NGC281 Pacman Nebula

Not ideal 'seeing' a lot of haze, this is my first attempt at capturing the Pacman Nebula.

Scope:   Sky Watcher ED80 DS Pro
Mount:  Celestron Advanced GT
Camera: Pentax K5

190 x 30 sec exposures at ISO 1600, stacked with DeepSkyStacker.

21/08/2017 Partial Solar Eclipse

UK was predicted to experience a (very small) partial eclipse. It had been very cloudy all day but a few minutes before the event the clouds parted. So grabbed the Pentax K5 + Sigma 70-300mm zoom lens and hot footed it to the Turf Walk at Totland Bay. Captured many images, this was a nice one showing some sun spots as well.

Testing a new Baader Solar Continuum Filter

Without filter

With filter, more detail in the granualtion