LATEST IMAGES & NEWS
Total solar eclipse, 1 August
2008, Novosibirsk, Siberia.
More images and report here
I took several shots during my recent
visit to Greece and the EAE Mount Parnon Starparty
More new images in the Expeditions section.
Images from the Burren -
26.April.08 Info on this shot here and
more in Starscapes
22.03.08 1.19am UT
Full Moon in NY
13.02.08
Saturn
Taken by Frank Ryan Jr &
Dave Lillis.
23.12.07
Mars
03.12.07
Mars is finally back.
06.11.07
Mercury (bottom left), The Moon, Venus (above), Saturn (top right) & The
Space Shuttle Discovery (streak)
Taken this morning at 6.40 AM as the shuttle prepares to return to Earth.
Explanation of the image here
Massive Eruption! This comet has jumped in brightness by a
factor of 1 Million. More here.
06.10.07
The
Whirlpool Starparty, Birr.
For more images go to 'Starscapes'
21.08.07
First shot of Mars.
More here
13.08.07
I finally managed to capture a few meteors.
I guess the Persieds were going to be my best chance.
Apart from the constant clouds and rain I got lucky and managed to get a few
shots.
15.07.07
IMAGE:
The ISS (International Space Station) passing over a beach in Portugal,
18.05.07
Photo of the Month - BBC Sky at Night Magazine
IMAGE:
Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with the ISS,
10.06.07
Published in The BBC Sky at Night Magazine - UK & Ireland
'Sky and Space' Magazine - Australia &
Astronomy Now Magazine - UK & Ireland
Video capture of the pass, 10.06.07
Explanation of the image above;
The space shuttle
Atlantis finally docked with the ISS (International Space Station) on the 10th of
June on it's mission to deliver
a new solar array.
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Crew.
The Shuttle delivering the solar
array.
The ISS as it looks now with the new panel.
To get the shot & video, I noted on
Heavens Above.com that the pair would be
making a few well-placed
passes over my location that evening.
I took the image using a modified Philips SPC900 webcam attached to my Meade
ETX-125.
First I focused, set the exposure levels and aligned the red-dot finder on Venus
which was setting in the west.
When the pair began their pass, I just clicked record and tracked manually.
(and by manually I mean with two hands on the optical tube assembly I physically
aimed the laser finder at
the bright dot that was the pair whizzing overhead.)
Out of a 3min AVI, I was able to stack around 40 good clear frames in Registax.
I was really surprised with the level of detail that can be gleaned by doing
this,
especially when you consider they are around 300 KM above traveling at 27,700
KPH!
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