Amateur Astronomy from Edinburgh
This website is a place where I can post my images purely for the fun of it. You can find more information about the equipment I use on the About/Equipment page. Some of my best images are on display on the Showcase page.
To give me something to aim for, I have set up pages to get as many Messier and Lunar 100 objects as I can. The Deep Sky page is for objects not in Messier’s catalogue and includes some more recent lists such as the Caldwell and Finest NGC catalogues.
Light pollution is a serious problem for amateur astronomy here on the edge of Edinburgh, Scotland, so this is a battle of photons vs sodium! Please come back and visit as the site develops, I make lots of mistakes, the weather gets worse and the skies get brighter.
Mark
Recent posts
Sun 2022-06-22 AR3038
Nice group AR3038
| Object ID | Sun and AR 3038 |
| Details | 2022-06-22 15:21 R, 15:29 Ha |
| Telescope | 250mm f4.8 Newtonian MPCC EQ8R |
| Camera | ZWO ASI290MC |
| Filters | Black polymer R, Ha |
Bright meteor/fireball 2022-06-22
Data from UKMON website for my camera UK006E
20220622_005058.940_UK
2022 UK006E monthly reports
Reports generated by UKMON
https://ukmeteornetwork.co.uk
V1117 Her
Taking part in the AAVSO campaign on V1117 Her: Alert Notice 771: V1117 Her in deep fade again. Comparisons marked in the main image.
The fade seems to be past but as well as long term variations it seems to be a star with short-term variations over periods of a few hours. […]
Sun 2022-05-19
Single shot with CCD camera
| Object ID | Sun |
| Details | 2022-05-19 11:35:30 UT |
| Telescope | 250mm f4.8 Newtonian MPCC |
| Camera | Atik 460EX |
| Filters | Black polymer R |
| Exposure(s) |
DO Dra
AAVSO “Alert Notice 753: Monitoring requested for seven intermediate polars” – DO Dra (also known as YY Dra) is on the list, it’s circumpolar and easy from here.
“Photometry (V, CV) of the targets in the table below is requested. DSLR green and visual observations are welcome to supplement the light curves. The […]
Sun 2022-05-04 AR3004
Another interesting group today
| Object ID | AR3004 |
| Details | 2022-05-04 14:37:09 UT |
| Telescope | 250mm f4.8 Newtonian MPCC |
| Camera | ZWO ASI290MC |
| Filters | Black Polymer R |
| Exposure(s) |
AR2993 AR2994
Request for observations as these groups develop from the BAA. Managed 8 days in a row!
| Object ID | Sun AR2993, AR2994 |
| Details | 2022-04-18 – 2022-04-25 |
| Telescope | 250mm f4.8 Newtonian Black polymer filter + R |
Type Ia supernova 2022hrs in NGC 4647
2022hrs (= ATLAS22mip), TNS discovered 2022/04/16.619 by Koichi Itagaki
Found in NGC 4647 at R.A. = 12h43m34s.350, Decl. = +11°34’36”.00
Located 30″.0 east and 18″.7 south of the center of NGC 4647
Galaxy is about mag. 12.5, supernova about mag. 14.1 R using photometry with ASTAP.
| Object […] |
GMN meteor plot 2022-03-27 22:36:11.685049
A bright meteor, captured by my camera UK006E, also seen and matched by 8 other stations.
Mag. -2.90
Duration 1.20s
V avg 42.97 km/s
Height beg/end: 111 km / 86 km
Sporadic
Sun 2022-03-28
Very active Sun this morning
| Object ID | Sun |
| Details | 2022-03-08 08:04:18 UT |
| Telescope | 250mm f4.8 Newtonian |
| Camera | Atik 460EX mono Black polymer filter, V filter |
| Exposure(s) | 0.01s |
HOYS and 2MASS 21383981+5708470
I’ve been continuing to gather HOYS data as normal and particularly focusing on this star as it’s a bit too low for most people in the evening, but high enough even when below the Pole Star from here in Edinburgh. A lot of the last few weeks data points are mine. Going back to the […]
NGC 5005 C29
Taken to confirm that there was NOT a supernova for an ASE member
| Object ID | C29 NGC 5005 |
| Details | 2022-03-23 22:06 – 22:34 UT |
| Telescope | 250mm f4.8 Newtonian R filter |
| Camera | Atik […] |
Type II supernova 2022ewj in NGC 3367
2022ewj (= ATLAS22jhw), TNS discovered 2022/03/19.544 by Koichi Itagaki
Found in NGC 3367 at R.A. = 10h46m34s.630, Decl. = +13°45’16”.98
Galaxy is about mag. 12, supernova about mag. 16.3 R using photometry with ASTAP.
| Object ID | Supernova 2021ewj |
| Details | 2022-03-22 22:31 […] |
M100 (NGC 4321
A grand design spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices, 55 million light years away and part of the Virgo cluster.
V and R filters used
| Object ID | M100, NGC 4321 Coma Berenices 7.4′ x 6.3′ Mag. 9.5 |
| Details | 2022-03-20 |
| Telescope |
2MASS J17554042+6551277 first star imaged by JWST
The first star imaged by JWST after alignment and focusing complete
| Object ID | 2MASS J17554042+6551277 |
| Details | 2022-03-16 23:30 – 22:43 UT |
| Telescope | 240mm f4.8 Newtonian R filter |
| Camera | Atik 460EX @-10 °C |
SN 2021agpf in NGC 5732
2021agpf (= ATLAS21bnoc), TNS discovered 2021/12/26.624 by ATLAS
Found in NGC 5732 at R.A. = 14h40m37s.708, Decl. = +38°37’56”.31
Galaxy is about mag. 14, supernova about mag. 17.3 using photometry with ASTAP.
| Object ID | Supernova 2021agpf |
| Details | 2022-03-16 22:19 – 22:47 […] |
New meteor camera first detections
As part of the Global Meteor Network I have added a new camera on the edge of Edinburgh, built following the GMN wiki instructions. Scotland doesn’t seem to have many and definitely needs more.
Still in the early config stages but this is the first detection saved as an animated […]
145 Adeona asteroid light curve
Third submission to GOSA project. This was marked as a “Important target” with just 25% completed.
| Object ID | 145 Adeona |
| Details | 2022-03-01 20:06:31 to 2022-03-01 22:55:22 |
| Telescope | 250mm f4.8 Newtonian V filter |
Sun 2022-03-01
Mono image, colourised as Duotone.
| Object ID | Sun |
| Details | 2022-03-01 10:46:56 UT |
| Telescope | 250mm f4.8 Newtonian |
| Camera | Atik 460EX Black polymer filter, V filter |
| Exposure(s) | 0.02s |