Chris Hills

Astronomy pictures

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Aurora borealis, seen from near Cambridge, about 2230 UTC 10 May 2024.

Aurora borealis, seen from near Cambridge, about 2115 UTC 10 Oct 2024.

Neptune (circled) in Aquarius, 26 July 2020.

Uranus (circled) in Aries, 23 July 2020.

Comet Neowise, 12/13/14/20/21/23 July 2020.

Mercury and Venus, 22nd May 2020, just after sunset.

Video of Venus during the daytime, 5th May 2020, about 36 degrees from the Sun. (32 Mbytes)

The Pleiades star cluster, the Moon, and Mercury, 26th April 2009.

The eclipse of the Moon, 3rd March 2007, just before totality.

Venus near the Sun April - September 2020 all pictures taken in broad daylight
Date, time (UTC)
24 April, 15:22
5 May, 14:33
6 May, 16:01
14 May, 14:56
17 May, 15:25
19 May, 13:48
21 May, 14:07
22 May, 13:57
25 May, 14:27
29 May, 14:16 9 degrees from the Sun
30 May, 13:43 7 degrees from the Sun
31 May, 13:52 5 degrees from the Sun 3 days before inferior conjuction
13 June, 11:43
22 June, 12:01
23 June, 11:52
24 June, 11:49
25 June, 11:20
26 June, 11:19
28 June, 11:20
5 July, 12:13
12 July, 12:12
19 July, 14:10
20 July, 11:52
22 July, 11:58
30 July, 11:31
31 July, 11:55
2 August, 11:26
7 August, 12:02
8 August, 11:33
9 August, 11:12
12 August, 11:34
20 August, 11:18
24 August, 11:54
8 September, 11:54
14 September, 12:12
15 September, 11:14
17 September, 11:16
18 September, 11:19
19 September, 10:56
20 September, 11:34
21 September, 12:29
22 September, 11:19