The Pleiades, Mars and the California Nebula
In April 2019 Mars was close to M45 (the Pleiades) and NGC 1499 and this coincided with the Kelling Heath Star Party. Unfortunately at this time of year Taurus is very low, setting in the late evening making this a difficult object to image, my attempts to stack and then process with Deep Sky Stacker were hopeless, so I turned to Astro Pixel Processor (using a 30 day free trial) which has a very easy to use light pollution killer, this allowed me to remove the gradient that resulted from the very low elevation and trees that crept into the field.
Total exposure is 84 minutes, from 30s subs. Tracking was achieved with an iOptron Star tracker, camera was a Canon 600D with a full spectrum mod and a CLSCCD clip-in filter.
Occultation of the Beehive by the Moon
The Moon, Venus and Jupiter in the morning sky
We were treated with some lovely clear skies in the mornings of January 2019 and members were able to capture a few images of the conjunction of the Moon, Venus and Jupiter.
Images by Kevin Langford
Images by Leigh Slomer
Images by Jim Burchell
Images by John Howarth
Venus and a Crescent Moon
Images by Honor Wheeler
Conjunction between the Crescent Moon and Venus in the morning sky on 4th December 2018
Image by Honor Wheeler
Images by Kevin Langford
Conjunction of the Moon and Venus on 7am on 4th December 2018
Image by Kevin Langford
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