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Correction: It’s not a weekend (just Saturday Afternoon) and it’s not at Crayford (it’s at the Pavilion Sutton-at-Hone).

The BAA are running a virtual ‘Winchester Weekend’ – and COVID Restrictions permitting (i.e. restrictions and social distancing in London and Kent have been lifted) – we intend to add a little of that Winchester magic (OK it’s food, drink and conversation) to the proceeding by streaming it at the Pavilion Sutton-at-Hone.

Price: (to cover costs only) £10 per person – on the door – cash only (the chip shop only takes cash)

(Fish & Chips is £7.80 at my local chippy, the rest is for cake, biscuits, milk, tea and coffee.)

Date: 10^th April 2021 13:00

13:00 Registration: (Tea and cake)

14:00 BAA Winchester Agenda

15:00 Tea and biscuits & discussion about the lecture

15:15 BAA Winchester Agenda

16:30 Tea and Biscuits and discussion about the lecture, socialise.

18:00 Dinner (Fish and chips)

19:30 BAA Winchester Agenda

21:00 Tea and biscuits and discussion about the lecture

Observing (weather permitting)

At the moment I’m canvasing who might be interested, no commitment at this stage, just to see if it is worth taking further, closer to the event I’ll ask for confirmation and provide a menu.

This is a ticketed event, please contact the webmaster@crayfordmanorastro.com if you are interested in attending (no commitment at this stage)

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Best Meteors of 2020

3rd January 2021

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Almost 2000 meteors were detected in 2020, we would have had quite a few more but for the cloudy skies in August that limited the view of the Perseid's in August.

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"] 2020 Meteor stats collated by Simon Dawes from data reviewd and analysed by the Crayford Meteor Team.[/caption]

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December 2020Meteor report

2nd January 2021

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December was particularly cloudy, but we still manage to detect 288 meteors, 115 from the Geminid meteor shower.

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Sun spots! 2020-12-27

30th December 2020

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Images by Honor Wheeler

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Image by Honor Wheeler Skywatcher ED80 refractor, Canon M6 Mark2 camera. EQ3 synscan mount. For the full disc I used a x2 Barlow and the close up x5 Barlow. Processed using PIPP, AS!3 & PShop elements6. I could have done better but didn't have clear skies really for long enough and at the moment the sun is so darn low! Anyway happy to get these.

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Image by Honor Wheeler Skywatcher ED80 refractor, Canon M6 Mark2 camera. EQ3 synscan mount. For the full disc I used a x2 Barlow and the close up x5 Barlow. Processed using PIPP, AS!3 & PShop elements6. I could have done better but didn't have clear skies really for long enough and at the moment the sun is so darn low! Anyway happy to get these.[/caption]

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ISS transit of the Sun

30th December 2020

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Honor recently took this video of a transit of the Sun by the ISS, something she has been attempting for 10 years.

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="782"] Image by Honor Wheeler This was taken using: Skywatcher ED80 refractor Canon 700D set in movie mode @50fps 2x Barlow EQ3 mount Date 2020.04.20 13:09UTC Transit time was 0.9 sec 16 frames extracted from the original video using PIPP and then the layers merged in Photoshop elements 6. Additional processing also done in Photoshop E6.[/caption]

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Jim’s NLC Images

23rd December 2020

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"] 20200714_204856-NLC Image by Jim Burchell 11/07/20. Image's taken with a pentax K70[/caption]

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Image by Jim Burchell 11/07/20. Image's taken with a pentax K70 comet is C/2020 F3 NEOWISE[/caption]

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Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE – The Great Comment of 2020

23rd December 2020

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Comet c/2020 F3 Neowise was visible for a couple of weeks in the Northern sky, quite close to the horizon, to say it was spectacular is an understatement and the brightest comet since Hale Bopp visible from the UK.

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Images by Jim Burchell

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Image by Jim Burchell 11/07/20. Image's taken with a Pentax K70[/caption]

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Images by Simon Dawes

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Comer-C-2020F3NEOWISE-2020-07-12-2240UT1 Image by Simon Dawes Taken at Reculver towers, Kent. Canon 650D, single shot.[/caption]

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="770"] Comet-C-2020F3NEOWISE-Reculver-Towers-2020-07-13_01-27UT- Image by Simon Dawes Taken at Reculver towers, Kent. Canon 650D, single shot.[/caption]

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="617"] Comet_C-2020_F3__NEOWISE__2020-07-13_1860s Image by Simon Dawes Taken at Reculver towers, Kent. Canon 650D, single shot.[/caption]

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350"] 2020-07-10-135mm-F1.8-771s Image by Simon Dawes Taken at Reculver towers, Kent. Canon 650D, stack of images[/caption]

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The Great Conjunction of 2020

22nd December 2020

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Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions happen every 20 years (the last one in 2000.) however this particular conjunction will be especially close - the closest since 1623 and the closest observable since 1226! Don't worry, if you miss it there is another close conjunction in 2080!

At its closest on 21st December Jupiter and Saturn will be 6 arc minutes apart (1/5 the diameter of the full moon) which is still easily discernable as two separate planets (some reports would have you believe the merge together into an 'elongated star')

The weather was poor on the 21st, but there was a gap in the clouds on the 20th, the images from the 20th the planets were at about 9 arc minutes vs 6 arc minutes at closest encounter.

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Images by Steve Goldson

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Image by Steve Goldson 1/8 sec f5.6. ISO 6400. taken at 18.02. 20/12/2020. (Inset image: 1/8 sec f5.6. ISO 3200 taken at 18.07. 20/12/2020. - Note Steve captured 3 of Jupiter's moons)[/caption]

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Images by Martin Crow

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="637"] 2020Dec20 17:06ut Equipment: 80mm equinox @ f15 and DMK41 mono video camera and an old laptop. Location: Top of Dartford Road, Hextable. Taken the day before closest approach due to likelihood of poor weather on 21st. Best views though were had through the eyepiece. Absolutely stunning.[/caption]

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Images by Simon Dawes

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Image by Simon Dawes Skywatcher MN190 (modified), EQ6 Pro (modified) ZWO ASI 1600 MM Pro Bexleyheath England[/caption]

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Globular Cluster, Messier 5, M5

21st December 2020

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Messier 5 or M5 (also designated NGC 5904) is a globular cluster in the constellation Serpens - read more on wikipedia

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Images by Neil Webster

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Flying Horse Nebula, NGC 7380, Sh2-142

21st December 2020

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NGC 7380 is a cluster of young bright O & B stars. The red emission nebula is Sh2-142 an HII region illuminated by these stars.

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The BAA Winchester Weekend comes to Crayford (hopefully)

Best Meteors of 2020

December 2020Meteor report

Sun spots! 2020-12-27

Images by Honor Wheeler

ISS transit of the Sun

Jim’s NLC Images

Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE – The Great Comment of 2020

Images by Jim Burchell

Images by Simon Dawes

The Great Conjunction of 2020

Images by Steve Goldson

Images by Martin Crow

Images by Simon Dawes

Globular Cluster, Messier 5, M5

Images by Neil Webster

Flying Horse Nebula, NGC 7380, Sh2-142

Images by Neil Webster