20020812_UrsaMajor.jpg
20030920_Moon.jpg
20040124_MoonVenus1.jpg
20040124_MoonVenus2.jpg
20040124_Pleiades.jpg
20040322_VenusByDay.jpg
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This is a compilation of all the astronomical pictures I have taken. This includes any objects that are beyond the atmosphere (except the sun in a general picture), as well as space weather related pictures such auroras.
Most of these pictures have been taken using my Canon Powershot A80 (or A40 for older pics) camera. However last year I bought a Celestron Nexstar 80GTL 80mm Refractor telescope and also a Philips ToUcam Pro II Webcam. With these working together I have taken a few pictures directly from the telescope, aligning and stacking a sequence of frames to average out the noise, and then enhancing the image using the Wavelet technique - all done using the freeware program Registax.
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20020812_UrsaMajor.jpg |
20030920_Moon.jpg |
20040124_MoonVenus1.jpg |
20040124_MoonVenus2.jpg |
20040124_Pleiades.jpg |
20040322_VenusByDay.jpg |
| 12th August 2002 - Ursa Major | 20th September 2003 - The Moon | 24th January 2004 - The Moon and Venus | 24th January 2004 - The Moon and Venus | 24th January 2004 - Plaiedes | 22nd March 2004 - Venus before sunset |
 20040322_MoonMercury.jpg |
 20040608_VenusTransit.jpg |
 20040720_JupiterAndMoon.jpg |
 20040927_Moon1.jpg |
 20040927_Moon2.jpg |
| 22nd March 2004 - The Moon and Mercury | 8th June 2004 - Venus transiting the Sun | 20th July 2004 - The Moon and Jupiter | 27th September 2004 - The Moon through an 80mm Refractor. | |
 20050105_CometMachholz.jpg |
 20050108_Saturn.jpg |
 20051114_Moon.jpg |
 20051114_MoonMars.jpg |
| 5th January 2005 - Comet Machholz and the Plaiedes | 8th January 2005 - Saturn through an 80mm Refractor. | 14th November 2005 - Shots of the moon after dark. At 1/40s exposure the lunar surface detail is visible. But at 1s exposure a pretty halo appears (revealing cirrostratus cloud) along with nearby Mars. | |
 LunarEclipse1.jpg |
 LunarEclipse2.jpg |
 LunarEclipse3.jpg |
 LunarEclipseTotal.jpg |
| 3rd March 2007 - 4 shots of a total lunar eclipse. Thumbnails are full size. Last shot was a 10 second exposure. | |||
 200407240739_AuroraOverCanada.jpg |
| 24th July 2004 - An aurora over Canada see from the back of a jumbo. |