These shots were taken in The Gambia with Stephen Bidwell. He is the resident astronomer at the Hotel Kairaba – a beautiful 5 star hotel on the west coast of Africa (so it beats a garden in ealing!). You can see him and […]
waxing crescent
shot from cape ealing on 10 feb 08 using the canon 400d and william optics zenithstar 66 (with 0.8 focal field reducer). Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec, ISO Speed 200. in the third shot (at 200% zoom), the circular basin is the Mare Crisium (the sea of crises). it’s about […]
the pleiades
also known as the seven sisters. this was my first attempt at creating a composite image from a series of shots. the images above were all taken from the same composite image constructed as follows: ISO 1600, 31 exposures at 15 seconds. 2 at 20 secs. 8 at 30 secs, […]
waxing gibbous
Another shot of dat moon through the zenithstar 66.
Shutter Speed: 1/160Sec.
ISO Speed 100.
orion and taurus
Shot from Wales.
No telescope just 25 sec exposure at f3.5 on Canon 400D, ISO 1600.
You can just see the pleiades in the top right.
