Single 10 Minute Shot of Swan Nebula 15th July 2017

Star Clusters in Scorpius 15th July 2017

Messier 6  NGC 6405 Butterfly Cluster1600 light years distant

 Messier 7 NGC6475 Ptolemy's Cluster 980 light years distant

NGC6124  C75  1700 light years distant

 NGC6281  1600 light years distant

NGC 6231(Star Cluster top right) 4100 light years distant  and IC4628( "Prawn Nebula" bottom left)  2700 light years distant

Sagittarius Star Cloud M24 2nd July 2017

M16 The Eagle Nebula

Skywatcher EQ6 Mount and ED80 Refractor, Canon 450D (Modified), Autoguide with Orion 70mm Short Refractor and G3 camera and PHD(Push Here Dummy), Image capture and mount control with APT(Astrophotography Tool) linked to CDC and EQMOD.  Image stack, stretching,noise reduction and sharpening of stars of 5 x 10 minute frames(50 minutes exposure all up) in nebulosity and further colour enhancement, noise reduction and cropping in Photoshop.

Wide Field View (above)

Cropped View shows 'Pillars of Creation' (below).

Galaxies in Coma Berenices 29th June 2017

M17, Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae 26th June 2017

EQ6, SWED80, Canon 450D, 10 x 5 Minute Exposures aligned and combined and processed in Nebulosity and further tweeks in Photoshop.

Moonshine and Earthshine Monday 26th June 2017 Day 2 Lunar Phase

NGC2516 Bright Open Star Cluster in Carina

NGC3114 (Hand) Open Star Cluster Carina

Nebulosity in Carina (in the vicinity of NGC3572 and NGC3532)

Multiple exposures taken with a modified Canon 450d  and SwED80 and processed in Nebulosity and Photoshop, I was attracted to this nebulosity between or in the vicinity of  two reasonable well known deep sky open clusters NGC's 3572 and 3532.

Regulus Moon Occultation 4th May 2017

On Thursday the 4th May 2017 approximately between 8.19 pm and 9.19pm the bright star Regulus in Leo was occulted(passed in front of) by the moon.  As the moon was is a waxing gibbous phase the initial egress behind the darkened eastern limb of the moon was much easier to detect despite the cloudy conditions at the time.  The clouds thankfully cleared for egress but the bright western limb made it harder to spot with the relative glare of the illuminated portion of the moon.  Imaging was carried out with a 70mm Zenith Star William Optics Refractor, Canon 760d dslr on a motorised Eq2 mount.  A basic but quick and handy grab and go setup!

Just before Ingress (Cloudy!!)

Just after egress(Not so cloudy!!)

Shorter exposure for lunar detail.  Regulus just visible!

Telescope Gear

Picture of Canon LCD screen