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My name is David Nash and this is my web page. Here you will find the results of my "adventures in astrophotography". I use webcams and dedicated astronomy CCD cameras, as well as film and digital SLR cameras and a variety of telescopes.

I live in Cambridgeshire in England in a small village fairly close to average size towns, but where the sky is dark enough to have a good view and make astronomy worthwhile.
I hope you enjoy looking at my pictures!

Picture of the Month
September 2009	The Elephant's Trunk

The Elephant's Trunk is only part of the large emission nebula that is known as IC 1396. Located in Cepheus this large nebula is a mass of hydrogen alpha gas and contains multiple swirls and globules of gas and dust which form interesting shapes such as those shown here. Click the image to go to the Nebulae page where you can find the full-sized image.

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Comet 17P/Holmes in outburst October 2007 This periodic comet flared up to a million times its brightness on 23 October 2007. This image shows it on 28 October, during continuing growth.
MOON-Saturn Conjunction 2007-5-22
MOON-Venus Conjunction 2007-5-19
Total Eclipse of the Moon Animations and images of the eclipse which took place on 3 March 2007.
SATURN Occultation See the ringed planet covered by the moon, and re-emerge, with movies.
Comet 73/P passes close to the Earth
Big Red Sun
Supernova in Galaxy M100
Deep widefield picture of Orion showing Barnard's Loop and more faint nebulosity
Messier's List
My first pictures of Mars, the Red Planet.
Milky Way in Sagitarius imaged from central Spain in August 2005 and August 2006
September 2005 Planetary alignment - Venus and Jupiter pass close by in the sky.
June 2005 Planetary alignment - Saturn, Venus, and Mercury pass very close to each other as seen from Earth.
More enhanced colour images of the moon, showing the different soil compositions.
Wide-field picture of Comet 2004/Q2 Machholz near the Pleiades and the California nebula on my Miscellaneous page.
Comets! Comet 78P/Gehrels imaged on the 14 November, 2004 as it passed through Aries and Taurus, and Comet 2004/Q2 Machholz imaged on 17 December in Eridanus. Notice that the stars have trails, showing that the comets are moving relative to them for the duration of the exposures captured.
Transit of Venus
Phases of Venus with explanation and solar system diagrams
Gallery of best images
Lunar Eclipse of 4 May 2004

Picture of the Month

September 2009

The Elephant's Trunk

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