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Welcome page Who we are and how to find us Meetings for this year Imminent and planned Star maps and other guides Members' astrophotography Other interesting sites Contact the Society

Lunar         Planetary        Deep sky       Constellations and alignments      Eclipses, Transits and Occultations      Comets

BADAS Gallery - Eclipses, Transits and Occultations Section

 

 

Partial Solar Eclipse -
01 August 2008

By Tony Bradley

Canon EOS300d, 200mm lense (with Baader filter film over it) 1/50s exposure, ISO400.

Taken during eclipse observing session at Warton Bank Observatory (See events).

Click picture for full image.

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lunar Occultation of Saturn - 22 March 2007

Captured by Pete Franklin, processed by Pete and Bob Rutter

Single frame from Opticstar 122CU-T Colour Video Camera, attached to 10" Newtonian at prime focus

 

   
click for hi-res version

 

 

Total Lunar Eclipse - 03 March 2007

Excellent photography and montage by
Brian Blackett

   

 

 

 

Total Solar Eclipse -
29 March 2006
Captured by Terry Devon

Image from video recorded in Turkey.

Sony Digital 8 camcorder.

More shots here
   

 

Partial Solar Eclipse -
29 March 2006
Captured by Pete Franklin

Animation of 15 frames of video taken from Blackpool, UK, through thickening cloud.

Sony Digital 8 camcorder, with solar filter.

   

 

 

 

 

 

Transit of Venus -
8 June 2004
Photographed by Bob Rutter

Taken at CDEPA, Portugal using 10" LX200 at f/10, 1/125 sec with solar filter on Kodachrome 200ASA.

 
   

 

 

 

 

Transit of Venus -
8 June 2004
Captured by Pete Franklin

Orion 4" Maksutov, Philips Toucam at prime focus.

 

 
   

 

Occultation of star BY Cancri by Saturn system
Captured by Terry Devon.

Sony Digital 8 camcorder shooting afocally through society 8.5" Dobsonian. Processed by Bob Rutter, animation created by Pete Franklin.

25 Jan 06

 
   
   
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