Several members took the opportunity to photograph the waxing crescent Moon on the evening of 2nd June 2022 – The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Day and some stunning shots were acquired. Neil Webster’s Jubilee Moon A composite of three images shot at about 9.20pm before it disappeared behind trees/buildings. It was still very light and […]
A great capture of a very young Moon at 33.5 hours old on the 31st May 2022. Photo taken by member John Howarth from North Kent.
A superb composite image of 8 frames showing a Waxing Gibbous Moon (79%) taken on the 10th June 2022 by member Neil Webster. Acquired using a ZWO ASI 290MM + R/IR filter.
June’s Full Moon is also known as the Strawberry Moon after the wild strawberries that start to ripen during early summer. On Tuesday evening 14/06/22 member Jim Burchell took these lovely photos of the Strawberry Moon rising from Dartford top road. The Full/Strawberry Moon was near its closest approach to Earth on that day too, so […]
This fantastic image of the Moon was taken by Jim Burchell back in September 2021. Jim used his Samsung A10 mobile phone attached to one of the society Dobsonian Telescopes called Isaac at F1.9, 1/50 sec and ISO50.
These two superb images of the Moon were captured by member Neil Webster on the 5th & 7th May 2022. Neil acquired the images using and Altair Astro 115mm triplet APO, EQ6 R mount, ZWO ASI290MM camera plus Astronomik R/IR filter. Each image consists of 3 frames stitched: each 90s x 33fps….20% selected, aligned, stacked […]
A lovely image of the Moon taken by Simon Dawes on the 8th May 2022 from Bexleyheath, Kent. Details of how Simon acquired the image are on the photo.
Congratulations to member Diane Clarke for one of her images being selected for ‘Picture of the Week’ by the BAA (British Astronomical Association). The image that was chosen is called ‘Eclipsed Moon Rising’ and is a composite of 14 images taken between 8.17 – 8.26pm of the full Moon as it was rising above a […]
On the night before Easter, the sky will look a little more “pink” due to the full Moon. This is because the 1st full moon of the spring season is known as the Pink Moon and the name derives from a pink flower called phlox subulata that blooms in spring in North America. While the moon […]
Neil has been busy and produced these two beautiful images of the Moon. The image below was taken on the 8th April 2022 from Kent. The image below was taken on the 13th April 2022 from Kent. For a more detailed view of these images and more photos of the Moon see Neil’s flickr page […]