Our Picture of the Month page began with the June 2002 image of a Peacock Butterfly and each month a picture taken by one of us (mainly by Paul but occasionally taken by Lorraine) is selected to be the current months image. The pictures can be of a wide range of subjects but as you can imagine Astronomy, Nature and Butterflies do tend to dominate!
We hope you enjoy the many images and continue to watch out for what images we select for future months and years to come. Paul & Lorraine
2003
January
Orion and Canis Major dominate the sky at night at this time of year. The brightest star is Sirius. Image taken at COAA back in 1993
February
Pyramid and Mirror Orchids photographed whilst in the Algarve.
March
Wide angle unguided view of Sagittarius (left) and Scorpius (right) taken from COAA May 2002.
April
The Lagoon Nebula, Messier 8 in Sagittarius taken from COAA May 2002 and re-processed bringing out more detail
May
Moneys Mill in Moneys Yard at Sleaford, Lincolnshire. Lorraine is shown to give scale and the image was about 2002/2003
June
Mercury (black spot nearer the solar limb at top) as it transits across the solar disk on May 7th 2003. Note the large sunspot at bottom.
July
The Comma Butterfly photographed in our garden in 2003 by Paul.
August
Mars as imaged with Paul's first webcam and the 10" Newtonian Reflector and taken in 2003 - colour corrected version
September
A view of Garbh Bheinn on the south side of Loch Leven, Scotland taken during our short Scottish Holiday during August 2003.
October
The Craters Clavius and Tycho imaged using the new webcam during August 2003
November
Sunspot complex imaged with the webcam/10" Newtonian with white light solar filter on October 27th 2003
December
The male Common Blue Butterfly taken near our back garden the other year - a reminder of warmer times!
