Valentines Day Aurora in Iceland - 14th February

Taken at 4am in the morning, activity was brief, but it was there! Canon 250D, 15s, iso3200, 10mm f4.

Iceland Aurora 13th February

Nice to see some activty! Canon 250D, 15s, iso3200, 10mm f4.

CaK Proms 16th December

The custom CaK filter is pretty decent at bringing out proms if the sky is transparent enough coupled with a bit of post processing.

Saturday Sunshine 9th January

Despite the day starting with a heavy bad of rain for several hours, by lunchtime the sky had transformed to (nearly!) blue skies. It was very windy though and blowing the lids of all my scope cases shut along with nearly blowing the laptop off. I was chasing the sun with the travelling kit through the gaps in the trees on the southern horizon. Seeing was terrible, and kept me busy searching for a focus that wasn't really there to begin with. Still, I managed to get a trio disks. First up 430nm Gband, taken 50mm f12 with the Zwo18mm Then CaK, 60mm f10 with the zwo183mm And finally the Ha full disk, taken with the setup in the picture - DS50, 2x cemax and the zwo183mm... Despite the awful seeing and low sun, I was glad to get something. Anything at this time of year is a bonus!

Trio of Disks - 25th November

A lovely clear blue sky gave me the opportunity to capture the late autumn sunshine. Trees block the horizon so using the scopes on the solarquest mount and tripod means I can find a spot in the garden to peek in the gaps in the cluttered southern horizon.

Saturday Sunshine 11th November

Finally some sunshine! Used the travelling kit as the battery has died for the EQ6 on the pier.

Tuesdays Trio of Disks - 5th September

The clear skies and the warm temperatures carry on as we start September.