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INDEX OF IMAGES

I am not doing much imaging for its own sake currently so this is largely of historic interest, covering the pioneering days of the QCUIAG development of webcam and video camera modifications for long exposure.

------DATE----------------OBJECT-------------------------IMAGE INFO---------------------------------------COMMENTS-------------------------------------

>> 4th Jun 2008.......GRB 080603b.............ATIK ATK16-IC VC200L @f6.4...........Optical afterglow 5hrs after GRB................................

>> 21st Apr 2006……..Comet 37P.............Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' VC200L @f6.4.........Schwassmann-Wachmann breaks up..............................

>> 2nd Mar 2006.....sn2006X in M100.........Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' VC200L @f6.4.................................................................................................

>> 18th Feb 2006...........sn2006aj..................Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' VC200L @f6.4....A gamma ray burst (GRB060218) preceded this supernova…

>> 26th Jan 2006...SATURN/BY Cancri......Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' VC200L …...........Attempted occultation detection……….......................

>> 17th Nov 2005...........MARS...................Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' VC200L @f30...........Imaged with IR block and IR pass filters.......................

>> 12th June 2005....COMET C/2005 K2.....Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' VC200L f 4.5.........Much brighter than predicted but swamped by twilight

>> 6th June 2005.....SUPERNOVA 2005cf.........Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' VC200L f 5.........A bright type Ia supernova caught near maximum.........

>> 8th April 2005....FIVE SUPERNOVAE.....Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' VC200L f 6.4.......sn2004et 5am au,ay ba NGC6946 2811 5056 3938 3746.....

>> 8th April 2005....COMET MACHHOLZ.....Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' VC200L f 6.4...........Receding now 4months adter the first image.............

>> 2nd Mar 2005.....Nova V838 Mon.........Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' VC200L f6.3...............This light echo has now faded significantly..........

>> 10th JAN 2005....COMET MACHHOLZ.....Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' 55mm lens f5.6....................................................................................................

>> 2nd JAN 2005....COMET MACHHOLZ.....Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' 29mm lens f5.6....................................................................................................

>> 19th DEC 2004....COMET MACHHOLZ.....Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' 110mm lens f5.6....................................................................................................

>> 8th DEC 2004....COMET MACHHOLZ.....Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' VC200L f 6.4...........Early after emergence into my N hemisphere sky.............

>> 12th NOV 2004....COMET 78P/GEHRELS.....Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' VC200L f 6.4..................best pass since discovery in 1973.......................

>> 7th AUG 2004.....SUPERNOVA 2004dj.........Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' VC200L f 6.4.........A bright type II supernova with spectrum...................

>> 8th JUN 2004.....TRANSIT OF VENUS.........Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' 80mm f5...................A "once in a lifetime" event!.........................................

>> 11th MAY 2004.....COMET Q4 NEAT............Vesta SC3 'PIPCAM' 80mm f5................first light for the SC3 MOD...........................................

>> 25th MAR 2004..ISS TRANSITS JUPITER..VC200L TOUCAM PRO................An amazing image taken through thick cloud!...................

>> 8th MAR 2004.........JUPITER.........................VC200L TOUCAM PRO................Excellent seeing and my best Jupiter by far to date..........

>> 25th FEB 2004.....QSO SDSS J1004+4112........1004xUSB VC200L f9.......................A Quadruple gravitationally lensed quasar..................

>> 11th FEB 2004.....COMET T7 LINEAR.............1004x USB 80mm f5.........................................................................................................................

>> 11th FEB 2004.....M78 & McNeil's Nebula......1004x USB 80mm f5..........This is a new nebula discovered by Jay McNeil !.........................

>> 17th JAN 2004.....COMET T7 LINEAR.............1004x USB 80mm f5.........................................................................................................................

>> 16th JAN 2004.........SATURN.........................VC200L TOUCAM PRO................Excellent seeing and my best Saturn by far to date..........

>> 4th JAN 2004....QUADRANTID METORS.......1004x VIDEO STD LENS............................................................................................................

>> 29th DEC 2003......Nova V838 Mon.............1004x USB VC200L f6.3...............Plus animation showing evolution of object....................

>> 21st DEC 2003...........M33................................1004x USB 80mm f5...........................................................................................................................

>> 21st DEC 2003.....COMET T7 LINEAR.............1004x USB 80mm f5.........................................................................................................................

>>14th DEC 2003............M42...........................Vesta SC1 'PIPCAM' 80mm f5...............................................................................................................

>> 8th DEC 2003.....ISS SOLAR TRANSIT.........Toucam 80mm f5 refractor.................A 2 second transit of the ISS at 1350km range..............

>> 21st NOV 2003.....M45 PLEIADES................1004x USB 80mm f5..............................................Pseudo RGB mosaic..........................................

>> 21st NOV 2003.....COMET T7 LINEAR.............1004x USB 80mm f5..................As shown on BBC "Sky at Night" Dec 2003........................

>> 21st NOV 2003.....COMET 2P ENCKE...........1004x USB 80mm f5.......Shown on BBC "Sky at Night" Dec 2003 Plus a short animation..

>> 20th NOV 2003.....AURORA..............................COOLPIX 2100.............................................Two short videos...................................................

>> 16th NOV 2003.....COMET 2P ENCKE......1004x USB 80mm f5................................IR cut and blue filters used to enhance comma..........

>> 29/30th OCT 2003.....AURORA...............COOLPIX 2100/35mm SLR/1004x............animations, videos and some stills..............................

>> 29th OCT 2003......SUNSPOTS............Toucam 80mmf5 Refractor............Naked eye sunspots which produced a series of aurorae.......

>> 23rd OCT 2003....COMET 2P ENCKE......1004x USB VC200L f6.3..............First image of this short period comet and an animation.........

>> 17th OCT 2003......NGC772........................1004x USB VC200L f6.3...........................Also 2 Supernovae! sn2003hl and sn2003iq.................

>> 16th OCT 2003....EINSTEINS CROSS..... 1004x USB VC200L f6.3...........The lensing galaxy was imaged but the cross was not resolved

>> 16th OCT 2003......MAYALL II.................. 1004x USB VC200L f6.3..................A Globular Cluster in M31 (first useof hi gain mod)..............

>> 1st OCT 2003...............ISS............................Toucam VC200L@f6.3...................First attempt. Aimed manually. 6 frames from 1000!..............

>> 1st OCT 2003...........MARS.......................Toucam VC200L @f32...........................................................................................................................

>> 4th SEP 2003...........MARS.......................Toucam VC200L @f32...........................................................................................................................

>> 30th AUG 2003.....PLANET MOONS........PIPCAM VC200L f6.3............................... MOONS OF MARS, URANUS, NEPTUNE...............

>> 8,27th AUG 2003...........MARS.......................Toucam VC200L @f32..........................Closest Opposition for 60,000 years...........................

>> 4th AUG 2003 ...M17,M11,M16............. Vesta SC1 'PIPCAM' 80mm f5...........Trip to Guernsey (Channel Isles) with the PIPset up

>> 15th JULY 2003.........M27......................Vesta SC1 'PIPCAM' 80mm f5.............A B+W image. Also an LRGB using colours from July 02

>> 13th JULY 2003...........MARS.......................Toucam VC200L @f32......................................................................................................................

>> 29th JUNE 2003.........M13..........................Vesta SC1 'PIPCAM' 80mm f5...................First light for PIPCAM and complete PIP set up

>> 16th JUNE 2003...........MARS.......................Toucam VC200L @f18.................................First light for Toucam..............................................

>> 31st MAY 2003.....SOLAR ECLIPSE.........35mm SLR 300mm lens Kodak gold....Final stages of annular eclipse (partial from Cumbria)

>> 14th MAY 2003............M13.................................1004x-JG 80mm f5.....................First deep sky image for portable system..............................

>> 12th MAY 2003......11 day old Moon................Vesta Pro 80mmf5 Refractor.............First light for the portable system..................................

>> 7th MAY 2003.......Transit of Mercury............Vesta Pro VC200L f9.......image and animation of contacts 3,4 (used on BBC Look North)

>> 29th MAR 2003......Supernova sn2003cg........1004x USB VC200L f6.3.........1 week old in in NGC3169 (also NGC3166)

>> 29th MAR 2003........NGC 2903..........................1004x USB VC200L f6.3......................A nice face on spiral galaxy

>> 29th MAR 2003......Nova V838 Mon....................1004x USB VC200L f6.3...............An unusual nova with an evolving gas shell

>> 27th MAR 2003......NGC 4676A/B........................1004x USB VC200L f6.3............... 'The Mice' a pair of interacting galaxies

>> 27th MAR 2003........ NGC 3079.................... ......1004x USB VC200L f6.3............................an edge on galaxy

>> 27th MAR 2003... DOUBLE QUASAR................ 1004x USB VC200L f6.3...............The gravitationally lensed Q0957+0561A/B

>> 26th MAR 2003... PULSAR IN M1............1004x PCI VC200L f9+STROBE...Detection of the flashes f rom the pulsar using a strobe

>> 13th FEB 2003....ASTEROID GERLINDE.......1004x PCI VC200L f6.3...............an animation of the asteroid following an occultation

>> 5th FEB 2003........M82 GALAXY.................... 1004x USB VC200L f6.3...............new LRGB image using IR blocking filter

>> 4th FEB 2003.....COMET 2002 V1 NEAT......... 1004x USB 55mm lens............. Showing tail over 5 deg long

>> 30th JAN 2000........M82 GALAXY.................. 1004x USB VC200L f6.3...............LRGB and Greyscale images

>> 29th JAN 2003.. COMET 2002 V1 NEAT......... 1004x USB 135mm lens............. Showing tail over 1.5 deg long

>> 23rd JAN 2003......M45 (PLEIADES).................. 1004x USB 135mm lens.............Lots of nebulosity, with only a 25mm aperture lens!

>> 11th JAN 2003.......M42 ORION NEBULA........ 1004x USB 270mm lens.............The famous bright nebula in the sword of Orion

>> 6th JAN 2003....NGC2024 B33 in IC434............1004x USB VC200L f6.3............The well known Flame and Horsehead Nebulae in Orion

>> 4th JAN 2003..COMET KUDO-FUJIKAWA.. 1004x USB 270mm lens.............A final wide field image before it goes behind the sun

>> 5th JAN 2003.. COMET 2002 V1 NEAT......... .. 1004x USB VC200L f6.3

>> 4th JAN 2003..COMET KUDO-FUJIKAWA.. 1004x USB VC200L f6.3.............An image at dawn , and an animation

>> 28th DEC 2002..COMET KUDO-FUJIKAWA.. 1004x USB VC200L f6.3.............Another image, through hazy cloud this time :-(

>> 20th DEC 2002.....EUROPA ECLIPSES IO........... VESTA VC200L f9...................A solar eclipse on Io. Images before, during and after

>> 17th DEC 2002..COMET KUDO-FUJIKAWA.. 1004x USB VC200L f6.3.............An image and an animation taken in bright moonlight

>> 10th DEC 2002..........PG1634+706.................. 1004x USB VC200L f6.3.......................A Quasar at a distance of 9 billion light years!

>> 4th DEC 2002............M1 (LRGB).................. 1004x USB VC200L f6.3.............................A colour version...............................................................

>> 24th NOV 2002.........NGC 6946....................... 1004x USB VC200L f6.3........................A nice face on spiral galaxy............................................

>> 19th NOV2002...............Leonids............1004x PCI standard lens......Shown on spaceweather.com NASA TV BBC TV and popastro.com!

>> 10th NOV 2002...........M1................................... 1004x USB VC200L f6.3.......................CRAB NEBULA - A SUPERNOVA REMNANT.......

>> 8th NOV 2002.............NGC 5907.......................1004x USB VC200L f6.3..................................................................................................................

>> 29th OCT 2002 .....MAFFEI 1,2 GALAXIES.... 1004x USB VC200L f6.3..........Faintest galaxy (mag16) and longest exposure (5min) to date........

>> 28th OCT 2002......EUROPA OCCULTS IO.....VESTA VC200L f9....................................5 min after end of occultation.......................................

>> 13th OCT 2002.....M891 M7814 UGC11313....1004x USB VC200L f6.3...........................3 different sized edge on Galaxies.................................

>> 1st OCT 2002.......... M31....................................1004x 110mm f4..................First image with USB version of camera piggybacked SLR lens........

>> 30th SEPT 2002.......NGC7331........................... 1004x VC200L f6.3.............A simulation of the effect of 2x pixel size on final image quality........

>> 11th SEPT 2002.......NGC7331............................ 1004x VC200L f6.3.......................LRGB images with and without IR blocking filter...................

>> 9th SEPT 2002.........NGC7331........................... 1004x VC200L f6.3..........Quickcam autoguided.........NGC 7335,6,7 also visible.....................

>> 7th SEPT 2002......N Milky Way......................1004x JG with std lens......................................................................................................................

>> 21st AUG 2002.........M101................................ 1004x VC200L f6.3......................First Quickcam autoguided image (2min exposures)

>> 16th AUG 2002..........M57.................................LRGB 1004x VC200L f6.3............ Detailed LRGB image and deep image to < mag 19

>> 16th AUG 2002............M33................................1004x VC200L f6.3.........................................Mosaic of 3 images........................................

>> 16th AUG 2002..........NGC6543..........................1004x camera VC200L f9...............CATS EYE NEBULA.......signs of elliptical detail............

>> 13 AUG 2002.............IC1296................................1004x VC200L f6.3........................Enhanced greyscale image from M57 image 13 July.........

>> 31 JULY 2002.............M51...................................LRGB 1004x VC200L f6.3.............Reprocessed 18 July image using experimental algorithm

>> 22 JULY 2002.............M57...................................LRGB 1004x VC200L f9/6.3......................Combined images from 28 June 13 July....................

>>18 JULY 2002..........M51...................................LRGB 1004x VC200L f6.3................................................................................................................

>>13 JULY 2002..............M27..................................LRGB & B+W 1004x VC200L f6.3.....!!AS FEATURED IN SEPT ASTRONOMY NOW!!....

>>13 JULY 2002..............M27,M57.........................RGB 1004x VC200L f6.3..........................First colour images with 1004x...................................

>>9 JULY 2002................M3, 27, 76........................1004x camera VC200L f6.3...............................................................................................................

>>6 JULY 2002................M13, 51, 101....................1004x camera VC200L f6.3...............................................................................................................

>>28 JUNE 2002..............M57...................................1004x camera VC200L f9......................Negative, contrast enhanced to show mag 18.1.......

>>28 JUNE 2002..............M27, M57.........................1004x camera VC200L f9............................First light for 1004x JG Peltier cooled.....................

>> MAY 2002...................M13,M57..........................B+W Connectix QuickCam.................First Deep Sky Images with Quick Cam......................

>> 3 MAY 2002..............JUPITER........................VC200L fl 3000mm VESTA PRO WEBCAM..............ANIMATION OF GRS TRANSIT.............

>> 16 APRIL 2002...........SATURN/MOON..........VC200L fl3000mm VESTA PRO WEBCAM.........SATURN OCCULTATION ANIMATION..

>> 18 FEB 2002.................MOON............................VC200L fl1800mm VESTA PRO WEBCAM...................................................................................

>> 17 JAN 2002................JUPITER, SATURN......VC200L fl3000mm VESTA PRO WEBCAM...................................................................................

>> 9 JAN 2002...............JUPITER, SATURN.........VC200L fl1800mm VESTA PRO WEBCAM...........First light for Vesta Pro...............................

>> 28 MARCH 1997.........HALE BOPP....................200 EKTACHROME 135mm...........................................................................................................

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