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2006 - Lunar Photographs by Roy Bicknell

These images were taken using a 250mm reflector, f21, with a ToUcam Pro webcam at 1/33 second per frame. The number of useable frames varied and were stacked to produce some great images.

David Godfrey's Lifetime Membership Award

Harry took these last month when David Godfrey was awarded lifetime membership after some 40 years of being a member, nearly all of this time has been spent on the committee.

2005 - Partial Solar Eclipse Photographs by David Godfrey

These photo's were taken by David of the partial eclipse of the Sun on 3rd October 2005 at the Public Viewing Session, Western Lawns, Eastbourne. "We certainly were lucky with the weather! We had a good turnout of both members and about 90 pupils from St Bedes on the Western Lawns. There were 4 telescopes including Peter Gill's Coronado MaxScope 90 through which I took a few photos."

2004 - Transit of Venus Photographs by Nat Barnardiston

The photo's above were taken by Nat of the Transit of Venus whilst on holiday in Crete

Maybe it's a reflection on modern life, but we all seem to be trying 'to kill two birds with one stone'. My first 'bird' was an annual break in sunny Crete and my second to view the 2004 Transit of Venus from a guaranteed clear sky site.

Airport security was less impressed. Eyes lit up as the usual toothbrush and disposable camera were replaced on the x-ray screen by the circular counter-weights of a telescope mounting. The barrel of the 4" refractor inside its padded hockey stick bag was escorted to a special hold unit; post 9/11 metal tubes are naturally unwelcome in passenger facilities. Fortunately sufficient officials were convinced of my bona fide status and indeed showed interest in the forthcoming astronomical event.

I had originally planned to link the 4" Sky-Watcher (Meade optics) refractor with a SLR camera, but lack of connectors and insufficient expertise caused this to be abandoned, hence the angled image. Even though Crete was 2 hours behind the UK a sea mist still prevented an observation of first contact, but soon after the blue Mediterranean sky returned allowing the assembled throng of tourists, hotel staff and myself to watch Aphrodite's progress across the face of Helios.