Stockport Binocular & Telescope Centre. Chris Hill's Astrophotography

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ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRIS HILL

M31 Andromeda Galaxy
Chris Hill
taken with a Pentax K100D DSLR mounted onto a Skywatcher Startravel 80 refractor. The telescope was mounted on an EQ5 mount. The transparency was good and there was no light pollution. Taken at Hardraw.

The Moon
Chris Hill
Pentax K100D DSLR
Mounted onto a Skywatcher Explorer 200 8" Reflector and mountef on a HEQ-5 Mount
The transparancy was good. Taken from Cheadle Stockport.

Jupiter
Chris Hill
This picture shows the shadow cast by the moon. Moon shadows on Jupiter look like little dots of ink on Jupiter’s disk. The moon is not visible in the picture because it is no brighter than Jupiter.
Taken with Pentax K100D Digital SLR on a Skywatcher explorer 200 and using a Revelation 5x barlow lens

Jupiter new
Chris Hill
Picture taken with a Skywatcher Skymax 150 on a HEQ5 Synscan mount, Celestron ultima 2x barlow and TUcam webcam.

Jupiter 2011-1
Chris Hill

Jupiter 2011-2
Chris Hill

M51
Chris Hill
The M51 picture was taken with a Pentax K100D DSLR mounted onto a Skywatcher Explorer 200 reflector. The telescope was on an HEQ5 mount. The transparency was good and there was no light pollution. Taken at Hardraw.

Noctilucent clouds
Chris Hill
taken in Cheadle using a Pentax K100D DSLR with an 18-55mm zoom lens. The transparency was good.

MARS
Chris Hill
Taken through The Skywatcher Skymax-150 Pro Maksutov
using a Fujifilm Finepix Z2 camera on the video setting.

M45 PLEIADES
Chris Hill
Taken through the Skywatcher Explorer 200 8 inch reflector
and the Pentax K100D Digital SLR Camera

M13 CLUSTER
Chris Hill
Through the Skywatcher Explorer 200 8 inch reflector
and the Pentax

SATURN
Chris Hill
Taken through the Skywatcher Skymax 150 Pro Maksutov
and the Pentax K100D Digital SLR camera

CRAB NEBULA
Chris Hill
Taken through the Skywatcher Explorer 200 8 inch reflector
and the Pentax K100D Digital SLR Camera

COMET HOLMES
Chris Hill
Taken through the Skywatcher Explorer 200 8 inch reflector
and a Pentax K100D Digital SLR Camera

M42 ORION NEBULA
Chris Hill
Taken using the Skywatcher Explorer 200 8 inch reflector
and a Pentax K100D Digital SLR Camera