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Members Photography

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	Subject: Mercury & Moon Date: 17th May 2007 Photographer: John Talbot Details: Nikon D40 DSLR, 2.5s at f/5.6, ISO 200. Focal length 200mm.
	Subject: M13 - Hercules Cluster Date: 22nd Jun 2006 Photographer: John Talbot Details: Watec 120N camera on 8" f/4 Newtonian telescope using focal reducer. Stacked and processed in Registax and Paint Shop Pro.
	Subject: Comet Machholz and Pleiades, 08/01/05 23:08 UT Photographer: Lee Macdonald Details: Canon EOS 300D + 150mm f/5.6 lens piggybacked on 80mm refractor. Exposure 2m 15s at ISO 1600
	Subject: Giant solar prominence, 02/04/04 11:21 UT Photographer: Lee Macdonald Details: Canon EOS 300D on 80mm refractor + Baader prominence coronagraph. Exposure 1/250s at ISO 400
	Subject: Total Lunar Eclipse, 28/10/04 02:39 UT Photographer: Lee Macdonald Details: Canon EOS 300D on 80mm refractor. Exposure 5s at ISO 800
	Subject: Saturn, 11/11/02 02:52 UT Photographer: Adrian Jones Location: Maidenhead Hardware: 10" Newtonian + (unmodified) Philips ToUcam Pro webcam. Eyepiece projection using 17mm Plossl. Capture: 106 seconds of video using software supplied with the webcam. Attached to a P2 366 laptop. Video settings: 5 frames per sec., 1/25th sec exposure, gain set to minimum. Processing: Selected and stacked best 100 frames using Registax and processed using Registax.
	Subject: M42, 11/11/02 03.56 UT. Photographer: Adrian Jones Location: Maidenhead Hardware: 10" Newtonian + Philips Vesta Pro webcam (modified for long exposure). Prime focus + home-made focal reducer (binocular objective) yielding focal ratio of approx. f/3. Capture: 11x 6-second exposures + 10 x dark-frames captured using AstroVideo software. Camera attached to a P2 366 laptop. Video settings: Long exposure setting enabled; maximum gain. Processing: 11 frames aligned, dark-frame subtracted and summed in AstroVideo. Levels and histogram adjustments in K3CCDTools.
	Subject: Aurora, 06/04/2000 21:30 UT Photographer: Tim Haymes Location: Knowl Hill near Reading Details: 15s exposure at f2.8 with 28mm lens on 400ASA film
	August 11th Eclipse by Pete Shaw
	Fireball over COAA by Mick Pavey
	M17 - The Swan Nebula by Mick Pavey
	Hale Bopp by John Talbot
	Mercury and Moon by John Talbot

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15th November 2008
7.00pm
Supernova Remnants
Owen Brazell
(Webb Society)
Images and description of remnants of stars that have destroyed themselves in the most explosive events in the Universe.

Followed by DIY evening where Reading AS members share their astronomy projects and techniques; software demonstrations and image processing clinic.

ASTRO BASICS
25th October 2008
7.00pm
M31 - Andromeda Galaxy

Mercury
The innermost planet has its best morning apparition of 2008 in late October. Look for it low in the east before dawn, especially on the 27th October when a slender crescent Moon will be close by

Uranus & Neptune
The outer two planets are well placed for spotting during September and October. You can follow their daily movements using binoculars. Finder charts can be found at Sky & Telescope

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