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Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

An animation showing the comet moving against the background stars ...read more

Jupiter and Moons

I've not done much astronomy recently, but the skies were clear and Jupiter was shining brightly in the sky. ...read more

Some lunar images

First clear night in months and it’s nearly a full moon. Click to see full size versions.

Ganymede's shadow transits across Jupiter

Taken over an hour and three quarters, using a Philips webcam, multiple frames of Jupiter showing the shadow of Ganymede as it transits across the surface of Jupiter.
In the early frames, the great red spot can be seen on the lower right of Jupiter. And in the later frames you just make out one of the moons as a few pixels in the lower right of the image.

First Attempt at a Mars Animation

Frames taken at 5 minute intervals over approximately 90 minutes, in black and white only. Should have used the colour camera and spent more than 90 minutes!

Mars

Mars, taken on a particularly good night.
Combination of colour data from a Philips ToUCam webcam and luminosity data from a QHY5 guide camera.
200% zoom applied post processing.