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John Adair

John is well known for his coverage of  the Venus transit from Egypt, where he provided video for use with the BBC broadcasts, particularly the Open University.  The above images are all done with 'an old 90mm lens' and the Stellacam 2 deep sky video camera.

A/B Lunar regions

C The Orion nebula with false colour added using PaintShop Pro

D Venus transit - third contact

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Adrian Catterall

Adrian has produced inumerable superb quality images over very many years, using a variety of  telescopes and CCD cameras

A. - Image of  M45 taken with Takahashi FSQ-106 + ST-11K

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Damian Peach

Damian is well known for his superb planetary images, and his contributions to the media from La Palma and Chile.

A.  Jupiter on March 1 2004

B. Mars sequence December 2002/January 2003

C./D Montage of  Venus transit ingress/egress June 8 2004 from Egypt

E. Saturn on 12'th November 2004

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David Tyler

David is becoming well known for his excellent planetary images.  Like Damian, he uses True Technology dichroic filters

A.  Saturn on February 3'rd 2005

B. Images taken using a Toucam on 3/4 March 2005

C. Awesome detail of  the Hadley Rille

D. Comparison of   filtered and Toucam images on

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E/F Beautiful Mars images from David, taken on  2nd and 4th August 2005

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Richard Best

A.  Great montage of  IC443, Rosette, IC1805 and Pacman nebula, taken with  Tak FS-60C with SXV-H9 and Astronomik H-Alpha filter

B.  Using the Tak TOA-130, a SXV-H9 and Baader solar film, Richard got this great shot during the Venus transit.

C. Bubble nebula - H-Alpha/FS-60

D. Rosette - H-Alpha/FS-60

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Eddie Guscott

Eddie 'fingers' Guscott is an expert in deep sky colour CCD imaging using a variety of  instruments

A.  This image of  M31 was taken from Tenerife in May 2003 using a Tak FS-60C + focal reducer, a True Tech filter wheel and filters, and a Starlight Xpress SXV-H9

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Dominique Dierick

'Dodi' is a well-known Belgian amateur who is skilled in all forms of  astro-imaging, especially superb planetary images

A. Saturn on 24 February 2005

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Jamie Cooper

Jamie is a prolific imager of  solar system objects

A. Lunar crater Moretus, taken on 20 February 2005

B. Saturn, taken on 7 February 2005

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Kevin Smith

Kev is a well-known enthusiast who is expert in solar imaging

A.  Beautiful solar flare structures, taken through Takahashi FS-128 plus Daystar filter

B.  Kevin's observatory showing FS-128 with piggy-back FC-76

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Michael Sidonio

Michael is my new bodyguard, but he's a long long way away - in Australia !

A. Michael is one of  the World's strong men, having represented Australia many times, and even having a world record on one of  the events.  For astro-imaging he uses a True Tech filter wheel and True Tech/Astronomik filters, plus Starlight SXV-H9 camera and Orion 80ED refractor or Meade SCT

B.  Beautiful image of  Omega Centauri - wow !

C. Lovely Keyhole image

D. Another wonderful Southern sky object - Centaurus A

E. M104, one of my favourite objects.  Michael took this at the South Pacific Star Party held near Bathurst NSW, and it won the 'best cooled' CCD image prize - many congrats to Michael.  He used a Starlight Xpress MX716, and AP-152 on NJP mount.

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F.  Nice shot of  M20

G. M83 showing some beautiful colours

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Thierry Legault

Thierry is one of the World's leading amateur astronomers when it comes to the highest of  quality CCD images.  

A. Mercury transit of May 7'th 2003. Mercury can be seen at top right on enlarged image

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Tommi Worton

Tommi is a prolific imager, especially of  deep sky objects

A.  Lovely mosaic of  the veil using a Tak FSQ 106 and ST-2000MX

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