Giant Sunspot Group AR1476 The enormous AR1476 sunspot group has been cracking with A and C class flares over the last few days. Like AR1339 this one is visible with the..
Jupiter LRGB Believe it or not this is the first time I have ever made a planetary image in LRGB. Finally making use of that Atik filter wheel I bought a..
Giant Sunspot Group AR1339 For the first time in years we have a sunspot group that is visible to the (shielded) naked eye. AR1339 is 3 times wider than the Earth and a..
Big Solar Prom Large solar prom from the 23rd March 2011. My first time taking the wee 40mm PST out in ages so seeing proms this large was a nice surprise. For my..
Proms Proms Proms! It’s a pity we’re at solar minimum at the moment. The solar disc has be quieter than I have ever seen – not a thing happening there. We have been..
The Lord of the Rings Returns Some views of Saturn. What a stunning object. The rings are closing fast now so these coming months are probably the last chance to get decent..
A better Saturn Well we had better seeing recently so I tried Saturn again. Only had the Megrez to use this time as I sold the large SCT (the light pollution is..
Touch the Moon Although we see it all the time the Moon is quite fascinating. Take a look at these closeups. You could almost touch those craters! First up is..
Lunar/Saturn Conjunction Feb 2nd 2007 Lunar Conjunction with Saturn What a sight! It’s 22:35 on Friday night and Saturn has moved to within 10 arc minutes of the Moon. Visually Saturn..
