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Gallery

A selection of the many images that our members have taken over the years.

The California Nebula, an emission nebula located in the constellation Perseus
Image Credit: Steve Fox
Solar prominance
Image Credit: Peter Hall
The Great Orion Nebula, M42, visible to the naked eye in the middle of Orion's belt but long exposures and filters bring out the detail in the clouds of star forming gas clouds. Image credit: Danny Thomas
The Great Orion Nebula, M42, visible to the naked eye in the middle of Orion’s belt but long exposures with narrow band filters bring out the detail in the clouds of star forming gas.
Image credit: Danny Thomas
Andromeda, M31, And satellite galaxies
Image Credit: Peter Hall
Sun in Hydrogen Alpha using the Society’s PST Solar Telescope
Image Credit: Eric Grieve
Mare Nectaris basin, with Theophilus, Catharina & Cyrillus
Image Credit: John Axtell
Elephant’s Trunk Nebula, IC1396A, a gas and dust cloud in the constellation of Cepheus
Image Credit: Kevin Pretorius
Milky Way from Tenerife
Image Credit: Steve Fox
Moon photographed through the Alexander Telescope
Image Credit: Eric Grieve
Transit of Venus 8 June 2004
Image Credit: Eric Grieve
Gravitationally bound galaxies, M81 and M82, in the constellation of Ursa Major
Image Credit: Kevin Pretorius
An image from 2009 published in Twenty-Five Astronomical Observations That Changed the World by Michael Marett-Crosby
Image Credit: Peter Campbell Burns
Supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy, M101, that outshone the core of this spiral galaxy in in Ursa Major during May 2022. Image credit: Danny Thomas
Supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy, M101, that outshone the core of this spiral galaxy in in Ursa Major during May 2022.
Image credit: Danny Thomas
Craters Theophilus, Cyrillis and Catherina, alongside Mare Nectaris
Image Credit: John Axtell
Leo Triplet of Galaxies
Image Credit: Peter Hall
Simeis 147, the Spaghetti Nebula, SNR G180.0-01.7 or Sharpless 2-240, a supernova remnant in the Milky Way, between constellations of Auriga and Taurus
Image Credit: Steve Fox
Total Solar Eclipse from Argentina in Jul 2019
Image Credit: Kevin Pretorius
Comet Neowise in July 2020
Image Credit: Peter Hall
North America Nebula, NGC 7000, an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus
Image Credit: Peter Cambell Burns

Aurora Gallery

On the 9th and 10th May a large sunspot group threw out a stream of charged particles that connected with the Earth’s magnetic field and late on a Friday evening the Northern Lights were visible over the UK and even further South. Thanks to social media and an email alert from our Chairman, many members …