Astronomical Photos

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The night sky from my back garden.
Taken using a Canon EOS 400D Digital SLR with a Tamron 28-300mm AF XR Di zoom lens.
Location:  52° 09' 03.62" N   0° 26' 13.59" W   Elev. 36m/118ft.

Venus & Mercury

8th April 2010 at 7:50pm BST Venus & Mercury Venus and Mercury either side of a nearby chimney.

The Moon, Mercury & The Pleiades

26th April 2009 at 8:20pm BST Moon,Mercury, Pleiades The Pleiades were not visible to the naked eye. When I discovered that they were in the picture it was too late to get a better one with all the cluster as everything was now too low behind the houses.

Pleiades & Hyades

3rd January 2009 Pleiades & Hyades

The pictures of 3rd January 2009 have all been adjusted to remove the light pollution from the town. Otherwise they would be rather orange! Click here to see!

Hyades, Pleiades, Moon & Venus

16th April 2010 at 8:04pm BST Venus & Mercury

Orion & Sirius

3rd January 2009 Orion & Sirius

Orion's Belt & Sword

3rd January 2009 Belt & Sword