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

Mars from Carlisle 17/11/05 from Carlisle

David Pettitt

2004 Transit of Venus
2004 Transit of Venus (in cloud))
Ron Kelton
Roger Drew

 

M42 Orion Nebula from Rosley
The Moon through the 16" telescope
Roger Drew
Harry Clough

 

Hale Bopp from Caldbeck Quarry
Aurora over Carlisle
David Ramshaw

David Pettit

Lunar Eclipse of 9/10 Nov. 03

Roger Drew (CCD Camera)

..Unfortunately it clouded

over just before totality

   
November 2003 Aurora from Cumbria
Roger Drew - SLR/CCD camera

Another of Roger's Aurora pictures

taken from Rosley, near Wigton.

Below: Aurora by Tom Baxter taken from Hornsby to the east of Carlisle

Below: M31, the great Nebula in Andromeda and M45, The Pleiades, by Roger Drew

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Below: the full Moon, by Roger Drew

Below: two more pictures by Roger Drew

deep sky object NGC1977 and planet Jupiter

..More to follow in future weeks