Comet 17P/Holmes 31st Oct 2007

Comet 17P/Holmes 30th Oct 2007

17P/Holmes 29th Oct 2007

Where is Comet Holmes now?

Comet 17P/Holmes in colour.

Comet 17p/Holmes 28th Oct 2007

135/1sec frames.

First chance to see this tonight... it's huge!

1200 frame avi using Focal Reducer and DMK, .25sec exposures, B&W.

MER stereo image

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The Crown of Tethys - Cassini.

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The view from Iapetus - Cassini.

Another great view from Cassini, similar to our view from Earth at present.
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Gassendi and Rille 23rd Oct 2007

LAC map showing Herigonius rille which is in the top right of my mosaic.

4 image mosaic, reduced to 80%, seeing bad to fair.

Aristarchus 23rd Oct 2007

OT: Annie asleep on her new bed.

Mars 21st Oct 2007

R-RGB processed.

Deep South 21st Oct 2007

Copernicus 21st Oct 2007

4 image mosaic at Prime focus.

Mars 21st Oct 2007

Titan Beyond the Rings.

Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute.

Copernicus 20th Oct 2007

Prime focus. 500/2000 avi, 20 MAP.
Bad seeing.

Venus and Saturn (low altitude) - 19th Oct 2007

Mars 19th Oct 2007

Venus 18th Oct 2007

Using red and blue filter on 2.5x TV Powermate.

Saturn 18th Oct 2007

Mars 18th Oct 2007

Venus 17th Oct, shot against brilliant blue sky.

Smaller images taken with 2.5 TV Powermate, the larger image taken with 3x TV barlow.

Below; 4 x Imagemate barlow.

The weather in the UK is rubbish at present... so here's this:-

Spirit's Winter Panorama.

I've only just found this, brilliant pan.

If you have time, download the big one from here:- Credit

OT: England beat France in rugby world cup.

King Henry V:
What's he that wishes so?
My cousin Westmorland. No, my fair cousin:
If we are marked to die, we are enow
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God's will, I pray thee, wish not one man more.
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;
It ernes me not if men my garments wear;
Such outward things dwell not in my desires:
But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive.
No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England:
God's peace, I would not lose so great an honour
As one man more, methinks, would share from me
For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more.
Rather proclaim it presently through my host,
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart. His passport shall be made
And crowns for convoy put into his purse:
We would not die in that man's company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.
This day is called the Feast of Crispian:
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a-tiptoe when the day is named,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall see this day and live t'old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say "To-morrow is Saint Crispian":
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars
And say "These wounds I had on Crispin's day."
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words
Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester,
Be in their flowing cups freshly remembered.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remember'd;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he today that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now abed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day. (IV, iii)

Cassini Mission to Saturn Celebrates 10 Years Since Launch

This picture of the Cassini launch was taken by Ken Sturgill of Marion, Virginia.

Time REALLY does fly by.

Credit PhysOrg.com

Cassini NASA

Jupiter-Io Montage.

New Horizons images of Jupiter and its volcanic moon Io.

Only 2,740 days to go until Pluto close approach.

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Saturn F-Ring

Lovely view of Saturns F-Ring taken by the Cassini probe today 10/10/07.

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Stereo from Spirit

Here's a nice stereo from the Spirit rover.

To do it; You need to cross your eyes and concentrate on the image in the middle ;-)

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Venus 7th Oct. 3x TV Barlow image.

Produced from 3 x 2000 frame avi's run through Registax, using the best 2000.

All I need now is a UV filter so that I can pick out some cloud detail.

Please donate!

Venus 7th Oct 2007

Heads up! new website.

Lunar Orbiter Photo Gallery

Thanks to Chuck from LPOD for the info.