Picture of the Week
Submitted by Andy Webster
The ISS transit the moon at 21.58 on 17th July so took this footage using my planetary camera. Image is on its side so left is at the bottom. Taken at 150 frames per second but playback is only 30 frames per second so 1/5 true speed.
The image is on its side so the left (west) is at the bottom. The ISS just grazed the rim of crater Orontius. The Great Wall aka Rules Recta is just showing in the shadow area , right of middle.
Skywatcher 200p Newtonian on eq5. X2 Barlow lens. ZWO asi224mm camera.
Processed in Sharpcap
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Submitted by Gen D’Arcey and Andy Webster
Taken with the Orion 6″ f4 Newtonian Astrograph and the ZWO ASi224MC camera, auto guided and run using the ASIair Pro.
A total of 100 x 120s exposure subs with associated darks and flats.
M63, also known as the Sunflower Galaxy, is a flocculent spiral galaxy. This means that it looks like they have many intermittent arms in the spiral rather than the usual two well defined, continuous arms, however they do still only have two arms. M63’s arms shine with radiation from recently formed blue stars.
The Galaxy lies 27 million light years from Earth and is found in the constellation of Canes Venatici. At apparent magnitude 9.3 it can be seen as a fuzzy patch in small telescopes.
Submitted by Alan Jefferis
Partial solar solar eclipse 10th June 2021, taken at 1128 BST, 15 minutes after maximum, through thin cloud.
Nikon D7000 with 55-200mm lens set to135mm. 1/60s at f11 through Baader Solar Film blocking filter
Nova in Cassiopeia submitted by Bob Mizon.
I captured the nova in Cassiopeia this morning from Colehill at magnitude 5, so it’s now an easy binocular object.
Beta Cas (Caph), the right-hand star of the W of Cassiopeia, is at bottom left, with the nova marked with a line at the top, just below the cluster M52.
Canon EOS 600D, 135mm lens, 8-sec exposure, 00.30 BST May 11 2021.
Lyrids and Bats submitted by Richard Bassom
Here are 2 image stacks showing meteors, mostly Lyrids, on the night of 22/4/2021. The images are stacked in such a way that the star positions remain fixed so that the meteor shower’s radiant becomes more apparent. These are Images from one east facing camera and one north facing camera. A bat also photo-bombed a few images.
Lyrids and Bats submitted by Richard Bassom
Here are 2 image stacks showing meteors, mostly Lyrids, on the night of 22/4/2021. The images are stacked in such a way that the star positions remain fixed so that the meteor shower’s radiant becomes more apparent. These are Images from one east facing camera and one north facing camera. A bat also photo-bombed a few images.
The Pleiades submitted by Bob Mizon
The Pleiades (Tennyson’s “fireflies tangled in a silver braid”) taken in the Lake District two years ago.
Canon EOS 600D 50mm lens, 2 seconds.
Saturn by Neill Mitchell
Taken on the 13th of August with a 12″ Skywatcher Dobsonian, ZWO ASI224MC camera, 4x TeleVue PowerMate and ZWO atmospheric Dispersion Corrector
Submitted by Neill Mitchell
M33, Triangulum galaxy
Jupiter submitted by Neill Mitchell
Taken with a 12″ Dobsonian telescope and a 4x PowerMate and ASI224MC camera
Horsehead Nebula by Neill Mitchell
Taken with Explore Scientific ED80 Pro Triplet and ZWO ASI533MC camera
Taken by Damian Garcia
Taken by Damian Garcia
Noctilucent Clouds and Comet Neowise
Moon taken by Neill Mitchell
Taken handheld without a tripod using a Canon EF100-400mm stabilised lens coupled with a 1.4x teleconverter giving a focal length of 960mm.