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Jupiter using a red filter – 5th Dec 2023

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A great image of Jupiter taken by member and trustee Simon Dawes. The image was taken on the 5th Dec 2023 using a Celestron EDGE11HD, with a red filter, f2800mm (f10), Rising Cam CMOS sensor and Mesu e200 mount. Sharpcap Pro, 2 min of video, stacked in AutoStakkert, processed in Registax 6 and Photoshop. For […]

Moon – 28th Nov 2023

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Two lovely images of the Moon taken by members Jim Burchell & Kevin Langford on the 28th Nov 2023.  The Moon was in it’s Waning Gibbous phase. On this day, the moon was 14.57 days old, 99.58% illuminated and so in the Waning Gibbous phase and found in the constellation Gemini. The Waning Gibbous phase is […]

Aurora – Norway – November 2023

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Member George Buckberry’s sister Val Hicks went on a cruise up to the North of Norway in November this year and has kindly shared her photos with us of the stunning Aurora display that she saw.  Some truly beautiful images 🙂

Lunar Halo – 25th Nov 2023

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A stunning example of a Lunar Halo captured by 3 members of the society – Leigh Slomer, Honor Wheeler and Simon Dawes on the evening of the 25th Nov 2023.  The white dot at the 4 o’clock position from the Moon is the planet Jupiter. The ring around the Moon – or ‘lunar halo’ is […]

The Sun by Jim Burchell – 23rd Nov 2023

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NEVER LOOK AT THE SUN DIRECTLY. Please click here for solar observing safely.   A superb single image of the Sun in white light showing sunspot groups 3489-3498 taken on the  23/11/2023 by member Jim Burchell.   The image was taken with a Pentax KP body attached to 102mm Altair Astro refractor fitted with a solar filter […]

Shears Green Junior School – Cosmic Camp 2023

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Several society members attended Shears Green Junior School on Friday 15th September 2023 with their own or a society telescope to take part in the school’s ‘Cosmic Camp’.  The Society would like to say a big thank you to all the members who helped make this event a success. Member Diane Clarke who attended the […]

Comet Lemmon C/2023 H2 – Nov 2023

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Superb image of Comet Lemmon C/2023 H2 taken by member Richard Bohner on the 11th Nov 2023 from Arizona, USA. Richard used the following to acquire his image – Canon 5D Mk IV on a Celestron 8” SCT. Magnification about 100X. 60 seconds exp. At ISO 10K. The comet was discovered on April 23, 2023 […]

More ExoPlanet transits for the ExoClock Project – Nov 2023

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Five more transits done! TOI-3688 A b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a G-type star. Its mass is 0.98 Jupiters, it takes 3.2 days to complete one orbit of its star and is 0.0456 AU from its star. Its discovery was announced in 2023. https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/8781/toi-3688-a-b/ Exoplanet GPX-1 b is in the constellation of Perseus. […]

CMHASD Stargazing at Hall Place, Bexley – Wed 22nd Nov 2023

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On Wednesday 22nd November 2023, CMHASD were back at Hall Place & Gardens to hold a star gazing event from 7pm to 9pm.  We had brilliant support from our members who bought along a variety of telescopes, cameras, meteorites and other displays for our guests. CMHASD Chairman John Archer wrote ”Last week at Hall Place […]

Congratulations to Dave Grist & Steve Floodgate

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A huge congratulations to CMHASD members Dave Grist and Steve Floodgate for receiving the BAA Horace Dall medal & gift this year.  Chairman John Archer wrote ”For anyone who travelled up to the Institute of Physics last Saturday or tuned in via Zoom for the BAA meeting would have seen this year’s recipients of the […]