These images of the Lunar Eclipse of March 3rd were taken by HAS member Mick Ladner using a Canon 30D digital SLR and Canon 100-400mm zoom lens.
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M42 in Orion by Elizabeth Watson. Piggyback 50mm lens picture.Fujichrome film.
Sunspots. Meade 8" LX50 SCT. Mylar filter. Fujichrome film.
Image by Elizabeth Watson.
First Quarter Moon. Meade 8" LX50 SCT. Fujichrome film.
Image by Elizabeth Watson.
The following pictures were taken from Essex, using equipment supplied by Anthony Seal of the Southend Astronomical Society. A TeleVue Pronto telescope was fitted with a DayStar Hydrogen Alpha filter and piggybacked on a Meade 10" LX200. Anthony Seal is a regular solar observer and kindly allowed the use of this equipment on Thursday 25th May. The H-Alpha images were taken with Kodak Ektachrome Elite 100 ISO film and a Nikon FM2 SLR.. The picture below is a composite image showing how the Sun looked in white light, with the limb of the Sun shown in H-Alpha (7 Angstroms). Both components were scanned and composited in Adobe PhotoShop. Exposure time for the H-Alpha image was about 1/30th sec. Click HERE to visit Anthony Seal's Web site for further information on solar observing.
The image below is a detail taken from a Hydrogen Alpha image taken by Anthony Seal & Nik Szymanek using the above equipment. Special thanks to Anthony for allowing the use of the excellent solar equipment!
Images Copyright Anthony Seal & Nik Szymanek
Image taken 26th October 2000
Transit of Mercury May 2003
Meade 8" LX 10 and 1000 Oaks full-aperture filter
Kodak Elitechrome 100 ISO film
Picture by Elizabeth Watson