Members of the public were able to see Mercury crossing the face of the sun via the club telescopes fitted with solar filters. Photograph (C) Neil Mahrer, 2016
Supermoon Lunar Eclipse:
Taken at St Brelade, from Tony Bellows' back garden, using night settings on a Pentax Optio P80, a tripod, and a timer on the shots of 10 seconds to avoid wobble. "A solar eclipse is spectacular, but a lunar eclipse has a quiet beauty all of its own" Sir Patrick Moore. Journal of events: Just woken up: Clear skies, moon very high, and half eaten away. Moon the shape of one of those candied orange and lemon sweets you can buy at Christmas. You couldn't wish for better. Moon so high it is visible virtually anywhere looking up, and no clouds whatsoever. The outline of the earth's shadow against the moon is very clear. You can see the moon is being obscured by our shadow. The Inca thought a jaguar was attacking the moon, and beat their dogs! Nasty. But if you have dogs, are they reacting? Please don't beat them! Getting down to a tiny sliver of light.. Camera on tripod getting nice shots Almost entered totality This was definitely worth setting alarm to see As the light of the moon fades more stars can be seen around that area of the sky. Looking to the south east, Orion s Belt and Rigel very clear. Capella almost vertically above looking east Moon now like a lump of coal, glowing in the sky Off to bed, but far east and low, Venus has just risen, very bright in the sky. Paul Franklin made this remarkable photo of the night sky over Corbiere on 6 September 2015. It is copyright (C) 2015 Paul Franklin.
He commented: "Corbiere ... a few stitched shots tracing the Milky Way from south to about 45deg above the north horizon. French light pollution reflection off the high clouds " Taken on 6th September 2015 by Neil Mahrer in Jersey.
NGC 891, galaxy in Andromeda, 12" newt, Fuji XE1 30min at 3200ISO. NGC 891 (also known as Caldwell 23) is an edge-on unbarred spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered by William Herschel on October 6, 1784. The galaxy is a member of the NGC 1023 group of galaxies in the Local Supercluster. It has an H II nucleus Photo by Neil Mahrer - Part of the North American Nebula in Cygnus. 80mm Skywatcher ED refractor, Fuji XE1 3200 ISO, 30 min total exposure.
The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb (the tail of the swan and its brightest star). The remarkable shape of the nebula resembles that of the continent of North America, complete with a prominent Gulf of Mexico. It is sometimes incorrectly called the "North American Nebula" The nebula was discovered by William Herschel on October 24, 1786, from Slough, England. This photo of the Milky Way over La Rocque Harbour was taken by Jason Masterman, and is (c) 2015 Jason Masterman.
Taken on a Fuji X-T1 with 18-55mm lens at 18mm. ISO3200 F2.8 25 Seconds....Bolted to tripod. This is a pano of 7 shots stitched together in Lightroom Taken in Sark by Jersey photographer Marc Whitehead, (c) 2015 Marc Whitehead.
Marc says: "Exposure was 25 secs at iso 5000, f,2.8, Nikon d750" Many thanks to John Scarrott for these photos of the moon taken in Jersey on Friday night - when there was a "blue moon".
Photos (c) copyright 2015, John Scarrott. On the first, he says: One of the moon from 2am today. You can see the craters on the left and lower left. Again 9.25" Celestron Nexstar Evolution and Sony Xperia Z2 camera. On the second, he says: Taken at 21:59. Celestron Evolution 9.25". Taken with a Sony Xperia Z2 phone held in an Orion Steadypix Pro. App used was Camera FV5 full version. |
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