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](https://capeealing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/2008_02_10_moon_waxingcrescent2-150x150.jpg)
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](https://capeealing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/pleiades0.jpg)
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](https://capeealing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/2008_01_16_waxing_gibbous0.jpg)
waxing gibbous
Another shot of dat moon through the zenithstar 66.
Shutter Speed: 1/160Sec.
ISO Speed 100.
![orion and taurus](https://capeealing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/2007_12_30_orion1.jpg)
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.