Abingdon Astronomical Society

Members' Observations


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Comet McNaught 10th Jan 2007 - Comet McNaught from Witney - Eric Cole
Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 5th May 2006 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 73P - Paul McGale
Venus mid-transit 8 June 2004 Transit of Venus images - Guy Yeates
Mercury transit and plane 7 May 2003 Transit of Mercury images - Chris Holt
Moon, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars The Moon, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars - John Gillett
Milky Way pan Panoramic view of the Milky Way - John Gillett
12 Deep Sky photographs from John Gillett
1396 Cepheus I.1396 in Cepheus
281 Cassiopeia NGC 281 in Cassiopeia
7822 Cepheus NGC 7822 in Cepheus
1499 Californian NGC 1499 in Perseus (California nebula)
Gamma Cygnus Nebulosity near Gamma Cygni
Mel 15 I.1795 Cassiopeia Star cluster Mel 15 and nebulae in Cassiopeia
7000 Gam Cyg NGC 7000 and Gamma Cygni
NGC 7000 NGC 7000 (North American nebula)
Veil nebula NGC 6992 (Veil nebula)
NGC 2024 and Horsehead B33 (Horsehead nebula) and NGC 2024 in Orion
M36, M37, M38 M36, M37 and M38 in Auriga
Pleiades, NGC 1499 Pleiades and NGC 1499 (California nebula)
Five comet photographs from John Gillett
Comet comas Comet comas
Comet Hale-Bopp Comet Hale-Bopp and M34
Comet Hale-Bopp Comet Hale-Bopp
Comet Hale-Bopp Comet Hale-Bopp
Comet Hyakutake Comet Hyakutake
Horsehead nebula IC434 and Horsehead nebula - John Noble
Two colour CCD images of planets by Paul McGale
Jupiter Jupiter, 6 January 2001
Saturn Saturn, 6 January 2001
Comet Hale-Bopp Comet Hale-Bopp - Murray Calander
Jupiter and Saturn Jupiter and Saturn - John Noble
Further deep sky photographs by John Noble
M1 supernova remnant M1 supernova remnant
M17 nebula M17 nebula
M27 planetary nebula M27 planetary nebula
M42 nebula M42 nebula
M42, nebula M42 nebula, 17 October 2000 - Paul McGale
Deep sky photography by John Noble
M31 spiral galaxy M31 spiral galaxy
M13 globular cluster, August 2000 M13 globular cluster, August 2000
Jupiter Jupiter, 10 September 2000 - Paul McGale
Saturn Saturn, 10 September 2000 - Paul McGale
Deep sky CCD imaging by Paul McGale
M92 globular cluster M92 globular cluster, 3 September 2000
M57 planetary nebula M57 planetary nebula, 3 September 2000
M31 spiral galaxy M31 spiral galaxy, 30 August 2000
M13 globular cluster M13 globular cluster, 3 September 2000
Sun with sunspots, 16 May 2000 Sun with sunspots, 16 May 2000 - Sebastian Linfoot
Auroral art by Brian James
Aurora, western sky, 7 April 2000 Aurora Borealis, western sky, 7 April 2000
aurora, northern sky, 6 April 2000 Aurora Borealis, northern sky, 6 April 2000
Aurora, eastern sky, 7 April 2000 Aurora Borealis, eastern sky, 7 April 2000
Jupiter and moons, 29 August 1999 Jupiter and moons, 29 August 1999 - Ian Smith
Sunspot images from 1999 by Ian Smith
large sunspot group, 28 June 1999 Large sunspot group, 28 June 1999
small sunspot group, 26 June 1999 Small sunspot group, 26 June 1999
New crater CCD images from Ian Smith
Crater Cleomedes, 29 August 1999 Crater Cleomedes, 29 August 1999
Crater Endymion, 29 August 1999 Crater Endymion, 29 August 1999
  
Iridium flares. Bob Dryden photographed an Iridium flare in March 1999:
Iridium flare, 14 March 1999 Iridium flare, 14 March 1999
  
Planet group photographs. In late winter 1999 several of the planets appeared close in the evening sky. Members Bob Dryden and Andrew Ramsey took these photographs:
Saturn and Venus, 14 March 1999 Saturn and Venus, 14 March 1999 - Bob Dryden
Venus, Jupiter and Saturn, 27 February 1999 Venus, Jupiter and Saturn, 27 February 1999 - Andrew Ramsey
Mercury, Venus and Jupiter, 27 February 1999 Mercury, Venus and Jupiter, 27 February 1999 - Andrew Ramsey
Venus, Jupiter and Saturn, 22 February 1999 Venus, Jupiter and Saturn, 22 February 1999 - Bob Dryden
Venus and Jupiter, 22 February 1999 Venus and Jupiter, 22 February 1999 - Bob Dryden
  
Eclipse success! A video and three photographs of totality during the 11 August 1999 eclipse, taken by Andrew Ramsey from a Romanian mountain top:
Eclipse - corona, 11 August 1999 MPEG format video of start and end of totality phase of 11 August 1999 eclipse. Please note that this file is 3.5MB in size and may take some time to download if you do not have a broadband link.
Andrew reports that the video clock was 5 s ahead of local time during recording. (Video and MPEG file © A T Ramsey 1999)
Eclipse - corona, 11 August 1999 Eclipse - corona, 11 August 1999
Eclipse - prominences, 11 August 1999 Eclipse - prominences, 11 August 1999
Eclipse - Baily's Beads, 11 August 1999 Eclipse - Baily's Beads, 11 August 1999
Read Andrew Ramsey's account of seeing the Eclipse from the Parang Mountains, Transylvania, Romania
  
Three recent CCD images of Mars from Ian Smith:
Mars, 00:12 UT 8 April 1999 Mars, 00:12 UT 8 April 1999
Mars, 00:27 UT 8 April 1999 Mars, 00:27 UT 8 April 1999
Mars, 23:28 UT 10 April 1999 Mars, 23:28 UT 10 April 1999
  
Explore the craters and maria near the eastern limb of the Moon with these four CCD images from Ian Smith:
Mare Humboldtianum Mare Humboldtianum, 4 Dec. 1998
Craters Geminus and Messala Craters Geminus and Messala, 4 Dec. 1998
Mare Crisium Mare Crisium, 4 Dec. 1998
Crater Langrenus Crater Langrenus, 4 Dec. 1998
Sun dog Sun dog, late Dec. 1997



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