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Lincoln Astronomical Society Observations

Horsehead Nebula Region including the Flame Nebula
30 x 200 sec of Lights and 15 x 200 sec Darks (that's 2.5 hours)
Taken by Andy Langford 23rd Dec 2011 using a Canon 40d DSLR connected to Sky Watcher Equinox ED80

 

Horsehead Nebula bu Andy Langford of Lincoln Astronomical Society

 


 

M31 - The Andromeda Galaxy -
A spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Andromeda.
Taken using a Canon 40d DSLR connected to Sky Watcher Equinox ED80
25 x 2 min Lights and 15 x 2 min Darks
Taken by Andy Langford 18th Dec 2011

Andromeda Galaxy M31 taken by Andy Langford of Lincoln Astronimical Society

 


 

 

Jupiter and 2 of it's moons.
Taken with Canon 40d connected to SE6 - used as webcam with BackyardEOS. 1 min AVI
then stacked in Registax.
By Andy Langford 22nd Nov 2011

Jupiter by Andy Langford

 


 

M45 – The Pleiades, or Seven Sisters.
Taken using a Canon 40d DSLR connected to Sky Watcher Equinox ED80

20 x 2 min Lights and 10 x 2 min Darks

Taken by Andy Langford 4th Nov 2011

7 Sisters or Pleiades by Andy Langford

 


 

M42 - The Orion Nebula.
Taken using a Canon 40d DSLR connected to Sky Watcher 80mm

11 x 2 min Lights and 5 x 2 min Darks – ISO 800

Taken by Andy Langford 15th Oct 2011

Orion Nebula on 15-10-11

 


 

Great picture of M42 in Orion by Phil Norton of LAS using a 5" reflector

M38 by Phil Norton of Lincoln Astronomical Society

 

M45 Taken by Phil Norton of LAS on 12th Feb 2011 using a 5" reflector

M38 by Phil Norton of Lincoln Astronomical Society

 

M31 taken by Phil Norton on 12th Feb 2011 using a 5" reflector

M38 by Phil Norton of Lincoln Astronomical Society

 

Globular Cluster M38 taken by Phil Norton of LAS on 12th Feb 2011 using a 5"

M38 by Phil Norton of Lincoln Astronomical Society

 

Solar Prominence taken by Phil Norton on 3rd April 2010.
He recons the prominence must be 50,000 miles high but my calculations make it only 49,750!
Nice o

The Sun 25th December 2010 Lincoln Astronomical Society

By Phil Norton 25th December 2010

ne Phil. The Sun 25-12-10 Lincoln Astronomical Society

By Phil Norton 25th December 2010

 

Solar Prominence on 3rd April 2010 by Phil Norton of Lincoln Astronomical Society

By Phil Norton 3rd April 2010

More Solar Observations by Phil Norton during March 2010

Solar Observation by Phil Norton of Lincoln Astronomical Society

By Phil Norton 13th March 2010

 

Solar Observations by Phil Norton of Lincoln Astronomical Society

By Phil Norton 13th March 2010

 

Solar Observations by Phil Norton of Lincoln Astronomical Society

By Phil Norton 13th March 2010

 

Solar Observations by Phil Norton of Lincoln Astronomical Society

By Phil Norton 13th March 2010

 

By Phil Norton 13th March 2010

 


M42 by Phil Norton of Lincoln Astronomical Society taken in January 2010

By Phil Norton January 2010

 

Messier M1 by Phil Norton of Lincoln Astronomical Society

By Phil Norton 6th March 2010

 

Mars taken by Phil Norton of Lincoln Astronomical Society

By Phil Norton 10th February 2010

 

 

Mars by Graham Winstanley of Lincoln Astronomical Society

Mars Observation by Graham Winstanley
using his Meade ETX 90 and Toucam webcam
23.27 UT 5 Feb 2010 Processed 300 frames on Registax4.

 

Venus and the Moon soon after the occultation 2007 June 18 - taken at 15:55 UTC (17:55 local time in Kos, Greece). The Sun was at an elevation of 40 degrees and only 40 degrees away from the Moon. Venus can be seen as a half phase.
Camera: Nikon D-80 set to 1000 ASA, with Tamron SP500mm, f8 mirror lens. Exposure: 1/1000 sec, hand held.

Bob Christy

 

The image was obtained using a Nikon D-80 digital camera fitted with a Nikon 18-70mm zoom lens set to the shortest focal length and aperture f6.3. The exposure was 68 seconds long. The ISS moves from right to left during the exposure.
Click for full details.

Bob Christy

Hale Bopp in March 1997

Comet Hale Bopp by Phil Norton in March 1997
M31 in December 1996

M31 Galaxy by Phil Norton in December 1996
Saturn February 2003
Saturn by Phil Norton February 2003
Jupiter December 2000
Jupiter by Phil Norton December 2000
aristarchus
bullialdus
gassendi
horrebow
sinusir by Phil Norton
sinusirid by Phil Norton
M2 by Phil Norton
M15 by Phil Norton
M27 by Phil Norton
M56 by Phil Norton
M57 by Phil Norton
M57 by Phil Norton
Uranus by Phil Norton

 

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