Moon & Venus in alignment + half-way in between, also in alignment, is Mars | Canon EOS 700D | 24mm f4 1/30 sec @ ISO800 | 2nd March 2017

Harvest Moon at Totality
WO + Canon 700D + FF | 1/3rd Sec @ ISO 400 | 28th September 2015

Eclipse: Exit sequence to full Moon
Canon 550D + tripod | >=1/160 sec @ ISO 400

Eclipse: Inward sequence from umbral contact to totality
WO GT81 + Canon 700D + FF | 1/500 to 1/3 sec @ ISO 100 | 28th September 2015

Eclipse Animation 28th September 2015

16th July 2015: The so-called dark side of the Moon, seen from the Deep Space Sky Observatory, as it passes across Earth. From our perspective that day it was a New Moon.

21st February 2015. Jupiter up close
WO 81GT81 | ZWO 120 MC

upiter – lower exposure shows the gas belts but the moons, though there, are now very difficult to see. 1/3rd sec @ ISO 800

Jupiter – overexposed but shows all four Gallilean moons.

1st July 2015. Close-up of the conjunction using 55mm telephoto setting and ISO 400 – Venus now left & Jupiter right.

1st July 2015. Bingo = conjunction; though one day later Jupiter has now moved to the right of Venus.

18th June 2015: Jupiter left, Venus right

The Moon @ First Quarter | WO GT81 & Canon 700D + FF | 1/100th sec @ ISO 100 | 24th February 2015

Venus & Mars | 24th February 2015

C/2014 Q2 Comet Lovejoy
WO GT81 + Canon 550D (modded) & FF | 40 x 20secs @ ISO1,600 + darks | Fairvale Observatory 16th January 2014

C/2014 Q2 Comet Lovejoy
R120 Canon 350D | 180 secs @ ISO 400 | taken by Joan Genebriera at Tacande Observatory, La Palma, 23rd December 2014

Saturn: ZWO 120MC + Registax

Mars: ZWO 120MC + Castrator & Registax

The photo mosaic segments would not line up perfectly but the sunspots are clear to see and more prevalent than a couple of weeks ago. Notwithstanding, the 11-years sun spot cycle is not as expected, with the number of spots quite low at the moment.