HAS members were generally unlucky with the total eclipse on August 11th 1999. Most travelled to Cornwall and were unable to see much of the eclipse due to cloud cover. The same was true for some members who travelled to France. Members Tim Watson and daughter Emma-Jane had a good view of the eclipse from the French coast.
Our other success came from HAS's Astrophotography expert Elizabeth Watson, who took these great pictures from near Passau, Germany. Equipment used was a 500mm lens with a 2X teleconvertor onto Fuji 100 ISO film.
The above is a picture of a 6" Newtonian Telescope on an altazimuth mounting . This telescope was made by HAS member Ken Dawes
The Aurora of 6th April
The following pictures of the aurora were taken from West Horndon on the night of 6th / 7th April 2000 by Nik Szymanek. Equipment used was Nikon FM2s, 50mm and 28mm lenses and Kodak Ektachrome Elite 100 and 400 ISO film.
