Comet / 2001 Q4 Neat

On Sunday 17th May 04  my friend Peter Vasey invited me  to his home and Observatory in Hexham in order to view and image Comet Neat.  Here are my humble results.

Comet  C/2006 McNaught
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Comet 73p
Schwassmann-watchmann
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Left: Comet Neat, HX516 ccd camera & 50mm lens, 4 x 5 min.
          Comet Neat and the Beehive cluster.
               Right: HX516 ccd camera & 135mm lens, 2 x 5 min.

Comet  C/2004 Q2  Machholtz & Pleiades 

HX516 CCD Camera & 35mm Lens.  10 x 2 min (L)  & 1 x 2min for RGB  (Jessops filters).  
Newton Aycliffe UK.  (under heavy light pollution)

 

 

Venus Transit : 8th June 04

Occultation of Jupiter : 26th January 02,  LX90 & Olympus C-700uz

  Location :       Hexham, Northumberland, North-East England.

 Sky Conditions    Pretty Lousy, Mist & Fog, and Total cloud cover.   However, there  were a few rare glimpses lasting no more than   30 seconds or so when the Sun tried to break the cloud cover and I managed to get these 3 dismal images.
The above images were taken using a Olympus C700UZ digital camera, eyepiece projection using a 25mm Plossl & Nexstar 8 GPS SCT Telescope.

Here is a good image of the Crater  Schickard
 Prime focus using a HX516 ccd camera on a LX90 telescope, 15th March 03

All Images were taken with a Olympus C700UZ Digital Camera attached to a LX90 using a 40mm eyepiece.

The Transit of Mercury : 7th May 2003

 

Annular Eclipse of the Sun

May 31st 2003

 

Souter Lighthouse, South Shields.
Paul Jenkins & Peter Vasey setting up there telescopes for the Eclipse