Colour in the gibbous Moon

Took this with a 60mm refractor. Camera: Nikon D50+ Camera Adapter (25mm plossl)

Using PaintShop Pro, I tried to highlight some of the various colours of the Moon. 

Orion and Sirius

Orion is now rising in the evening skies....here comes the winter.

Here comes the Orion Nebula...

The Plough

An old friend.....we celebrate our 32nd anniversary this year!

Total Lunar Eclipse March 3rd 2007

Total Lunar eclipse

3rd March 2007

Took these images with the Nikon D50+Camera Adapter+ 25mm plossl.
Telescope: 6 inch "Event Horizon" reflector.

Tranit of Venus.... 8th June 2004

8th June 2004

I captured this photo using a Canon EOS 1000, 35mm SLR camera.

I was sitting in a camping tent, with the 60mm refractor poking out of the tent flaps.

This seemed the best way to capture some contrast in my solar projection.

Sun projection method

(the safest way to view the Sun)

Wasn't sure if I could view the transit, the early morning cloud cover was considerable.

Luckily about 9.00am it cleared up nicely....blue skies from that moment on....beautiful transit.

Found in our bookshop 10 years ago.

Found this newspaper clipping in an old dusty book.

I wonder what Vega sounded like that night..?

Lunar eclipse 7th September 2006.

Thanks to our hard disk drive dying, the only pictures I had of the eclipse died with it.

Fortunately our son Jack had taken pictures of the eclipse.

This is one of them.

Thanks Jac