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>> 17th Nov 2005...........MARS...................Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' VC200L @f30...........Imaged with IR block and IR pass filters.......................

>> 12th June 2005....COMET C/2005 K2.....Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' VC200L f 4.5.........Much brighter than predicted but swamped by twilight

>> 6th June 2005.....SUPERNOVA 2005cf.........Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' VC200L f 5.........A bright type Ia supernova caught near maximum.........

>> 8th April 2005....FIVE SUPERNOVAE.....Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' VC200L f 6.4.......sn2004et 5am au,ay ba NGC6946 2811 5056 3938 3746.....

>> 8th April 2005....COMET MACHHOLZ.....Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' VC200L f 6.4...........Receding now 4months adter the first image.............

>> 2nd Mar 2005.....Nova V838 Mon.........Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' VC200L f6.3...............This light echo has now faded significantly..........

>> 10th JAN 2005....COMET MACHHOLZ.....Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' 55mm lens f5.6....................................................................................................

>> 2nd JAN 2005....COMET MACHHOLZ.....Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' 29mm lens f5.6....................................................................................................

>> 19th DEC 2004....COMET MACHHOLZ.....Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' 110mm lens f5.6....................................................................................................

>> 8th DEC 2004....COMET MACHHOLZ.....Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' VC200L f 6.4...........Early after emergence into my N hemisphere sky.............

>> 12th NOV 2004....COMET 78P/GEHRELS.....Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' VC200L f 6.4..................best pass since discovery in 1973.......................

>> 7th AUG 2004.....SUPERNOVA 2004dj.........Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' VC200L f 6.4.........A bright type II supernova with spectrum...................

>> 8th JUN 2004.....TRANSIT OF VENUS.........Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' 80mm f5...................A "once in a lifetime" event!.........................................

>> 11th MAY 2004.....COMET Q4 NEAT............Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' 80mm f5................first light for the SC3 MOD...........................................

>> 25th MAR 2004..ISS TRANSITS JUPITER..VC200L TOUCAM PRO................An amazing image taken through thick cloud!...................

>> 8th MAR 2004.........JUPITER.........................VC200L TOUCAM PRO................Excellent seeing and my best Jupiter by far to date..........

>> 25th FEB 2004.....QSO SDSS J1004+4112........1004xUSB VC200L f9.......................A Quadruple gravitationally lensed quasar..................

>> 11th FEB 2004.....COMET T7 LINEAR.............1004x USB 80mm f5.........................................................................................................................

>> 11th FEB 2004.....M78 & McNeil's Nebula......1004x USB 80mm f5..........This is a new nebula discovered by Jay McNeil !.........................

>> 17th JAN 2004.....COMET T7 LINEAR.............1004x USB 80mm f5.........................................................................................................................

>> 16th JAN 2004.........SATURN.........................VC200L TOUCAM PRO................Excellent seeing and my best Saturn by far to date..........

>> 4th JAN 2004....QUADRANTID METORS.......1004x VIDEO STD LENS............................................................................................................

>> 29th DEC 2003......Nova V838 Mon.............1004x USB VC200L f6.3...............Plus animation showing evolution of object....................

>> 21st DEC 2003...........M33................................1004x USB 80mm f5...........................................................................................................................

>> 21st DEC 2003.....COMET T7 LINEAR.............1004x USB 80mm f5.........................................................................................................................

>>14th DEC 2003............M42...........................Vesta SC1 'PIPCAM' 80mm f5...............................................................................................................

>> 8th DEC 2003.....ISS SOLAR TRANSIT.........Toucam 80mm f5 refractor.................A 2 second transit of the ISS at 1350km range..............

>> 21st NOV 2003.....M45 PLEIADES................1004x USB 80mm f5..............................................Pseudo RGB mosaic..........................................

>> 21st NOV 2003.....COMET T7 LINEAR.............1004x USB 80mm f5..................As shown on BBC "Sky at Night" Dec 2003........................

>> 21st NOV 2003.....COMET 2P ENCKE...........1004x USB 80mm f5.......Shown on BBC "Sky at Night" Dec 2003 Plus a short animation..

>> 20th NOV 2003.....AURORA..............................COOLPIX 2100.............................................Two short videos...................................................

>> 16th NOV 2003.....COMET 2P ENCKE......1004x USB 80mm f5................................IR cut and blue filters used to enhance comma..........

>> 29/30th OCT 2003.....AURORA...............COOLPIX 2100/35mm SLR/1004x............animations, videos and some stills..............................

>> 29th OCT 2003......SUNSPOTS............Toucam 80mmf5 Refractor............Naked eye sunspots which produced a series of aurorae.......

>> 23rd OCT 2003....COMET 2P ENCKE......1004x USB VC200L f6.3..............First image of this short period comet and an animation.........

>> 17th OCT 2003......NGC772........................1004x USB VC200L f6.3...........................Also 2 Supernovae! sn2003hl and sn2003iq.................

>> 16th OCT 2003....EINSTEINS CROSS..... 1004x USB VC200L f6.3...........The lensing galaxy was imaged but the cross was not resolved

>> 16th OCT 2003......MAYALL II.................. 1004x USB VC200L f6.3..................A Globular Cluster in M31 (first useof hi gain mod)..............

>> 1st OCT 2003...............ISS............................Toucam VC200L@f6.3...................First attempt. Aimed manually. 6 frames from 1000!..............

>> 1st OCT 2003...........MARS.......................Toucam VC200L @f32...........................................................................................................................

>> 4th SEP 2003...........MARS.......................Toucam VC200L @f32...........................................................................................................................

>> 30th AUG 2003.....PLANET MOONS........PIPCAM VC200L f6.3............................... MOONS OF MARS, URANUS, NEPTUNE...............

>> 8,27th AUG 2003...........MARS.......................Toucam VC200L @f32..........................Closest Opposition for 60,000 years...........................

>> 4th AUG 2003 ...M17,M11,M16............. Vesta SC1 'PIPCAM' 80mm f5...........Trip to Guernsey (Channel Isles) with the PIPset up

>> 15th JULY 2003.........M27......................Vesta SC1 'PIPCAM' 80mm f5.............A B+W image. Also an LRGB using colours from July 02

>> 13th JULY 2003...........MARS.......................Toucam VC200L @f32......................................................................................................................

>> 29th JUNE 2003.........M13..........................Vesta SC1 'PIPCAM' 80mm f5...................First light for PIPCAM and complete PIP set up

>> 16th JUNE 2003...........MARS.......................Toucam VC200L @f18.................................First light for Toucam..............................................

>> 31st MAY 2003.....SOLAR ECLIPSE.........35mm SLR 300mm lens Kodak gold....Final stages of annular eclipse (partial from Cumbria)

>> 14th MAY 2003............M13.................................1004x-JG 80mm f5.....................First deep sky image for portable system..............................

>> 12th MAY 2003......11 day old Moon................Vesta Pro 80mmf5 Refractor.............First light for the portable system..................................

>> 7th MAY 2003.......Transit of Mercury............Vesta Pro VC200L f9.......image and animation of contacts 3,4 (used on BBC Look North)

>> 29th MAR 2003......Supernova sn2003cg........1004x USB VC200L f6.3.........1 week old in in NGC3169 (also NGC3166)

>> 29th MAR 2003........NGC 2903..........................1004x USB VC200L f6.3......................A nice face on spiral galaxy

>> 29th MAR 2003......Nova V838 Mon....................1004x USB VC200L f6.3...............An unusual nova with an evolving gas shell

>> 27th MAR 2003......NGC 4676A/B........................1004x USB VC200L f6.3............... 'The Mice' a pair of interacting galaxies

>> 27th MAR 2003........ NGC 3079.................... ......1004x USB VC200L f6.3............................an edge on galaxy

>> 27th MAR 2003... DOUBLE QUASAR................ 1004x USB VC200L f6.3...............The gravitationally lensed Q0957+0561A/B

>> 26th MAR 2003... PULSAR IN M1............1004x PCI VC200L f9+STROBE...Detection of the flashes f rom the pulsar using a strobe

>> 13th FEB 2003....ASTEROID GERLINDE.......1004x PCI VC200L f6.3...............an animation of the asteroid following an occultation

>> 5th FEB 2003........M82 GALAXY.................... 1004x USB VC200L f6.3...............new LRGB image using IR blocking filter

>> 4th FEB 2003.....COMET 2002 V1 NEAT......... 1004x USB 55mm lens............. Showing tail over 5 deg long

>> 30th JAN 2000........M82 GALAXY.................. 1004x USB VC200L f6.3...............LRGB and Greyscale images

>> 29th JAN 2003.. COMET 2002 V1 NEAT......... 1004x USB 135mm lens............. Showing tail over 1.5 deg long

>> 23rd JAN 2003......M45 (PLEIADES).................. 1004x USB 135mm lens.............Lots of nebulosity, with only a 25mm aperture lens!

>> 11th JAN 2003.......M42 ORION NEBULA........ 1004x USB 270mm lens.............The famous bright nebula in the sword of Orion

>> 6th JAN 2003....NGC2024 B33 in IC434............1004x USB VC200L f6.3............The well known Flame and Horsehead Nebulae in Orion

>> 4th JAN 2003..COMET KUDO-FUJIKAWA.. 1004x USB 270mm lens.............A final wide field image before it goes behind the sun

>> 5th JAN 2003.. COMET 2002 V1 NEAT......... .. 1004x USB VC200L f6.3

>> 4th JAN 2003..COMET KUDO-FUJIKAWA.. 1004x USB VC200L f6.3.............An image at dawn , and an animation

>> 28th DEC 2002..COMET KUDO-FUJIKAWA.. 1004x USB VC200L f6.3.............Another image, through hazy cloud this time :-(

>> 20th DEC 2002.....EUROPA ECLIPSES IO........... VESTA VC200L f9...................A solar eclipse on Io. Images before, during and after

>> 17th DEC 2002..COMET KUDO-FUJIKAWA.. 1004x USB VC200L f6.3.............An image and an animation taken in bright moonlight

>> 10th DEC 2002..........PG1634+706.................. 1004x USB VC200L f6.3.......................A Quasar at a distance of 9 billion light years!

>> 4th DEC 2002............M1 (LRGB).................. 1004x USB VC200L f6.3.............................A colour version...............................................................

>> 24th NOV 2002.........NGC 6946....................... 1004x USB VC200L f6.3........................A nice face on spiral galaxy............................................

>> 19th NOV2002...............Leonids............1004x PCI standard lens......Shown on spaceweather.com NASA TV BBC TV and popastro.com!

>> 10th NOV 2002...........M1................................... 1004x USB VC200L f6.3.......................CRAB NEBULA - A SUPERNOVA REMNANT.......

>> 8th NOV 2002.............NGC 5907.......................1004x USB VC200L f6.3..................................................................................................................

>> 29th OCT 2002 .....MAFFEI 1,2 GALAXIES.... 1004x USB VC200L f6.3..........Faintest galaxy (mag16) and longest exposure (5min) to date........

>> 28th OCT 2002......EUROPA OCCULTS IO.....VESTA VC200L f9....................................5 min after end of occultation.......................................

>> 13th OCT 2002.....M891 M7814 UGC11313....1004x USB VC200L f6.3...........................3 different sized edge on Galaxies.................................

>> 1st OCT 2002.......... M31....................................1004x 110mm f4..................First image with USB version of camera piggybacked SLR lens........

>> 30th SEPT 2002.......NGC7331........................... 1004x VC200L f6.3.............A simulation of the effect of 2x pixel size on final image quality........

>> 11th SEPT 2002.......NGC7331............................ 1004x VC200L f6.3.......................LRGB images with and without IR blocking filter...................

>> 9th SEPT 2002.........NGC7331........................... 1004x VC200L f6.3..........Quickcam autoguided.........NGC 7335,6,7 also visible.....................

>> 7th SEPT 2002......N Milky Way......................1004x JG with std lens......................................................................................................................

>> 21st AUG 2002.........M101................................ 1004x VC200L f6.3......................First Quickcam autoguided image (2min exposures)

>> 16th AUG 2002..........M57.................................LRGB 1004x VC200L f6.3............ Detailed LRGB image and deep image to < mag 19

>> 16th AUG 2002............M33................................1004x VC200L f6.3.........................................Mosaic of 3 images........................................

>> 16th AUG 2002..........NGC6543..........................1004x camera VC200L f9...............CATS EYE NEBULA.......signs of elliptical detail............

>> 13 AUG 2002.............IC1296................................1004x VC200L f6.3........................Enhanced greyscale image from M57 image 13 July.........

 >> 31 JULY 2002.............M51...................................LRGB 1004x VC200L f6.3.............Reprocessed 18 July image using experimental algorithm

>> 22 JULY 2002.............M57...................................LRGB 1004x VC200L f9/6.3......................Combined images from 28 June 13 July....................

>>18 JULY 2002..........M51...................................LRGB 1004x VC200L f6.3................................................................................................................

>>13 JULY 2002..............M27..................................LRGB & B+W 1004x VC200L f6.3.....!!AS FEATURED IN SEPT ASTRONOMY NOW!!....

>>13 JULY 2002..............M27,M57.........................RGB 1004x VC200L f6.3..........................First colour images with 1004x...................................

>>9 JULY 2002................M3, 27, 76........................1004x camera VC200L f6.3...............................................................................................................

>>6 JULY 2002................M13, 51, 101....................1004x camera VC200L f6.3...............................................................................................................

>>28 JUNE 2002..............M57...................................1004x camera VC200L f9......................Negative, contrast enhanced to show mag 18.1.......

>>28 JUNE 2002..............M27, M57.........................1004x camera VC200L f9............................First light for 1004x JG Peltier cooled.....................

>> MAY 2002...................M13,M57..........................B+W Connectix QuickCam.................First Deep Sky Images with Quick Cam......................

>> 3 MAY 2002..............JUPITER........................VC200L fl 3000mm VESTA PRO WEBCAM..............ANIMATION OF GRS TRANSIT.............

>> 16 APRIL 2002...........SATURN/MOON..........VC200L fl3000mm VESTA PRO WEBCAM.........SATURN OCCULTATION ANIMATION..

>> 18 FEB 2002.................MOON............................VC200L fl1800mm VESTA PRO WEBCAM...................................................................................

>> 17 JAN 2002................JUPITER, SATURN......VC200L fl3000mm VESTA PRO WEBCAM...................................................................................

>> 9 JAN 2002...............JUPITER, SATURN.........VC200L fl1800mm VESTA PRO WEBCAM...........First light for Vesta Pro...............................

>> 28 MARCH 1997.........HALE BOPP....................200 EKTACHROME 135mm...........................................................................................................

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