Hello all, Bit late but a couple of images from the lunar occultation of Mars on the 8th December last year. It was at 5am and it was really cold. I had trouble keeping the mirrors on my telescope from freezing which meant I missed the moment it went behind the moon, but I had cleared the mirrors in...

One thing I’ve learned from visiting many museums across the world is never, ever, EVER believe what the volunteers tell you. That reminds me of the story of the Security Guard at the Natural History Museum, who when asked how old Dippy the Diplodocus was, replied "64,000,012 years old" T...

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Sun 05 Feb 2023, 1:12 pm

TF-AME B744 made a 27L departure at 07:52 on Wed 1st Feb. It appears to be a predominantly white airframe.

Thanks for that Cessna954, that was the one
It didn't start pinging until 4500ft, which explains why I didn't see it.
Cheers,
Jeff

Hi all,

Between the days of 25th Jan and the 2nd Feb (one of the days) at approx 8am I saw a white 747 taxing to the end of 27L presumably for take off.
I can't see it on FR24 playback, would anyone be able to help me identify it?

Cheers,
Jeff

Hello all, Few detailed images from a recent trip to Mad Bess Wood in Ruislip taking influence from Adam Gibbs on Youtube. There is one theory that the woods are named after the wife of an 18th Century gamekeeper, a deranged woman who used to prowl the woods looking for poachers therein. The local m...

Excellent ambition! Can't help but wonder if we're not looking at the birth of "MTTS" here, but with longevity/purpose & devoid of financial leeches attached to another similarly named enterprise? :thinking: Correct me if I'm wrong here, but it wasn't exactly busy before the invasion ...

Beautiful set of pictures Shaun.
I really like the light on the Pen Y Fan and Corn Du but they are all at a very high standard.

Cheers,
Jeff

Nice picture Tony.

I wanted to have a go at this this morning but completely forgot about it until about 30 minutes before it also wasn't high enough from the back garden and I would have had to drag my telescope through the house

Cheers,
Jeff

Hi all, My efforts from the return of Phil's excellet event. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52431955306_62e6fff4dd_o.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52432476120_2eaedf55ff_o.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52432470123_1d6df8fb8f_o.jpg J G https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/5243...

Hi all, In my other thread I have been explaining some of the process' involved in capturing and processing my astro imaging. I thought I would start another thread to try and illustrate what i've been trying to explain. This is the Pleaides image in that thread. That image is made from 'stacking' 3...

Hi Jeff Thanks for taking the time for a reply - I follow your reasoning. But it reads to me as if the artificially high black level (at 20) to not lose data makes perfect sense – BUT should only apply to the intermediate steps . It seems to me – once you have a final image though surely you can da...

Excellent, I can't believe it caught a Pike
I know Pike will take ducklings, I wonder if one has ever caught a Kingfisher?

Cheers,
Jeff

Hi Mooshie, For me the second one is the best one. Both the first and the third I find the star burst on the lights far too distracting, they are much smaller in the second image. Its also led to some lens flare in the third one. I think a larger aperture would solve that. I find the railing in the ...

NIce set Keith, particuarly the Hurricane spitting flame. I heard it start but was waiting for the Herc and couldn't decide if I wanted to move or not 😂 We were spoilt for choice weren't we? Cheers, Jeff Thanks, Jeff. Yes indeed, so much going on. Best yet I think? It's definately up there😀

NIce images Pletwa, I love the reflections on the Whirlwinds rotor and the moon over the PC12.

Cheers,
Jeff

NIce set Keith, particuarly the Hurricane spitting flame.

I heard it start but was waiting for the Herc and couldn't decide if I wanted to move or not
We were spoilt for choice weren't we?

Cheers,
Jeff

Jeff those are fascinating - Inspired me to get get a better understanding of the night sky - I'm lucky I live in rural New zealand and its both pretty dark and lots to see I think. The Milky way really stands out here. Just wondering with the photos if they would have more UMPHHH if your Blacks we...

Lovely stuff though Jeff. I went out to get some pictures of Comet Neowise but as it was July, the sky didn't really get dark enough, still had fun though. Thanks Wes, glad you like them. Comet Neowise was fun, I dragged my kids out of bed at 2am to view it, I think they appreciated it 😂 Cheers, Jeff

A quartet of outstanding images, Jeff! I, too, have been fascinated by the night sky but have not pursued it due to work and family commitments. Now that I have retired, I might get a little more time to try it. I can't imagine that my long-suffering wife will be too pleased. In answer to Andy's qu...

What a truely excellent way to celebrate the return of the Northolt Nightshoot 😀 Excellent job Phil and thankyou to all the band members who got this back together. It was great catching up with everyone and my son thoroughly enjoyed his first nightshoot especially watching the Herc running from so ...

Very impressed with these images. Obviously a lot of time, effort and expense has gone into them. Thanks RIck, its not cheap but thankfully the cameras are ones I already had for other photography, the telescopes (compared to the cameras) are considerably cheaper. My wife is very understanding but ...

Thankyou for these incredible photos. I won't pretend to understand all the technical stuff, but thats an incredible setup & trying to get to grips with something that is 64million light year away is simply mind blowing !!! Thanks Andy, all the measurements and figures in space are completely u...

Can't wait Lee et all, go team NHT

Thanks for the info. Do you go out to find a "dark sky" area or do you just go into the garden? If so - how dark is it? I will occasionally try to find somewhere darker and every summer we go to the south coast which has Bortle 4 skies, the scale goes from 1 (no light pollution) to 9 (lot...

Interesting stuff - thanks. What is the significance of the different colours of the stars? Brilliant photographs. I understand that there is quite a bit of work involved with layering etc. I especially like the Pleiades. This is one of my favourite patches of sky, and they do look beautiful even w...