Objects M44 (Beehive, NGC 2632, Collinder 189, Melotte 88, Raab 75, OCL 507) followed by Jupiter Conditions: clear with a few isolated clouds low in the West. Seeing was excellent with only momentary quiver. Transparency was good but towards the end of the session became poor followed by complete cloud cover. Observations: Made between 20:55 and 22:20 GMTAirmass at time of observation: M44 -1.5 , Jupiter- 1.3 It’s been a while where the forecast…
Heliopause
Finally got round to deving the film from the Pinhole taken a few weekends ago. While conditions were calm and the wind low, the 30 second exposure highlights the small movement in the trees and water. Taken on yet another sunny day and something that is quite welcome after all this rain we’ve had. The walk to the lake also has us counting the avian wildlife we saw in an hour, for submission to…
Over the Top
Wayhay. First roll of film taken this year, from a trundle to the sand dunes at Hayle. I left the light meter at home – well the battery was actually flat – and relied on the light meter built into the Rolleiflex. I was quite surprised how accurate the exposure was, despite the cameras age. I’m not sure if the sensor is Gallium Arsenide or Selenium based, but in the bright conditions I was…
Welcome to 2013
While it is a little late to say Happy New Year, I’ll say it anyway ” Happy New Year” folks. It’s been very quiet on the terrestrial photography front. My last proper outing was in July with a Pola trundle in Manchester, followed by a well deserved break in wild wet and windy Scotland. The reason for the lack of any output has been primarily the completion of work on the ‘Weekend Country’ retreat….
Observing Session 30, Nov/1,Dec
Session Stats Air Mass: 1.9Session started: 00:07 GMTSeeing: I: perfect seeing, No quiverTransparency: ClearMoon: 16 days since New : Phase: 0.98 Orion Nebula M42 NGC 1976, Sh 2-281, Bernes 117 A magnificent sight as always. Looking at my logs the last time I observed M42 was on the 5, November of last year. And within 30 minutes too. With a full moon 30 degrees to the East, I didn’t spend too much time looking…
Observing Session 17/18 November
NGC7789 Caroline’s Rose As October was a complete visual washout, it felt odd being outside under a completely dark and clear sky in almost 2 months. It’s at times like this that I wish I lived on the East coast of the UK, where they seem to moan about only getting 5 or 6 clear nights during the month of October – “you’ve never had it so good guys” It all started to go…