Name |
James Adamson |
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Location |
Ballina County Mayo | |
Photo Title |
Planet Uranus | |
Time and Date taken |
15th September 2004 00:47BST |
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Equipment used |
Celestron C8 f/10 SCT driven on an EQ5 mount, 8mm Radian eyepiece | |
Capturing device used |
nikon coolpix4300 |
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Technical details |
single shot colour, ISO 200, 4 seconds at f3.7 |
Excellent work James, and not a cloud in sight! In a bizarre twist and on closer inspection, the suspected moons of Uranus turned out to be only hot pixels from the CCD chip of the camera. The fact that the camera was orientated in the telescope the right way, the placement of Uranus in the viewfinder, the positions of Uranus moons and the exact time of capture all summed up to make a false capture of Uranus' satellites - quite an amazing coincidence!!!
Sunspot 652
Name |
James Adamson |
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Location |
Ballina County Mayo | |
Photo Title |
Sunspot 652 | |
Time and Date taken |
21st July 2004 |
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Equipment used |
Televue 85mm, 8mm Radian eyepiece | |
Capturing device used |
nikon coolpix4300 |
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Technical details |
single shot colour, ISO 100, 1/60 sec at f3.5 |
The Sun finally broke through the clouds this afternoon to allow me my first glance of sunspot group 652, and what a lovely sight!!! Seeing conditions were not ideal for imaging but i managed to run off a few shots. I'm hoping for a better chance as the weather is forecast to improve, fingers crossed.
Noctilucent Clouds
Name |
James Adamson |
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Location |
Ballina County Mayo | |
Photo Title |
NLCs |
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Time and Date taken |
2323hrs BST and 2347hrs BST 7th July 2004 |
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Equipment used |
Wide Angle Lens converter, Tripod | |
Capturing device used |
nikon coolpix4300 |
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Technical details |
single shot colour, ISO 200, 2 sec at f2.8 single shot colour, ISO 100, 4 sec at f2.8 |
This was the brightest noctilucent clouds I have ever seen yet! Very spectacular!!