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<ul>
<li><a href="http:#people"><b>People</a></b><ul>
<li>The Institute of Theoretical Astronomy, Cambridge, 1970
<li>IAU Colloquium 41 at Trinity College, Cambridge, August 17-19 1976 
<li>Sverre Aarseth
<li>Josh Barnes
<li>Chris Boily
<li>Mirek Giersz and family
<li>Piet Hut, Peter Teuben
<li>Ralf Klessen
<li>Eiichiro Kokubo
<li>Simon Portegies Zwart
<li>Rainer Spurzem
<li>Jun Makino
<li>Astrophysicists in Kyoto
</ul>

<li><a href="http:#eclipse"><b>The total solar eclipse of 11 August 1999</a></b>
<li><a href="http:#leonids"><b>The Leonid shower on 18 November 1999</a>
<li><a href="http:#eclipse2"><b>The total lunar eclipse of 9 January
2001</b></a>
<li><a href="http:#transit"><b>The transit of Mercury on 7 May
2003</b></a>
<li><a href="http:#transit2"><b>Transit of Venus on 8 June 2004</b></a>
<li><a href="http:#aurora"><b>Aurora Borealis 21 January 2005</b></a>
<li><a href="http:#eclipse3"><b>Partial Solar Eclipse on 3 October 2005</b></a>
<li><a href="http:#eclipse4"><b>The total solar eclipse of 29
March 2006</a></b>
<li><a href="http:#comets"><b>Comets </b></a>
<li><a href="http:#travel"><b>Travels in Japan</b></a>
</ul></b>


<h2><a name=people /a>People</h2>

<table>
<tr><td><a href="iota.jpg"><img src="iota_small.jpg"></a>
<tr><td>The Institute of Theoretical Astronomy, Cambridge, Summer 1970
<tr><td><i>Front row from left</i>: P.C.N. Vaugon, S.W. Hawking, M.J. Rees,
F. Axisa, E.M. Burbidge, F. Hoyle, V.I. Trimble, G.R. Burbidge,
G.P. Steigmann, R.F. O'Connell
<tr><td> <i>Middle row</i>: J. Bergeron, J. Audouze, J. Danziger, J.M. Sutton,
S.J. Aarseth, W.B. McAdam, K. Fricke, J.V. Narlikar,
N.C. Wickramasinghe, J.N. Islam, W.D. Arnett
<tr><td> <i>Back row</i>: D.C. Heggie, S.H. Plagemann, P.C.W. Davies, T. De Graaf,
S. Bonometto, J.E. Felten, P.P. Eggleton, A.M. Wolfe, G. Setti,
D.O. Gough
</table>
<table>
<tr><td><a href="iauc.gif"><img src="iauc_small.gif"></a>
<tr><td> IAU Colloquium 41 at Trinity College, Cambridge, August 17-19 1976
<tr><td><i>Front row, from left: </i> J. Schubart, P.J. Message, ?, ?,
Sir J. Jeffreys, V. Szebehely, ?, B. Garfinkel, J.P. Vinti
<tr><td><i> Middle row: </i> J. Hadjidemetriou, ?, ?, ?, ?,?,
J. Chapront, ?, D.C. Heggie, ?,?, J. Henrard, ?
<tr><td><i>Back row: </i> R. Dvorak, D.G. Bettis, J. Baumgardt,
A. Deprit, H. Kinoshita, ?, J. Waldvogel, I. Waldvogel, ?, ?
</table>
<table>
<tr><td><a href="sverre2.JPG"><img src="sverre2_small.JPG"></a>
<tr><td>Sverre Aarseth (Tokyo, 1999)
</table>
<table>
<tr><td><a href="josh.JPG"><img src="josh_small.JPG"></a>
<tr><td>Josh Barnes at low resolution (Tokyo, 1999)
</table>
<table>
<tr><td><a href="boily.JPG"><img src="boily_small.JPG"></a>
<tr><td>Christian Boily (Tokyo, 1999)
</table>
<table>
<tr><td><a href="gierszes.jpg"><img
src="gierszes_small.jpg"></a>
<tr><td>Mirek Giersz and family and Linda Heggie (Warsaw, 1998)
</table>
<table>
<tr><td><a href="mirek2.jpg"><img
src="mirek2_small.jpg"></a>
<tr><td>Mirek Giersz (Warsaw, 1998)
</table>
<table>
<tr><td><a href="hutteub.JPG"><img
src="hutteub_small.JPG"></a>
<tr><td>Piet Hut and Peter Teuben (Tokyo, 1999)
</table>
<table>
<tr><td><a href="ralf.JPG"> <img src="ralf_small.JPG"> </a>
<tr><td>Ralf Klessen (Tokyo, 1999)
</table>
<table>
<tr><td><a href="kokubo.JPG"> <img src="kokubo_small.JPG">
</a>
<tr><td>Eiichiro Kokubo (Tokyo, 1999)
</table>
<table>
<tr><td><a href="zwart.JPG"><img src="zwart_small.JPG"></a>
<tr><td>Simon Portegies Zwart (Tokyo, 1999)
</table>
<table>
<tr><td><a href="rainer.JPG"><img
src="rainer_small.JPG"></a>
<tr><td>Rainer Spurzem (Tokyo, 1999)
<tr><td><a href="makino.jpg"><img
src="makino_small.jpg"></a>
<tr><td>Jun Makino (with Linda and Douglas), September 2002 (image:
Sverre Aarseth)
<tr><td><a href="Heggie.jpg"><img
src="kyoto_small.jpg"></a>
<tr><td>(Clockwise from lower left): Shirehiro Nagataki, Yoshi Inoue,
Shun Hozumi, DCH, Linda, Masa-aki Sakagami (July 2007)
</table>



<h2><a name=eclipse /a> The total eclipse of August 11 1999</h2>

Location was on Alderney, Channel Islands.  Conditions were fairly
cloudy, but about 30 seconds of totality was visible through a gap in
the clouds.  These two images were taken on 800 ASA film with a 600mm
lens.


<table>
<tr><td><a href="eclipse5_crop.jpg"><img
src="eclipse5_small.jpg"></a>
<tr><td>During late totality.  Unfiltered.  Exposure unrecorded.  The
camera was not well pointed or focused.
</table>
<table>
<tr><td><a href="eclipse6_crop.jpg"><img
src="eclipse6_small.jpg"></a>
<tr><td>Partial phase.  Mylar filter.  Exposure unrecorded.
</table>

The following four hand-held images give a fair impression of the
changing appearance of the sky around the time of totality.  Image
scale (on the clicked images) is about 14 pixels per
degree; horizontal width is 640 pixels.  Digital camera.

<table>
<tr><td><a href="eclipse1.jpg"><img
src="eclipse1_small.jpg"></a>
<tr><td>A few minutes before totality, in the direction of the
sun. 1/30sec, f/8
</table>
<table>
<tr><td><a href="eclipse2.jpg"><img
src="eclipse2_small.jpg"></a>
<tr><td>During totality, looking north-north
west. 1/4sec, f/2.4 
</table>
<table>
<tr><td><a href="eclipse3.jpg"><img
src="eclipse3_small.jpg"></a>
<tr><td>Later in totality, looking
south-south east.  (Alderney was south of the central line of totality.)
1/4sec, f/2.4 
</table>
<table>
<tr><td><a href="eclipse4.jpg"><img
src="eclipse4_small.jpg"></a>
<tr><td>At about the end of totality, in the
direction of the sun.  1/4sec, f/2.4 
</table>
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<!-- <p>Late total phase (from BBC TV broadcast).  Our view through -->
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 </ol>

<h2><a name=leonids /a>The Leonid shower  of November 18 1999</h2>

Two exposures between the period 0215 and 0245 on November 18, from
Edinburgh.  Film speed 800ASA, normal lens.  Visually, meteors were
seen at a rate exceeding 1 a minute, despite the thin cloud
illuminated by city lights.
<table>
<tr><td><a href="leonid2_crop.jpg"><img
src="leonid2_small.jpg"></a>
<tr><td>Two meteors, one at top left, the other just right of centre
at the bottom of the frame.  The two bright stars at the right are
Gamma and Zeta Leonis.  Exposure about 4 mins.
</table>
<table>
<tr><td><a href="leonid1_crop.jpg"><img
src="leonid1_small.jpg"></a>
<tr><td>One meteor, at top left.  The two bright stars at the right are
Gamma and Zeta Leonis.  Exposure about 6 mins.
</table>

<h2><a name=eclipse2 /a> The total lunar eclipse of January 9 2001</h2>

The following images were taken through a low-power eyepiece on an 8" Newtonian with a small
digital camera.  All show views in the partial phase after
mid-eclipse.  
The arcs are
(i) the edge of the telescope field, (ii) the lunar limb and (iii) the
edge of the umbra.
<table>
<tr><td><a href="eclipseA.JPG"><img
src="eclipseA_small.JPG"></a>
<tr><td>
</table>
<table>
<tr><td><a href="eclipse4.JPG"><img
src="eclipse4_small.JPG"></a>
<tr><td>
</table>
<table>
<tr><td><a href="eclipse6.JPG"><img
src="eclipse6_small.JPG"></a>
<tr><td>
</table>
<table>
<tr><td><a href="eclipse7.JPG"><img
src="eclipse7_small.JPG"></a>
<tr><td>
</table>
<table>
<tr><td><a href="eclipse8.JPG"><img
src="eclipse8_small.JPG"></a>
<tr><td>
</table>
<table>
<tr><td><a href="eclps13+.JPG"><img
src="eclps13+_small.JPG"></a>
<tr><td> An enhanced image showing part of the moon within the umbra
</table>
The following images were taken with a telephoto.
<table>
<tr><td><a href="lunar_eclipse4.jpg"><img
src="lunar_eclipse4_small.jpg"></a>
<tr><td> 
</table>
<table>
<tr><td><a href="lunar_eclipse5.jpg"><img
src="lunar_eclipse5.jpg"></a>
<tr><td> 
</table>

<h2><a name=transit /a> The transit of Mercury on 7 May 2003</h2>

This image was taken at about 0710 UT using a small refractor with
eyepiece projection.

<p>

<a href="mercury.JPG"><img
src="mercury_tiny.JPG"></a>

<h2><a name=transit2 /a> The Transit of Venus on 8 June 2004
</h2>

This image used eyepiece projection with a finder scope.  Location:
Amsterdam.

<p>
<a href="transit7.JPG"><img
src="transit7_small.JPG"></a>

<h2><a name=aurora /a> Aurora Borealis  on 21 January 2005</h2>

These images were taken around 2215 from Auldclune, Perthshire.  8s,
400ASA equivalent.  Looking north-north west and west, respectively.

<a href="aurora6_medium.JPG"><img
src="aurora6_small.JPG"></a>

<a href="aurora8_medium.JPG"><img
src="aurora8_small.JPG"></a>


<h2><a name=eclipse3 /a> Partial Solar Eclipse on 3 October 2005</h2>

Taken with an Olympus C-720 with 8x zoom.  Location: Edinburgh.

<p>
<a href="eclipse2_crop.JPG"><img
src="eclipse2_crop_small.JPG"></a>

<h2><a name=eclipse4 /a> Total  Solar Eclipse on 29 March 2006</h2>

Taken on 35mm film with a 900mm telephoto lens.  Location: near
Manavgat, Turkey.

<p>
<a ><img
src="corona_smallest.jpg">
The total phase</a>
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<a href="eclipse/composite_processed.jpg"><img
src="eclipse/composite_processed_small.jpg"></a>
<td>
<a href="eclipse/corona_composite_processed.jpg"><img
src="eclipse/corona_composite_processed_small.jpg"></a>
<td>
<a href="eclipse/diamond_ring_p_rotated.jpg"><img
src="eclipse/diamond_ring_p_rotated.jpg"></a>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
The partial phases
<td>
Various exposures of the corona
<td>
Second contact
</table>
<a href="eclipse_montage.pdf">A montage (623kb,pdf) </a>

<h2><a name=comets /a>Comets</h2>
<h3> Comet McNaught January 2007</h3>

<a href="http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~heggie/images/comet_mcnaught.jpg"><img
src="http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~heggie/images/comet_mcnaught_tiniest.jpg"></a>
<br>

<h3>Comet Holmes</h3>
<a href="http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~heggie/images/holmes.jpg"><img
src="http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~heggie/images/holmes-smallest.jpg"></a> 11 November 2007 
<br>
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<h2><a name=travel /a>Travels in Japan</h2>

Peace Park, Hiroshima<br>
<a href="http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~heggie/images/hiroshima_park.JPG"><img
src="http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~heggie/images/hiroshima_park_small.JPG"></a>
<br>
At Dogo Onsen, Shikoku<br>
<a href="http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~heggie/images/dogo_onsen.JPG"><img
src="http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~heggie/images/dogo_onsen_small.JPG"></a>
<br>