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 STILLS
From Jan 2011 to Dec 2013 my photographs are on my
Google Photos Albums. Sadly this is not public but if you'd like access please email and ask for a share.
From Jan 2014, photographs are on my own Piwigo Gallery. Photos from before Jan 2011 will gradually be added to the Piwigo Gallery |
| Astro-Photos These have been taken by booking time on serious telescopes in Tenerife and Chile, owned by a US company called Slooh. Not only are the telescopes, mounts and cameras several orders better than anything I could afford but the skies high up in the mountains are far better than the polluted skies of Blakedown. Realistically, it's the way to do astro-photography. Below are a few of the results, each with brief notes on the subject. |
 M86 (Lenticular Galaxy) - Composite from 1x50"Lum 1x20"Red + 1x20"Grn + 1x20"Blu A widefield photo with M84 to the right. located 51,000,000 LY away in the Virgo cluster of galaxies. App size: 9' x 6', App Mag: 8.9 Taken 02:00 04Feb2017 with Tenerife High Mag Telescope T2: 432mm (17") Dia x 2,940mm f/6.8 FOV: 43'x43' Camera: 4096x4096 px |
 M81 (Bode's Galaxy) - 29Dec 2016 - Composite from 3x60"Lum + 1x60"Red + 1x60"Grn + 1x60"Blu A spiral galaxy about 12 million LY away in the constellation Ursa Major. Radius 45,000 LY, number of stars > 250 billion, AppMag 6.9, 27' x 14' Taken with Tenerife High Mag Telescope T1: 500mm (20") Dia x 3,500mm f/6.8 FOV: 37'x37' Camera: 3,056x3,056 px |
 M1 (Crab Nebula) - 31Dec 2016 - Composite from 1x50"Lum 1x20"Red + 1x20"Grn + 1x20"Blu A supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula 6,500LY away in the constellation of Taurus. Dia 11 LY, AppMag 8.4, 0.4' x 0.3' Taken 20:50 with Tenerife High Mag Telescope T2: 432mm (17") Dia x 2,940mm f/6.8 FOV: 43'x43' Camera: 4096x4096 px |
 M104 (Sombrero Galaxy) - Composite from 1x50"Lum 1x20"Red + 1x20"Grn + 1x20"Blu An unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo located 31,000,000 LY away Dia 82,000 LY, 9' x 4', AppMag 9, Massive black hole at centre has 1bn x solar mass Taken 05:30 8Jan2017 with Tenerife High Mag Telescope T2: 432mm (17") Dia x 2,940mm f/6.8 FOV: 43'x43' Camera: 4096x4096 px |
 M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) - Composite from 1x50"Lum 1x20"Red + 1x20"Grn + 1x20"Blu A Seyfert galaxy, enhanced by a seeming close encounter with NGC 5195. located 23,000,000 LY away in Canes Venatici. Dia 86,000 LY, 11' x 7', AppMag 8.4 Taken 04:00 17Jan2017 with Tenerife High Mag Telescope T2: 432mm (17") Dia x 2,940mm f/6.8 FOV: 43'x43' Camera: 4096x4096 px |
| Panoramas - click on panorama below then click in the new window that opens to get full size, use scroll bar to pan. - AstroCamp in Brecons - April 2017 - Las Palmas, Gran Canaria - 2013 Weatherstation data, Blakedown - The Roman Colesseum at El Jem, Tunisia - The Royal Crescent at Bath, UK - Zieriksee Canal, Holland |
| Photo-Books Self-publishing a book is now a very affordable way of presenting photographs and text. To get started first download the slick software package from Blurb.com and then start designing! Be warned - it gets to be addictive. Books in the public domain are in Blurb's online catalogue, where they can be bought at whatever price the author decides - in my case at cost! |
