Class photos, Wolmer's prep, Kingston, Jamaica
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Andrew Sanderson
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With the exception of the full moon below, all astronomy images were taken using 35mm film or a CCD through a selection of camera lenses or my 300mm newtonian telescope. Experimental, under construction, Mouse over moon and click to select images taken of that area. (limited images at present)
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My telescope
Links, travel to other sites.
I live in Welford, a village on the Northamptonshire / Leicestershire border, uk. If you would like to know more about the village click onto our web site http://www.welfordvillage.co.uk
From the age of about sixteen I became interested in astronomy, I started with a 3" refractor and by luck spotted Saturn almost on my first night, as it was the brightest object in the sky that night.
I tried to take pictures with a Kodak instamatic camera sellotaped to the eyepiece, but soon gave that idea up.
I soon realised that the telescope was limited to what it could see and did not use it much until about three years ago.
My setup now
| My telescope is a homebuilt 12" f/7.8 Newtonian reflector, mounted on
an equatorial mount. It originally was constructed about 20 years
ago and had been sitting under cover without optics until
about 1995. The telescope is housed in a shed in my garden and is mounted on a steel trolley which sits on a track. It can be positioned into the middle of the lawn when being used. I started ccd work with a b+w security ccd module, but was limited to pictures of the moon, as it was not sensitive enough to pick up dimmer objects. I now have an mx5, which I am experimenting with, and when we get some clear skies, hope to be able to bring you some very interesting pictures.
SETI@home is a
scientific experiment that harnesses the power of
hundreds of thousands of Internet-connected computers in
the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Thankyou for visiting Credits in alphabetical order .................Thanks to Luke Sanderson aged 8, who has got out of bed anytime from midnight to 4 o'clock on frosty mornings to help me take some of the pictures. .................Thanks to Simon Sanderson http://www.orestone.freeserve.co.uk for staying on line until the early hours of the morning, trying to work out how to display these pictures. .................Thanks to Sean Walker from New Hampshire in America, my encyclopedia of space, who has given me valuble advise on the telescope and the photographic side. Sean takes some fantastic pictures with colour film, and when he sets up a web site, a link will be here. .................Thanks to Ziggy for building the telescope all those years ago, for living in a town so he could not use it, therefore selling it to me. |
