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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 […]
NEVER LOOK AT THE SUN DIRECTLY. Please see our Solar Observing safety page at crayfordmanorastro.com/solar-safety/ The latest images of our active Sun by members Simon Dawes and Jim Burchell. Simon’s 3 images below were taken on the 18th May 2023. Details of how Simon acquired the images are on the photos. Jim’s image was taken on […]
A lovely photo of a young Moon in the constellation Taurus taken by CMHASD trustee John Howarth on the 20th May 2023.
Two great images below of the planets Mars and Venus with the twins Castor & Pollux. Castor and Pollux are the 2 brightest stars in the constellation of Gemini. Left to right: Mars, Pollux & Castor all nicely lined up with Venus lower right captured by member Simon Dawes on the 16th May 2023. Below; […]
Another set of transit observations for the ExoClock project by Simon Dawes of Exoplanet HAT-P-12b. HAT-P-12b is 468 light years away from Earth, orbiting a 13th magnitude K-type star in the constellation Canes Venatici. It is was discovered by the HATNet Project on April 29, 2009.
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. […]
NEVER LOOK AT THE SUN DIRECTLY. Please see our Solar Observing safety page at crayfordmanorastro.com/solar-safety/ A fantastic collection of images of our Sun taken by Simon Dawes on the 10th & 16th May 2023 from North Kent, showing lots of sunspots 🙂 Details of how Simon acquired his images are on the photos. The Sun on the […]
A great example of a fogbow captured by member Kevin Smith on the 7th May 2023. A fogbow is a similar phenomenon to a rainbow but as its name suggests, it appears as a bow in fog rather than rain. Due to the very small size of the water droplets that cause fog being so […]
NEVER LOOK AT THE SUN DIRECTLY. Please see our Solar Observing safety page at crayfordmanorastro.com/solar-safety/ A splendid example of a Sun halo captured by CMHASD Chairman John Archer on the 30th April 2023. A Sun halo is caused by the refraction, reflection, and dispersion of light through ice particles suspended within thin, wispy, high altitude cirrus or […]
Check this out – our member Kevin Langford’s brilliant Pleiades (M45) image – see above; being used on the BBC Sky at Night website. Plus Kevin’s image was shown in the programme aired on the 16th May 2023 too!………Well Done Kevin 🙂 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0fmnyt0/p0fmp6yx