The lure of the northern lights by Paal Brekke from the Norwegian Space Centre
Rob Seymour
Derby and District Astronomical Society
Astrofest 2012 - 10th-11th February 2012, Kensington Conference Centre, London
Report in pictures by Robert Seymour
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Skywatcher 180mm Maksutov, on a Skytee Alt-Az mounting |
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The huge 400mm Dob! |
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Skywatchers newest: ED100 5-element photo optimised refractors |
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Orion Optics VX series Newtonians |
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The mega-expensive CT (carbon fibre) Newts |
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iOptron mounting systems |
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A dual setup on the same mount |
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AstroTrac. I’ve been very interested in these for some time, and treated myself this year! |
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A beefed up AstroTrac, shown here with a 4” Takahashi refractor |
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Vixen telescopes and accessories |
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The Widescreen Centre’s stand |
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General astro stuff |
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The huge 6” F/15 refractor from Starlight instruments |
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...sitting on this Fullerscopes equatorial mounting |
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Infra-red camera demonstration |
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Here’s me!! |
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8” Celeston SCT with Hyperstar imaging system |
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Finally, one or two pictures of the five lectures I attended The lure of the northern lights by Paal Brekke from the Norwegian Space Centre |
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The two Ian’s - Nicolson & Ridpath with William Sheeham (historian and author) preparing his talk What happened to the canals of Mars? |
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Ian Ridpath with Professor Martin Barstow from Leicester University |
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Ian Nicholson introducing Noah Petro, from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for his talk Lunar Basins- the moons big-bangs |
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Finally, the introduction of the incomparable Dr Allan Chapman for his lecture The Drapers and the birth of astrophotography. This was one of the highlights of the day for me, and I’m looking forward to doing it again next year.
Rob Seymour |
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