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NeneValley Astronomy

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The Nene Valley Astronomical Society - East Northamptonshire's free to join astronomical society with meetings and observing evenings.

 East Northamptonshire
neneastro.org.uk
Joined January 2010
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#Messier45 #ThePleiades taken on 15th September 2026. #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor, #SonyA7iii. 90 x 30 seconds, shot through thin cloud so everything was mushy. I should also have used a field flattener with this setup!
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M33 in Triangulum imaged last night. 360 x 30 second exposures with a Seestar S30
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Today's solar activity taken through the Seestar S30
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An image of Saturn taken last night. Skywatcher 180 Mak ASI 462MC camera.
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Our October picture of the month is of the Owl Cluster in Cassiopeia. Taken by Steve Williams using a Seestar S30 on 24th September, 1.5 hours worth of 20 second exposures, the Owl is an open star cluster, many examples of which can be found within Cassiopeia.
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Our September NVAS Picture Of The Month comes from Paul Blackman featuring the Partial Lunar Eclipse on the morning of 28th August.
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Views of the recent partial lunar eclipse taken with a Seestar S30. Taken from Devon. The sky was a bit hazy as the eclipse progressed.
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An image of the recent partial eclipse of the moon, taken using a Dwarf 3 smartscope.
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Fish on a Platter (Barnard 144) imaged with a Dwarf 3 smartscope.
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M11 the Wild Duck cluster in Scutum. 90 minutes worth of images with the Seestar S30 taken last night.
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Our August picture of the month comes from member Graham Algeo and is of the Flying Dragon nebula in Cygnus. Taken with a Skywatcher ED80 with a ZWO ASI533MC Pro Camera.
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I've just published a detailed video covering how to observe and photograph the deep #PartialsolarEclipse and the #Perseids #MeteorShower on 12th August 2026. Timestamps for each part are in the description box. Watch here: youtu.be/ZTwRaAbYvag
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Steve Williams@steveastronomyJul 23
Caldwell 27 as imaged on 21st July with a Seestar S30. An emission nebula in Cygnus around 5000 light years away. 20 second exposures over 120 minutes.
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This afternoons view of the Sun. Plenty of sunspots on view - from the western (right limb) AR4489 AR4493 AR4492 & AR4494.
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M8 the Lagoon nebula in Sagittarius. 200x20 sec exposures with the Seestar S30.
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Join us for our next meeting on Monday 20th July at 8pm.
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M16 the Eagle nebula as imaged by a group member with a Seestar S30.
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The Trifid Nebula as imaged by a group member with a Dwarf 3 smart scope.
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Todays solar view taken by Paul with a Dwarf 3 smart scope.
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