Look towards the West after sunset for a splendid view of Venus and the crescent Moon over the next few evenings. Members Jim Burchell and Gary Hunt did yesterday evening the 21st May 2023 and captured these great images of a young crescent Moon with Venus. Moon & Venus by Jim Burchell Moon & Venus […]
A lovely photo of a young Moon in the constellation Taurus taken by CMHASD trustee John Howarth on the 20th May 2023.
A collection of beautiful images of our Sun setting and a full Moon rising on the 5th May 2023 taken by members Jim Burchell & Honor Wheeler. Sun with Sunspot setting by Honor Sunset by Jim ”The Full Moon of May is known as Flower Moon to signify the flowers that bloom during this month. […]
A lovely image of a waxing gibbous Moon taken on the 29th April 2023 by member Neil Webster. To see a higher resolution photo of Neil’s image – check out his flickr page at https://www.flickr.com/photos/137388222@N05/52861969736/.
Two lovely images of a crescent Moon, with Earthshine and Venus taken by member Jim Burchell on the 24th March 2023. The first image has the ISS in it too!
A selection of super images of the Full Moon taken on the 7th March 2023. ”In March, the Full Moon is the Worm Moon. It is also called Lenten Moon, Crow Moon, Crust Moon, Chaste Moon, Sugar Moon, and Sap Moon. The Worm Moon gets its name from the earthworms that come out when the […]
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 […]
On the 5th February 2023, member Jim Burchell captured this absolutely beautiful image of the full moon also known as the Snow Moon. Jim took the photo using a Pentax KP, 300 mm, F7.1 1/25 sec and iso 400.
A Full Moon on the 5th Feb 2023 captured by Neil Webster. The February Full Moon is also named the Snow Moon after the snow on the ground in the Northern Hemisphere. Some Native American tribes also named the Moon the Hunger Moon due to the scarce food sources and hard hunting conditions during mid-winter and […]
Three wonderful images of our Moon acquired by CMHASD member Honor Wheeler back in December 2022. The 1st image was taken on the 29th Dec 2022 and the next two on the 26th Dec 2022, all from North Kent. Honor acquired her super image below of what looks like a ‘Half Moon’ at 20221229_2103UT by […]