December 2024

December 19th 0915 GMT Moon and Sun 

There was cloud around but a few clear patches allowing me an opportunity to grab some quick shots of the Moon and Sun.

I photographed the Moon with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 400 and 1,/500 second exposure.

I added a solar filter to snap the Sun at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/1000 second exposure.

December 16th 2055 GMT Moon 

I photographed the Moon with my Mak and DSLR at 1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure.

December 16th 2025 GMT Moon with Jupiter and Mars

I used my phone camera to capture the Moon with Mars and Jupiter.

December 16th 1820 GMT Jupiter, Aldebaran and Capella

I caught Jupiter with the brightest stars in Taurus and Auriga. I caught some other stars in both constellations and a hint of the Seven Sisters (Pleiades) near the top of the photo.

     

December 16th 0900 GMT Sun 

After a few days of bad weather, I finally had some clear sky and took some full disc snaps of the Sun with my Mak and DSLR at 1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure.

December 13th 1930 GMT Moon 

I tried to capture the Moon with Jupiter. It didn't work.

 I then took some Moon shots with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/100 second exposure, given the very poor conditions. It was not pretty but I was lucky to catch anything at all.

December 6th 0955 GMT Sun 

 

It was almost clear, so I photographed the Sun with my Mak and DSLR at my usual settings of 1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure.

December 6th 0130 GMT Jupiter and Mars 

 

As the images on 3rd did not stack. I took several photos with my phone camera again. These almost stacked but not quite.

December 3rd 2315 GMT Phone Camera Shots

I took several images with my phone camera at default settings. The first set of shots did not stack but, by processing a single image, I was able to capture Jupiter, Mars and the constellations of Orion, Gemini and Canis Minor,

I stacked over 20 images of Orion and this worked well. I even managed to show the Orion Great Nebula (M42).

December 3rd 1110 GMT Sun 

The Sun was behind some thin cloud. I snapped it with my Mak and DSLR at 1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/320 second exposure. I used a slightly longer exposure than usual to counteract the conditions. There was just a hint of a sunspot,

December 2nd 1210 GMT Sun 

I bin scanned the Sun through moving cloud and saw 3 sunspots.