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Paul Downing, FRAS

Paul Downing, FRAS

My astronomy happens in southern Spain, where we have an observatory housing a 16" GSO telescope. We also have a 16" truss tube Newtonian and a 4" fluorite Takahashi refractor. I specialise in imaging galaxies, particularly ARP galaxies and planetary nebulae, using a QSI 683 CCD camera. For several years now I have been responsible for selecting and posting Picture of the Week on the BAA website.

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NGC 2403 in Camelopard...
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2021 Nov 10 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2021 Nov 11 – 09:21 UTC

1 
0 
NGC 7026 in Cygnus
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2021 Jul 16 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2021 Jul 17 – 09:28 UTC

2 
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IC 5146
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2021 Jul 14 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2021 Jul 15 – 10:41 UTC

0 
0 
Messier 80 in Scorpius
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2021 Jul 09 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2021 Jul 10 – 11:02 UTC

0 
0 
Messier 62 in Ophiuchu...
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2021 Jul 09 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2021 Jul 10 – 10:59 UTC

3 
0 
Barnard 93
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2021 Jul 04 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2021 Jul 05 – 09:37 UTC

3 
0 
Barnard 92
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2021 Jul 03 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2021 Jul 05 – 09:34 UTC

4 
0 
Messier 22
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2021 Jul 02 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2021 Jul 03 – 21:06 UTC

10 
0 
Abell 33
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2021 Apr 08 – 01:09 UTC
Upload 2021 Jun 12 – 07:50 UTC

5 
0 
NGC 6188/6193 - The &q...
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2021 Apr 15 – 10:30 UTC
Upload 2021 May 08 – 09:00 UTC

7 
2 
NGC 2419 - The interga...
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2021 Feb 05 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2021 Mar 18 – 22:07 UTC

20 
0 
Rupus Recta
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2020 Apr 01 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2021 Mar 06 – 10:54 UTC

11 
0 
Auroral Display
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2021 Feb 20 – 20:45 UTC
Upload 2021 Feb 26 – 17:26 UTC

5 
0 
Messier 71
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2020 Sep 10 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2020 Sep 11 – 08:07 UTC

4 
0 
Messier 72
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2020 Sep 09 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2020 Sep 11 – 08:05 UTC

4 
0 
Messier 30
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2020 Sep 05 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2020 Sep 11 – 08:03 UTC

4 
0 
Messier 55
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2020 Jul 15 – 21:00 UTC
Upload 2020 Jul 19 – 13:14 UTC

4 
0 
Messier 14
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2020 Jul 15 – 21:00 UTC
Upload 2020 Jul 19 – 13:13 UTC

4 
0 
Messier 12
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2020 Jul 19 – 13:09 UTC
Upload 2020 Jul 19 – 13:10 UTC

4 
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Messier 10
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2020 Jul 17 – 21:00 UTC
Upload 2020 Jul 19 – 13:09 UTC

4 
0 
Messier 9
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2020 Jul 16 – 20:00 UTC
Upload 2020 Jul 19 – 13:07 UTC

0 
0 
Messier 5
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2020 Jul 10 – 20:30 UTC
Upload 2020 Jul 11 – 08:27 UTC

1 
0 
NGC 7479 in Pegasus
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2019 Oct 25 – 20:00 UTC
Upload 2019 Oct 26 – 08:38 UTC

0 
0 
NGC 1931 in Auriga
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2019 Oct 24
Upload 2019 Oct 25 – 11:30 UTC

1 
0 
NGC 869 in Perseus
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2019 Oct 25 – 11:21 UTC
Upload 2019 Oct 25 – 11:25 UTC

8 
0 
IC 5146 - The Cocoon N...
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2019 Jul 24 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2019 Jul 25 – 09:41 UTC

8 
0 
Galaxy NGC 5907
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2019 Jul 23 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2019 Jul 24 – 08:54 UTC

6 
0 
Messier 100
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2019 May 31 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2019 Jun 02 – 09:45 UTC

5 
0 
Messier 88
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2019 Jun 01 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2019 Jun 02 – 09:43 UTC

8 
0 
Messier 83 - The South...
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2019 May 29 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2019 May 30 – 10:52 UTC

8 
0 
Messier 63 - the "...
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2018 May 15 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2018 May 16 – 12:45 UTC

8 
0 
Messier 3
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2018 May 12 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2018 May 13 – 10:24 UTC

6 
0 
Messier 106 in Ursa Ma...
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2017 Jun 19 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2017 Nov 28 – 08:46 UTC

10 
0 
The "Iris" N...
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2017 Aug 24 – 12:36 UTC
Upload 2017 Aug 24 – 12:36 UTC

8 
0 
Portion of the Veil Ne...
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2017 Jul 16 – 22:30 UTC
Upload 2017 Aug 24 – 12:30 UTC

6 
0 
NGC 7009 - The "S...
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2017 Aug 21 – 22:30 UTC
Upload 2017 Aug 22 – 07:59 UTC

6 
0 
NGC 7008
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2017 Aug 21
Upload 2017 Aug 21 – 13:10 UTC

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NGC 6781
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2017 Aug 20 – 22:30 UTC
Upload 2017 Aug 21 – 13:08 UTC

6 
2 
Messier 76 - the Littl...
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2017 Aug 19
Upload 2017 Aug 19 – 12:55 UTC

6 
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Messier 32
Paul Downing, FRAS
Obs 2017 Aug 18 – 22:30 UTC
Upload 2017 Aug 19 – 12:53 UTC
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