Monthly Archives: November 2015

Moon image through Tal 4 inch refractor by Northern Optics. 18th November 2015

The image of the Moon to the right was taken by Northern Optics using a Canon 1100d prime focus through a Tal 4″ refractor ..Rather than use stacking software, I took a series of images in RAW file and picked out … Continue reading

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Celestron Travelscope-70 image of the Double cluster

The image of the famous Perseus Double cluster to the right was taken by Northern Optics using a Celestron Travelscope-70 prime focus with  a Canon 1100D. Expsoure was 10 seconds at 6400 ISO with the Travelscope-70 on a driven Skywatcher HEQ5 mount. … Continue reading

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North Lincs Astro meeting. Monday 2nd November 2015

The North Lincolnshire astronomy society met at the Far Ings nature reserve on Monday 2nd November 2015 , where Paul Cotton gave an excellent talk called “seeing colours in the Night sky”..Excuse the pun, but this shed a light on the inner … Continue reading

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