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
2006
January
MARS - 3 views taken during November 2005 when it was at its best for that year.
February
The Orion Nebula, M42/43 taken during January 2006 with a Canon 300D DSLR and the 10" Newtonian Reflector.
March
A bright Rainbow taken on January 25th 2006 from our back window!
April
The Total Eclipse of the Sun seen by Paul and Lorraine from the Maritim Pine Beach Resort Hotel, Belek, Turkey on March 29th.
May
The Swallowtail Butterfly photographed on April 27th 2005 in the Algarve near to our regular holiday destination of COAA.
June
The Church and Castle at Silves in the Algarve.
July
Messier 13 a Globular Cluster in Hercules visible in binoculars. This view taken with my 10" Newtonian Reflector.
August
The Dumbbell Nebula M27, a Planetary Nebula taken with a 4" Refractor.
September
Close to dawn on August 22nd - a slim Crescent Moon hangs next to Venus in this view taken from COAA in the Algarve.
October
An unusual Red Rainbow taken out of our back window on August 10th 2006 at 20:34 BST. It was very vivid against a dark thundery sky!
November
Normanton Church - saved from drowning when the Rutland Water reservoir was created and now a museum.
December
The wonderful and bright Open Star Cluster Messier 39 in Cygnus taken with the Canon 300D and the 5" Refractor
