Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Transit of Venus 2004












































































My pictures of the transit..Taken with a 100 mm st refractor and a Canon point and shoot through the eyepiece Was with George Anderson who took some pictures also..Maybe you could post them George Normand Fulam and Pierre were present also.We were on the top of a hill in St Lazare Overlooking the West Island Sorry they are in reverse order


Terry


















Sunday, November 6, 2011

Jupiter and spots



Hi all



Imaged Jupiter last night and some strange black spots near the great red spot




Celestron 8 inch GPS Sac7 ccd and 2 x barlow About 200 fromes stacked with Registax

Terry



Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Nov 2nd Images

M27 45 seconds with the new scope and anon XT
Hi all Image of the space station with the new scope and my Canon xt Hand Guided



Had to shoot the Moon





Comet Garrad P1 again south of Vega

Cheers Terry
















Friday, August 26, 2011

Comet Garradd 2009 P1 and M71



Hi all



An image of Comet Garradd 2009 P1 passing close to M71 and Gamma Sagittae



Canon 350d and the Nexstar 80 mm 300 seconds Guided






Terry

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Full Moon 18 May 2011




Heres a fun shot I took when in Florida this May at the Epcott Center
















Terry

Friday, August 5, 2011

Comet Garradd C/2009 P1

Hi all Aug 5th
Had some clear sky and imaged Comet GARRADD c/2009 P1
Used the C8 at F5 and Canon Rebel one min exposure no guiding
To see it its just north of M15 A fuzzy blob no tail








Friday, June 24, 2011

SUPER NOVA IN M51 JUNE 2011

THIS IMAGE TAKEN LAST YEAR WITH THE SAC8-11 CAMERA

SUPER NOVA IN M51 JUNE 2011



IMAGE TAKEN WITH THE CANON XT AND THE 80 MM NEXSTAR



THIS IS A CROP FROM A LARGE IMAGE AND ENHANCED WITH NEAT IMAGE

WAS NOT LOOKING FOR THE SUPERNOVA ..JUST TRYING TO IMAGE IN THAT AREA

READ THE NEWS ABOUT THE NOVA AND STARTED CHECKING IMAGES I HAD TAKEN













Friday, June 17, 2011

Full Moon 16 th July



Was going to do some imaging but the Moon came up and that was it






Canon XT and Nexstar 80 mm









Terry

Monday, June 13, 2011

South Sky














Hi all

Couple of images of the south sky with the Canon DSLR and the 80 mm


M8 Lagoon Nebula plus M20 Triffid Nebula


Also M17 Swan Nebula.

The moon with clouds


Terry


Saturday, April 23, 2011

Thursday 21st April







Leo Triplet again and also M64 The Blackeye Galaxy

Canon 350d and Nexstar 80 mm


Terry





Thursday, April 21, 2011

Space Center visit Florida

Shuttle transporter


On the pad
Closest we got to the StS134

Hi All
The picture with me and my grandson shows the distance to the StS134

Great visit

Terry














Friday, March 25, 2011

DSO with the SBC2000






Hi all
Imaged some dso,s with the new camera..Not the same quality as the Canon DSLR
but also not bad for the investment...also getting better with experience

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Largest Moon for 20 Years


Largest Moon for 20 years tonight so had to take a picture
Done with my SDC 435 Camera and the Nexstar 80 mm

Terry

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Moon image


Hi all

First light with the new camera..Just a shot of the almost full moon

Taken with the New Camera (video) frame grabber setup

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

March Images







Hi all



Images of M46 and M47 The Beehive and another shot at M42..



All with the Canon Rebel and the Nexstar 80mm.
Terry



Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Imaging Feb 2011


Clear sky and very cold..

Imaged the Leo Triplet with the Canon Rebel and the Nexstar 80 mm Guided

A single 2 min exposure
Terry

Monday, January 31, 2011

Imaging 29th Jan 2011


Hi all

Results of my nights work (not that much) NGC2264 The Christmas Tree cluster..

Also has the Cone Nebula in the middle but its too big a scale to see it.

80 mm Nexstar and the Canon 350
This asterism is west of Orion


Thursday, January 20, 2011

Sun Shots 20th Jan 2011







Hi all

Tried the Sun today and her are the results

Not like Rays but sun spot is visable

Used the white filter and the Nexstar 80mm


Terry



Monday, January 3, 2011

More images

Rosette Nebula Near Orion



Horse head and Flame Nebula
Canon Rebel 350 Nexstar 80 mm
Terry