Twilight Parade

I love the beauty of the crescent Moon with the faint Earthshine glowing against a slowly darkening twillight sky. When moving against a backdrop of planets, the view can be magical. And so it was on the night of Monday 26th. The three brightest objects in the sky (apart from the Sun that is!). Venus at the top, with fainter and more distant Jupiter hovering above the branches of the bush. Wonderful.

Conjunction 2

The closest approach of brilliant Venus and Jupiter was unfortunately clouded out this evening. Good job I imaged the two brightest planets a few nights ago then, when separated by a little over 3 degrees.



Jupiter & Venus over Willington



Jupiter Opposition 21st Sep 2010

An observing session of the Bedford Astronomical Society, organised for the night of opposition. In addition to observing through the 12" Dobsonian's on the terrace, great views were had through the Bedford School Observatory 16" Meade. Unfortunately, I didn't manage any images through the scopes, but was pleased with the atmosphere captured in these shots of "ghostly" society members.

In addition to Jupiter, we also had good views of the colourful green and blue disks of both Uranus and Neptune, the latter being a first for me. Marvellous!



By Jove!





Ghosts on the terrace....













Moonlight on the Bedford School Meade