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Venus & Pleiades by Jim Burchell – 10th April 2023

14th May 2023

Super image of Venus and the Pleiades taken by member Jim Burchell on the 10th April 2023.

''The Pleiades are also known as The Seven Sisters, Messier 45 and other names by different cultures, is an asterism and an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars in the north-west of the constellation Taurus. At a distance of about 444 light years, it is among the nearest star clusters to Earth. It is the nearest Messier object to Earth, and is the most obvious cluster to the naked eye in the night sky. The cluster is dominated by hot blue luminous stars that have formed within the last 100 million years.'' ref:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades

Image was taken with a Pentax KP 135mm, F6.3, 10sec and ISO 8oo.

Camera was mounted on a Skywacher Star Adventurer.

Images by Jim Burchell – 23rd to 25th Feb 2023

29th March 2023

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Member Jim Burchell was busy out and about towards the end of February photographing our stunning sky and below is a selection of his superb images.

Orion, Taurus and the Pleiades taken on the 23rd Feb from the CMHASD pavilion, Sutton-at-Hone.

Image was taken with a Pentax KP on a static tripod, F6.3, 30 sec, 18 MM and iso 800.

Crescent Moon on the 24th Feb.

The Sun taken on the 24th Feb.

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Image of the Sun showing sunspots 3229, 3230, 3234, 3235, 3236 & 3237.

This white light image was taken with a Pentax KP attached to 102mm Altair Astro refractor. 1/320 sec & iso200. The image wasn't very sharp as there was some light cloud and the image was then coloured in Snapseed.

Crescent Moon with Jupiter & Venus on the 25th Feb.

Sirius, Orion, Hyades in Taurus with Mars above and the Pleiades by George Buckberry

1st February 2023

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On the 17th Dec 2022 member George Buckberry captured this super image of Sirius, Orion, Hyades in Taurus with Mars above and the Pleiades. The photo was taken on a mobile Samsung SE20 in night mode and tweaked in Snapseed by George.

Type 1a Supernova SN2022hrs in NGC 4647

8th May 2022

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An awesome capture by Simon Dawes of a Supernova called SN2022hrs in NGC 4647.

NGC 4647 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo. Supernova SN2022hrs was discovered in the galaxy NGC4647 on the 16th April 2022 by astronomer Koichi Itagaki. NGC 4647 is 63 million light years away, so, this star exploded 63 million years ago and it took that long for the light of the explosion to reach us.

Messier 60 (NGC 4649), an elliptical galaxy, is also in the image and it is in the centre of the frame and NGC 4647 is slightly down and to the right of it. SN2022hrs looks like a bright star in front of the galaxy but it is actually an exploding star within the galaxy.

Mercury & M45 by Richard Bohner

4th May 2022

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Planet Mercury at the bottom & M45 (The Pleiades) above right taken on the 28th April 2022 at 2015 local time MST in Arizona, USA. Richard acquired this splendid image using a Canon 6D, 400mm tele f2.8, ISO 800 and 12 second exp.

Deep Sky imaging by Dr. Mike Rushton

2nd May 2022

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Dr. Mike Rushton took advantage of some clear skies recently (25th April 2022) and took these 3 super deepsky images using his eVscope of Messier 13, Messier 51 and the Bow Tie Nebula.

Messier 13 (M13) also designated NGC 6205 and also called the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules and the Hercules Globular Cluster, is a globular cluster of a several hundred thousand stars in the constellation of Hercules.

Messier 51, known as The Whirlpool Galaxy and as Messier 51a, M51a, and NGC 5194, is a spiral galaxy found in the constellation Canes Venatici, M51 was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy and is 31 million light-years away from Earth.

The Bow Tie Nebula also designated NGC 40 and Caldwell 2 is a planetary nebula discovered by William Herschel in 1788. It is composed of hot gas around a dying star. The nebula gets its name from the fact it has an intriguing bow-tie shape.

Diane Clarke’s The Moon & M45 The Pleiades on the 8th March 2022

9th March 2022

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A lovely image of the Moon 4.1° south of M45 taken on the 8th March 2022 by Diane Clarke.

Diane said ''I had my doubts about capturing this event due to the cloud forecast, but there were breaks starting to appear as 19.00 hrs approached, so I went to set up but there was a strong breeze forcing me to find a sheltered spot to stop my equipment suffering wind blast, the breeze was also making the clouds scud across the sky very quickly. So much so that any breaks in the cloud could disappear as quickly as they appeared the image was taken in one of these short lived break's in the cloud cover.''

Image Details: Camera EOS M50m2 using a 100mm Canon EF Lens.

2.5 sec's @ f5.6, ISO 2000, on a static tripod, with a 2 sec delay to remove camera shake.

Open Cluster, Messier 35, NGC2168

11th March 2021

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An open cluster of stars in the northern constellation of Gemini

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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

Images by Neil Webster

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Globular Cluster, M3, Messier3

14th June 2020

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Messier 3 is a globular cluster in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

It was discovered on May 3, 1764, and was the first Messier object to be discovered by Charles Messier.

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