CMHASD will be Stargazing at Hall Place & Gardens, Bexley on Wednesday 22nd November 2023. We will be there from 7pm to 9pm. (Doors open from 6.45pm) Outdoor activities are weather dependant. Advance booking required. Please note this is a ticket only event organised by Bexley Council. Tickets cost £15 for an adult & £12 […]
NEVER LOOK AT THE SUN DIRECTLY. Please click here for solar observing safely. Sunday 6th August 2023 – What a glorious day to be out solar observing which is what Crayford Manor House Astronomical Society Dartford (CMHASD) where doing at Hall Place & Gardens in Bexley. What a busy day it was too! Several telescopes were set up […]
A few photos showing what members get up to on our ‘informal nights’ at the Society. Activities range from observing, testing/setting up members’ latest equipment purchased, fixing members’ equipment, presentations, general chit chat & banter plus games. 20th July 2023 27th July 2023 Good weather so members took the chance to observe. Dave, Steve & […]
More stunning images of our active Sun taken by member Simon Dawes in the later half of July 2023. Details of how Simon acquired his images are on the photos. For more information about the Sun, its structure, atmosphere, sunspots, solar cycle and magnetosphere click on https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/in-depth/ 12th July 2023 26th July 2023 […]
More observations for the ExoClock project by Simon Dawes of Qatar-1b in the constellation of Draco taken on the 7th July 2023.
Noctilucent clouds put in a rare appearance on the 5th July 2023 from around 10.50pmish until 11.30pm and a few lucky CMHASD members got to see them 🙂 Below are the photos that members Jim Burchell, Diane Clarke, Martin Crow and Sonia took of the clouds. Jim’s NLC images, taken with a Pentax KP. Diane’s […]
A rather splendid image of Comet C/2023 E1 (ATLAS) taken by CMHASD trustee and secretary Dr. Mike Rushton on the 12/13th July 2023 in Ursa Minor. Mike wrote ”This is C/2023 E1 (ATLAS) last night. Approx Mag 14.5 with a greenish coma. The bright star in the image is Mag 7 and the limiting Mag […]
NEVER LOOK AT THE SUN DIRECTLY. Please see our Solar Observing safety page at crayfordmanorastro.com/solar-safety/ Lots of stunning images taken by member and trustee Simon Dawes of our Sun on 4 days during the month of June. Details of how Simon acquired the images are on the photos. 9th June 2023 16th June 2023 19th […]
Noctilucent cloud spotted on the 30th June 2023 around 3am BST by members Martin Crow and Sonia. Both photos taken using an iPhone. Martin’s image taken from Essex Sonia’s image taken from North Kent
Rare Noctilucent Cloud spotted by CMHASD members Diane Clarke, Martin Crow and Sonia on the 25th June 2023. First image below was taken by Diane using a Panasonic camera DMC-TZ100, f2.8 @ 1/10sec and ISO 6400 at 11.22pm BST. The next two images were taken by Sonia using an iPhone 8 at 11.04pm and 11.14pm […]