Solar Eclipse Oct. 23 2014.

I took these images from my backyard in Sherkston.

      Using a solar filter on my 300mm Canon zoom,  I was able to capture the moon and giant sunspot AR2192. 

 The Eclipse sinking into the trees.  No filter was used for this shot.

The East, and Western Veil Nebula

This past September finally gave us some of the best skies all season.  This was the perfect opportunity to do some imaging.  With the Veil nebula at the meridian it was my last chance of the year.  These images where captured over 2 nights.  Using my NP101 and Moded Canon XSi, I captured 20, 420sec. images of each object @ 1600iso.  All processing was done using Photoshop CS6e.

The Western Veil..The Witches Broom.  NGC6960

The Eastern Veil.  NGC6992,6995