The Planets in 2008 – A Pictorial Review
Hi all For the past 3 years, I’ve been doing a pictorial review of the planets – making a composite image of my best planetary images taken during that calendar year. You can see the old composites here: 2005, 2006, 2007 (click on the … Continue reading
My First Saturn Image for 2009
Hi all It’s been 2 months since I captured a planetary image.. I’d almost forgotten how to do it! Saturn was finally high enough and bright enough, and the seeing was good enough, for me to use my 5x powermate. … Continue reading
