Townley Sundial |
Townley Hall in Burnley . The Townley family have historical
links with science and astronomy
Ikeya-Zeng |
It was taken with a Canon 105mm lens (field of view about12°)
set at f3.5 for 7 minutes from Pinhaw Moor near Earby which
offered the best unobstructed view to the West. The photo
was taken at about 9:30pm just after Easter (I can't remember
the exact day but was probably Saturday 12th April) using
a home made, electrically driven Scoch mount. The background
stars are part of Perseus.
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6 Planets |
During one of the few clear nights in early May I managed
to photograph the rare planetary alignment showing Mercury,
Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in the same patch of sky.
Just for good measure I included a sixth planet - earth! The
photo was taken using a 28mm lens on Fujichrome 400 for an
exposure of 15 seconds. Mercury would have been lost in the
twilight with a longer exposure so I think I got it about
right
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