The S@N team’s first view of La Palma. You can just make out the dome of the Isaac Newton Telescope on the summit. Credit: Will Gater
The shadow of the volcano projects out into the atmosphere and the pink Belt of Venus. Credit: Will Gater
The Moon over the wing as seen on approach to La Palma. Credit: Will Gater
Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) imaged with an 8-inch telescope and a Canon 550D DSLR on 22 November. Credit: Will Gater
The 10.4m diameter Gran Telescopio Canarias, one of the world’s largest telescopes. Credit: Will Gater
The MAGIC telescope. Credit: Will Gater
Venus, the Zodiacal Light and the Milky Way over the Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory. Credit: Will Gater
The domes of the Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory catch the first rays of the sunrise. Credit: Will Gater
The Liverpool Telescope in the afternoon sun. Credit: Will Gater
Blue skies over the William Herschel Telescope (right), the Dutch Open Telescope (centre) & the Swedish Solar Telescope (left). Credit: Will Gater
La Palma’s famous ‘Sea of Clouds’ below the observatory. Credit: Will Gater
The William Herschel Telescope prepares for a night of observing. Credit: Will Gater
The Liverpool Telescope (right), Dutch Open Telescope (right of centre) & WHT (left) as seen from the Roque de Los Muchachos. Credit: Will Gater
The volcanic outcrop known as the Roque de Los Muchachos (‘The Rock of the Boys’) which gives the observatory its name. Credit: Will Gater
The Milky Way over the Liverpool Telescope dome. Credit: Will Gater
A Berthelot’s Pipit enjoying the sunrise at the Roque de Los Muchachos. Credit: Will Gater
Tenerife’s Mount Teide looms above the clouds in the distance. Credit: Will Gater
The Isaac Newton Telescope dome open at twilight. Credit: Will Gater
The Liverpool Telescope observing, illuminated by the light of the Moon. Credit: Will Gater
The Liverpool Telescope. Note the ‘finder scope’. Credit: Will Gater
The enormous dome of the Gran Telescopio Canarias. Credit: Will Gater
The MAGIC telescopes observing. The sky is illuminated by the orange glow of the rising Moon. Credit: Will Gater
The William Herschel Telescope dome, the Belt of Venus and the Earth’s shadow. Credit: Will Gater
Comet C/2012 S1 ISON rising on the morning of 21 November. Credit: Will Gater
The caldera at the heart of the island in the early morning sunlight. Credit: Will Gater
The Belt of Venus and the Earth’s shadow over the calm waters around La Palma. Credit: Will Gater
The Earth’s shadow stretching across the horizon with the Belt of Venus above it. Credit: Will Gater
Jupiter peeks through the clouds as passing rain showers off La Palma’s coast are illuminated by shafts of moonlight. Credit: Will Gater
Comet ISON (top right) with Mercury (bottom left) on the morning of 20 November. Credit: Will Gater
Golden light from the rising Moon floods through the cloud tops beyond the Isaac Newton Telescope. Credit: Will Gater
The Isaac Newton Telescope illuminated by moonlight. Credit: Will Gater
The telescopes of the Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory from the highest point on the island. Credit: Will Gater
Mercury, Saturn and Comet ISON on the morning of the 23 November. Credit: Will Gater
The walls of the caldera as seen from the Roque de Los Muchachos. Credit: Will Gater
The morning sun begins to illuminate the vast interior of the caldera. Credit: Will Gater
Comet C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) on the night of the 21 November. Credit: Will Gater
The Liverpool Telescope at sunset. Credit: Will Gater
Sunset skies over the Liverpool Telescope (open dome) and the Isaac Newton Telescope (right). Credit: Will Gater
Anti-crepuscular rays at sunset extending right across the sky. Credit: Will Gater
The jagged volcanic landscape appears out of the clouds within the caldera. Credit: Will Gater
Cloud fills the caldera almost to the brim. Credit: Will Gater
Superb seeing conditions resulted in breathtaking telescopic views of the Moon during the trip. Credit: Will Gater