A selection of photographs taken by club-members.
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An Awesome shot of the North American Nebula by Jim Vincent. This image was taken using a Starlight Express SXV camera mounted on a 60mm refractor with a focal reducer. Exposure time was approximately 1 hour and is a compsite of red, green, blue and H alpha components.





Another great shot by Brian Boggenpoel taken in the early hours of Sunday 11th April. North American Nebula (NGC7000), SX HX916 camera with 100mm lens. A composite of 11 * 5 minutes.

Bryan Boggenpoel took this shot early on the morning of Wednesday 31 March 2004, through a Starlight Express HX916 and camera lens. The image is beleived to be part of Gamma Cygni but Brian says "I can't quite work out which bits of the nebulosity I have got by comparing it to the more easily found pictures on the net. It is four one minute exposures. The lens isn't too sharp on the brighter stars".





Image of M27 captured by Dave Smith whilst at the Equinox star party in Thetford at the end of September 2003. Image captured using a Nikon 4500 Coolpix digital camera.





Image of M42 captured by Dave Smith whilst at the Equinox star party in Thetford at the end of September 2003. Image captured using a Nikon 4500 Coolpix digital camera.

The Horsehead Nebula in Orion - Image taken by Tim Duke. 8 inch Meade LX200, Starlight Express MX916 CCD camera. A stack of 30 * 30 second images at F10, unguided.

Hubbles Variable Nebula in the constellation of Monoceros - Image taken by Tim Duke. 8 inch Meade LX200, Starlight Express MX916 CCD camera. A single 60 second exposure, unguided.

Image captured by Brian Boggenpoel.

Image captured by Brian Boggenpoel.



  IC1805

The observing site was on the island of La Palma over four nights (17th to the 20th August 2001),a period of gusty wind and poor seeing for that location.
This shot was at the prime focus of a Brandon 94mm F7 refractor using a Nikon camera body attached via a 2" adapter. The mount was a Vixen GPDX with SS2K software and guided using an SBIG4 autoguider.  The film used was Kodak Elite Chrome 200. Exposure times for the colour varied between 45 and 20 minutes, the latter being due to concern over the gusts of wind we were experiencing.



  M8

The observing site was on the island of La Palma over four nights (17th to the 20th August 2001),a period of gusty wind and poor seeing for that location.
This shot was at the prime focus of a Brandon 94mm F7 refractor using a Nikon camera body attached via a 2" adapter. The mount was a Vixen GPDX with SS2K software and guided using an SBIG4 autoguider.  The film used was Kodak Elite Chrome 200. Exposure times for the colour varied between 45 and 20 minutes, the latter being due to concern over the gusts of wind we were experiencing.

8" SCT f10 4 minutes on Panther 800 (18 November 1996 Billericay, Essex)
Another view of Orion taken by Ron Mansfield. This is a close-up picture of the Orion Nebula (M42) It is the bright patch forming the "sword" of Orion