Sun – Crayford Manor House Astronomical Society Dartford

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Two super images taken by Dr. Mike Rushton using his Dwarf3 smart scope on the 12th November 2025 of the North America Nebula (Caldwell 20) and the Sun.

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Active Sun

3rd September 2025

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Two great images of the Sun taken on the 28th and the 30th of August by member Jim Burchell. The images were taken using a Pentax KP attached to a F11 refactor, set at iso 100 and 1/400 second using a Baader solar film. The images were then processed in Snapseed.

Partial Eclipse of the Sun – 29th March 2025

1st July 2025

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On the 29th March 2025 there was a partial eclipse of the Sun and many CMHASD members observed the event all over the UK. Below are a selection of photos and a timelapse video of the partial solar eclipse.

It was also the 1st outing of the new Society Solar Lunt telescope called Cecilia and mighty good views of the Sun were seen including a sunspot, prominences and surface detail of the Sun.

First light with Cecilia

The image below was taken pointing a phone down the eyepiece. You can see lots of prominences.

The 2 Sun images below were taken using a phone attached to a phone holder put on Cecilia and it set to the PRO setting. The lower of the 2 images was then processed in Snapseed to crop, flip, colour and processed to bring out the details. Taken at 10.37UT

The image below was taken using Cecilia after the partial eclipse had finished using an old ZWO colour camera. The image shows a lot of surface detail of the Sun and shows the possibilities for better imaging using a dedicated camera.

The Partial Solar Eclipse by Honor Wheeler

Partial Solar Eclipse by Jim Burchell

Member John Archer's set up and image

Member Guy Roberts' partial solar eclipse image

Member Janice McClean's setup

Member Keith Rickard safely observing the eclipse with dedicated solar filter glasses

Members Diane Clarke and Roger Moore observing the partial eclipse

Diane Clarke's images

Member Martin Crow safely observing the eclipse using the projection method

Timelapse video of the partial Solar Eclipse by Jim Burchell

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The Sun – June 2025

13th June 2025

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A great selection of Sun images taken by members on the 10th & 13th June 2025

Friday 13th June

The Sun by John Archer using a Dwarf 2 smartscope.

An Active Sun by Simon Dawes - details of how Simon acquired his images are on most photos.

Tuesday 10th June

The sun by Dr Mike Rushton taken using a Dwarf 3 smartscope

The Sun by George Buckberry taken using a Dwarf 3 smartscope.

Our Sun – by Jim Burchell

22nd April 2025

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A superb collage of images showing our active Sun over a 4 day period (31st March to 3rd April) taken by CMHASD member Jim Burchell.

The Sun – 21st March 2025 by Jim Burchell

22nd March 2025

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Another great image of our Sun taken by member Jim Burchell on the 21st March 2025. Underneath is an image Jim took on the 16th March 2025; you can see how the sunspots have moved across the Sun since the 16th.

Both images were taken with an Pentax KP body attached to 102mm F11 Altair Astro refractor fitted with a solar filter and then coloured in Snapseed.

Sunspots by Simon Dawes – 16th March 2025

22nd March 2025

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A splendid selection of Sunspot images taken by CMHASD trustee Simon Dawes on the 16th March 2025. Details of how Simon took his images are on the photos.

An Active Sun – 16th March 2025 by Jim Burchell

16th March 2025

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Two superb images of the Sun today taken by member Jim Burchell. As you can see the Sun is very active with lots of sunspots.

Jim's 1st image below, a single shot; was taken using a 102 MM refactor with a Pentax KP body attached set at F11, 320 sec and iso 100 plus a solar filter.

Jim's 2nd image, which is just a single shot; was taken using a SeeStar S50 smartscope.

Below is an image taken from Spaceweather.com showing all the sunspots with their labels. As you can see there are lots!!!!!

Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter by Honor Wheeler – 1st March 2025

10th March 2025

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A superb selection of astro images taken by member Honor Wheeler on the 1st March 2025 of the Sun, Moon and the planetary parade.

Details of how Honor took her images are written above each image.

Venus phase - Canon M6II with Tamron 18-400mm lens, ISO400, f6.3, 1/16000sec.

Even when Venus is a fine crescent, the albedo of Venus is still high.

Sunset Sunspots - Canon M6II with Tamron 18-400mm lens. ISO100, f29, 1/16000sec.

Sunset - Canon M6II with Tamron 18-400mm lens. ISO200, f10, 1/800sec

Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Moon and Mercury - Canon M6II with Tamron 18-400mm lens. ISO500, 1/2sec taken using Samyang 8mm fish-eye lens.

Venus, Earthshine and Mercury - Canon M6II with Tamron 18-400mm lens. ISO640, f5.0, 1/3sec.

Earthshine - Canon M6II with Tamron 18-400mm lens. ISO640, f6.3, 1"1/3sec

Our Sun by Simon Dawes

8th March 2025

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A selection of fantastic images of our Sun taken on the 4th March 2025 by CMHASD trustee Simon Dawes from Bexley. Details of how Simon took his images are on the photos.