Border Astronomical Society Photo Gallery
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The photographs below were taken over recent years by members of
the society using telescopes or driven cameras
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Martin Cleghorn (07/06/23) The first image is my first galaxy shoot back in April which just happened to be M101. I retook the image a couple of nights ago and captured the supernova. |
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Terry Haighton - 28/03/16 Circumzenithal arc, or upside down rainbow. Relatively rare in Britain, the arc only appears when sunlight shines at a specific angle through a veil of clouds at a height of 25 to 30, 000 feet with the sun being at an angle of between 5 and 32 degrees. |
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Terry Haighton - Ring nebula 14/10/15 |
Terry Haighton - Ring nebula enlarged view |
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| Terry Haighton - sun with halo and sundog 01/05/15 | Terry Haighton - sun dog with halo enlarged. 01/05/15 |
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| April 2015 views of the Orion Nebula and Jupiter | Single SLR images with no stacking by Terry Haighton |
| During Winter and Spring 2019 Terry took more images. To see them on a separate page click HERE | |
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Sunspots photographed in Spain several years ago by Roger Drew. |
Miles Felton - November 2023 using a 4" refractor of 600mm focal length fitted with a metallic solar filter, by an old Canon EOS 1000D at prime focus. |
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| Webcam photographs of Jupiter by David Pettitt | (Left 31 August 2010) (Right 3 December 2012) |
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Above: Mars from Carlisle 17/11/05 David Pettitt |
Above: Saturn with the rings almost parallel to our line of sight from the earth. Notice the satellite Titan at the bottom left. David Pettitt (12/04/2009) |
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Above: 2004 Transit of Venus Ron Kelton |
Above: 2004 Transit of Venus (in cloud)) Roger Drew |
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Above: M42 Orion Nebula from Rosley Roger Drew |
Above: The Moon through the 16" telescope Harry Clough |
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Above: Hale Bopp from Caldbeck Quarry David Ramshaw |
Above: Aurora over Carlisle David Pettit |
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Above: Lunar Eclipse of 9/10 Nov. 03 Roger Drew (CCD Camera) |
Unfortunately it clouded over just before totality |
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| Above: November 2003 Aurora from Cumbria | Above: Roger Drew - SLR/CCD camera |
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Left: Another of Roger's Aurora pictures taken from Rosley, near Wigton. |
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| Above: Aurora by Tom Baxter taken | from Hornsby to the east of Carlisle |
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M31, the great Nebula in Andromeda |
and M45, The Pleiades, by Roger Drew |
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| Above: the full Moon, by Roger Drew and Copernicus crater by Terry Haighton | |
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Deep sky object NGC1977, the running man nebula Roger Drew |
Jupiter showing two Galilean moons and the shadow of Io Roger Drew |
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| M13 Great Cluster in Hercules - Terry Haighton | Dumbell Nebula - Terry Haighton |
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..More to follow in future weeks