Your best astro-pics

However, there is an option in of the first few menus which allows you to download more stars from their online database. This'll take you down another few magnitudes.

XEphem using the online interface to the Guide Star Catalogue will get you down to about 19th.

Cheers,
~Al

Albert,
Can I ask you what you are doing in the avatar pic, I can't really make it out, is that the Venus transit morning ??

Albert,
Can I ask you what you are doing in the avatar pic, I can't really make it out, is that the Venus transit morning ??

Close. Someone took this pic when I was trying to ajdust the scope&webcam during the mercury transit in Sandymount. Couldn't see the laptop easily so had to hide under a coat.

Fullsize cademuir.net/gallery/Mercury_Transit/slides/112_1245.jpg

The stacked images of the transit that I got were
cademuir.net/gallery/Mercury_Transit/slides/merc2-processed.jpg
and
cademuir.net/gallery/Mercury_Transit/slides/merc3-processed.jpg

Cheers,
~Al

The stacked images of the transit that I got

Is it me, or does it look to be a similar size to Venus when it Transited across back in June? It must be an optical illusion, but I would have thought Mercury would be even smaller. Good clear pictures there Al!

Seanie.

greats shots AL.
to me that does looks smaller then Venus.
Do you have any wider field shots AL,
we dont ask alot of you do we