Partial eclipse of the Sun
Partial 33% eclipse, duration approx 2 hours.

The photo shows the eclipse at 11:53 approximately 15 mins before the Moon’s transit had finished.
'I saw the crescent, you saw the whole of the Moon'
Partial 33% eclipse, duration approx 2 hours.
The photo shows the eclipse at 11:53 approximately 15 mins before the Moon’s transit had finished.
Integration time (running total):
* L 70 X 180s (210m)
* R 60 X 180s (180m)
* G 64 X 180s (192m)
* B 65 X 180s (195m)
* HA 68 X 300s (340m)
* Total: 18h37m
Imaged over the course of three nights where the seeing was the best for several months. M81 was high in the sky thus avoiding (though no totally) the negative effect of the ever-worsening light pollution. I included a lot of time on the Hydrogen Alpha channel to enhance the star-forming regions in the spiral…
Views of the day six Moon with Earthshine in HDR
The seeing has been exceptional (for the UK) for the last few nights. This combined with the IR Pass filter seems to have helped to create the sharpset Moon photo I have ever made. Additionally, a monochrome camera was used and the combination appears to have made a significant improvement over similar images taken with a OSC camera. This is in fact two photos, the first being one of this evening’s shots of the illuminated Moon and the second another image with a different exposure…
Integration time (running total):
* L 70 X 60s (70m)
* R 60 X 60s (60m)
* G 64 X 60s (64m)
* B 65 X 60s (65m)
* L 70 X 10s (11m40s)
* R 60 X 10s (10m)
* G 64 X 10s (10m40s)
* B 65 X 10s (10m50s)
* HA 10 X 180s (30m)
* Total: 5h32m
Orion will soon be gone from the sky for another season. I wanted to have a new attempt to produce a satisfactory photogrpah of the bright star-forming region around the Trapezium in the Great Orion nebula which is so…
Seeing index: 4
Transparency: 4
Jet stream: OK
Moon phase: 4%
Integration time (running total):
* OSC 85 X 120s (170m)
* Total: 2h50m
Integration time target
* Target: 7 hours
* Progress: 40%
Seeing index: Good (3)
Jet stream: Poor (30 m/s)
Transparency: Good (3)
Integration time (running total):
* S 57 X 300s (285m)
* H 54 X 300s (270m)
* 0 51 X 300s (255m)
* Total: 13h30m
Imaged over the course of three nights and processed using the Hubble palette.
Integration time (running total):
* S 54 X 300s (270m)
* H 53 X 300s (265m)
* 0 51 X 300s (255m)
* Total: 13h10m
Seeing index: OK (3)
Jet stream: Poor (40 m/s)
Transparency: Good (4)
Seeing index: 3
Transparency: 2
Jet stream: Poor
Moon phase: 44%
The Great Orion Nebula sketched under a Bortle 3 sky on 25th Jan 2025.
Seeing index: 3
Transparency: 2
Jet stream: Poor
Moon phase: 18%
Views of the day 11 terminator
The ASI662MC has small 2.9 micron pixels which give excellent resolution, especially in a long scope such as the CC. The 10th Jan was the stablest and most transparent evenig we have had for weeks if not months and the Moon was really high at over 65° in altitude. The 12th was lkess clear but still gave a really good view of the full Moon.