Image taken by Jim Burchell during an observing evening at Sutton-at-Hone.
Tag: Moon
Informal Evening 2020-02-27
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Another clear Thursday and an observing evening, below are a couple of images from the session.
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Image by Jim of the Moon and Venus[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="600"]
Image by Leigh of the Flame Nebula and the Horsehead Taken at Sutton-at-Hone[/caption]
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The Moon Rochester
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Gary organised a trip to Rochester Cathedral to view the huge 3D moon that is touring the UK and to hear a lecture on the moon.
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Lunar Images By Janice McClean
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The Moon & Venus in an Evening Sky 2020-01-29
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The Moon Saturn and Jupiter
Image by Steve Goldson.
Observing the Moon with our new Dobs, ‘Olivia’ and ‘Isaacs’
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Thursday 6th June was clear so we took the opportunity to view the Moon using our new Dob's affectionately named 'Olivia' and 'Isaac'.
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Occultation of the Beehive by the Moon
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On Saturday 13th April I'd hoped to go to the Observatory and image the occultation of the Beehive cluster by the Moon but alas Diane and I had forgotten that we were taking part in a local RSPB quiz. We've taken part on a number of other occasions with fellow member Deborah and David, her husband, who are also keen bird watchers, so we had said yes to this quiz before we knew about the events clashing.
The skies were still clear after the quiz so we headed to the observatory, we got to the Pavilion at about 22:30BST (21:30UT) to find that no one else was using it. We imaged the Moon with the Beehive cluster from the patio then imaged some lunar craters and took a tour around the sky with the 16". The skies remained clear until 02:10BST at which time Diane and I packed up and went home.
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Images of the Moon by Simon Dawes
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Observing Evening 2019-02-21
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We had a clear night on Thursday 21st February 2019, and before the Moon rose a few members had a go at the Orion Star Count, showing the diversity of eyesight and experience in our group.
The moon rose above the trees as a golden gibbous Moon and some of our group took to observing it with one of the Societies telescopes, affectionately known as Anita.
On the right is an image from Honor Wheeler taken through Anita, a Fuller Scopes 8" F8 recently converted to a Dobsonian by a couple of our members.
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Other members were experimenting with the new CCD camera purchased by the society for the Peter Hindle telescope, a 16" LX200, using the F3.3 focal reducer we got a wide field view of the Orion nebula (M42) and M1 the Crab nebula.
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Another member, Leigh Slomer, was experimenting with his Skywatcher Star Adventurer, DSLR and a 70-200mm zoom to capture images of M42.
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