5th JulyBarnards' star19x30 seconds I have imaged this star in 2009,10,11 but missed it last year. Barnard's star has the greatest proper motion and is whizzing Northwards at 10.3 arc seconds per year ![]() This animation compares 2009 with 2013 ![]() July 9th While taking some shots of ngc5466 I recorded this image: (Green filter, 600 seconds) ![]() It could have been a meteor flash, but a satellite 'blinking' was more likely. I could not locate anything in Heavens Above or Calsky but 'Stella' over at SPA confimed that it was Iridium 44 This plot shows the image overlaid on the Calsky image. ![]() July 14th Comet Lemmon C/2012 L6 This is rapidly receding. It is in a light polluted area of the sky, so difficult to capture. This is 23 x 3 minute exposures. The image is inverted. ![]() July 19th Lunar mosaics Taken with the Microsoft Lifecam. Each pane from 2 minute videos, processed with Registax ![]() ![]() |