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ARRIVA Kent Thameside 6235 Y468 UGC is seen on Green Street Green Road, Darenth whilst working route 423. Friday 2nd January 2015

 

DAF DB250 - Alexander ALX400 (Ex-ARRIVA London South DLA 268)

 

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UGC 6446 (PGC 35202 and others) is a faint spiral galaxy located approximately 68 million light-years away in Ursa Major.

 

This field appears to have a lot of quasars. This image appears to go deeper than magnitude 22 based on the ones with magnitudes in the catalogs I could find.

 

Luminance – 30x600s – 300 minutes – binned 1x1

RGB – 23:21:23x300s – 115:105:115 minutes each – binned 2x2

 

635 minutes total exposure – 10 hours 35 minutes

 

Imaged December 11th and 29th, 2021 and January 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 2022 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.

 

ARRIVA Kent Thameside 6234 Y467 UGC is seen departing from Bluewater Bus Station whilst working route 433. Saturday 18th April 2015.

 

DAF DB250 10.2m - Alexander ALX400 (Ex-ARRIVA London North DLA267)

 

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ARRIVA Kent Thameside 6234 Y467 UGC is seen passing Bowes Wood on Redhill Road, New Ash Green whilst working route 489. Thursday 9th April 2015.

 

DAF DB250 10.2m - Alexander ALX400 (Ex-ARRIVA London North DLA267)

 

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On a day of intermittent heavy showers along with occasional sunny periods, Arriva Kent & Surrey 6249 Y495 UGC is caught leaving Chatham bus station on route 176. Tuesday 6th October 2015. DSCN34916.

 

DAF DB250LF-Alexander ALX400 10.2m. Ex-Arriva London North DLA 295.

The Original Tour Bus DLP243 Reg Y543 UGC in the road outside Mardens shortly after arrival

11 September 2103

Pictured during the final week of operation of the 2014-2015 school year, ARRIVA Kent Thameside 6233 Y466 UGC is seen is seen passing Olivers Mill on Ash Road, New Ash Green whilst working the schooldays only variant of route 423 to Wilmington Schools. Wednesday 22nd July 2015.

 

DAF DB250 - Alexander ALX400 (Ex-ARRIVA London South DLA 266)

 

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Former Arriva London DLP246 Reg Y546 UGC shortly after arrival at Mardens having been taken back temporarily and returned today for decalling.

This is the first of the new series of half-tops for The Original Tour London Sightseeing

26 July2013

UGC 2275 (PGC 10588 and others) is a faint spiral located in Cetus.

 

Luminance – 27x600s – 270 minutes – binned 1x1

RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2

 

390 minutes total exposure – 6 hours 30 minutes

 

Imaged December 3rd, 4th and 7th, 2021 and January 1st, 2022 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.

 

ARRIVA Kent Thameside 6233 Y466 UGC waits to pull out of Redhill Road and into Ash Road, New Ash Green whilst working route 423. Wednesday 29th April 2015.

 

DAF DB250 - Alexander ALX400 (Ex-ARRIVA London South DLA 266)

 

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The smudge of stars at the centre of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is a galaxy known as UGC 5797. UGC 5797 is an emission line galaxy, meaning that it is currently undergoing active star formation. The result is a stellar population that is constantly being refurbished as massive bright blue stars form. Galaxies with prolific star formation are not only veiled in a blue tint, but are key to the continuation of a stellar cycle.

 

More information: www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1517a/

 

Credit:

ESA/Hubble & NASA. Acknowledgement: Luca Limatola

Newly repainted Y463 UGC or '30' seen returning from AM schools.

The Original Tour bus DLP242 Reg Y542 UGC waits in Mardens top yard

5 June 2017

Tootbus

Y548 UGC (DLP248)

DAF DB250 Plaxton President

 

New to Arriva London as DLP248.

A lovely spheroidal dwarf galaxy. Visually, the younger, bluer stars appear near the center, while an older, redder population appears on the outskirts. Interesting. I think this is typical for these spheroidal dwarfs, but I haven't taken much notice to it.

 

I tried to include as much as I could on the right, but unfortunately the nice data is cut off right about there. The galaxy continues more or less symmetrically to the right. Note the IR data did not cover the entire image, so the parts in the upper left and lower left that look kind of yellow and lack red are where that ended.

 

Apparently I already processed this one a while back but I forgot. Well it looks way better with Meredith's data, that's for sure.

 

This was put together using some custom drizzled data made by Meredith Durbin, attribution as follows:

NASA/ESA/Meredith Durbin/Judy Schmidt

 

That data came from these proposals:

ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey

A Calibration Database for Stellar Models of Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars

 

Red: WFC3/IR F110W+WFC3/IR F160W

Green: ACS/WFC F606W

Blue: ACS/WFC F475W

  

North is 32.32° clockwise from up.

ARRIVA Kent & Surrey 6248 Y494 UGC is seen on Sir John Hawkins Way, Chatham whilst working route 169. Tuesday 1st July 2014.

 

DAF DB250 - Alexander ALX400 (Ex-ARRIVA London North DLA 294)

 

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NGC 918 (UGC 1888, PGC 9236 and others) is an AGN galaxy located approximately 53 million light-years away in Aries. Our view is impacted by MBM 8, a cloud of IFN illuminated by our galaxy, approximately 650 light-years away. Several denser areas can also be found in the Planck Galactic Cold Clump (PGCC) catalog.

 

Luminance – 18x1800s – 540 minutes – binned 1x1

RGB – 6x600s – 60 minutes each – binned 2x2

 

720 minutes total exposure – 12 hours

 

Imaged on October 23rd, 24th and 25th, 2017 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG ST-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT90EDT at f/6.7 603mm.

 

In High Street, Maidstone not in service is Arriva Kent & Surrey 6229 Y462 UGC. Friday 15th May 2015. DSCN33205.

 

DAF B250 10.2m - Alexander ALX400. Ex-Arriva London DLA262 in 2006.

The Original Tour Bus No Y544 UGC resplendant in its new attire waits in the road for its driver.

23 August 2013

Former Arriva London DLP45 Reg Y533 UGC having recently been converted to half open top and repainted, stands in Mardens yard having its new decals fitted

1 October 2014

Arriva Kent & Surrey 6227 Y451 UGC, on the 141 in Sir John Hawkins Way, Chatham.

Monday 20th April 2015. DSCN33010.

 

DAF DB250-Alexander ALX 400 10.2m. Ex-Arriva London South DLA 260.

The Original Tour Bus DLP241 Reg Y541 UGC departing from Mardens with its new rear advertising complete

7 October 2015

Sir John Hawkins Way in Chatham finds Arriva Kent & Surrey 6227 Y451 UGC not in service. Thursday 19th May 2016. DSCN36744.

 

DAF DB250 10.2m-Alexander ALX400. Ex-Arriva London South in 2006 as DLA 260 and latterly with Arriva Kent Thameside at Dartford for use on TfL routes.

ARRIVA Kent Thameside 6234 Y467 UGC is seen on New Barn Road, New Barn whilst working route 489. Tuesday 11th February 2014.

 

DAF DB250 10.2m - Alexander ALX400 (Ex-ARRIVA London North DLA267)

 

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Observed with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the faint galaxy featured in this image is known as UGC 12588. Unlike many spiral galaxies, UGC 12588 displays neither a bar of stars across its centre nor the classic prominent spiral arm pattern. Instead, to a viewer, its circular, white and mostly unstructured centre makes this galaxy more reminiscent of a cinnamon bun than a mega-structure of stars and gas in space.

 

Lying in the constellation of Andromeda in the Northern hemisphere, this galaxy is classified as a spiral galaxy. Unlike the classic image of a spiral galaxy, however, the huge arms of stars and gas in UGC 12588 are very faint, undistinguished, and tightly wound around its centre. The clearest view of the spiral arms comes from the bluer stars sprinkled around the edges of the galaxy that highlight the regions where new star formation is most likely taking place.

 

Credit:

ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Tully

Acknowledgement: Gagandeep Anand

The Original London Tour DLP241 Reg Y541 UGC in Mardens yard

1 March 2019

Seen in Windsor Town Centre.

Arriva Kent & Surrey 6228 Y461 UGC lays over in Sir John Hawkins Way, Chatham prior to working route 155 to Maidstone via Borstal. Monday 20th April 2015. DSCN32972.

 

DAF DB250 - Alexander ALX400 10.2m. Ex-Arriva London South DLA261.

 

October 2022: This route only runs between Chatham and Borstal

The Original Tour Bus DLP246 Reg Y546 UGC being prepped in Mardens yard.

1 June 2017

ARRIVA Kent Thameside 6235 Y468 UGC is seen turning from Church Road and into St Johns Lane, Hartley whilst working route 423. Wednesday 11th June 2014.

 

DAF DB250 - Alexander ALX400 (Ex-Arriva London South DLA 268)

 

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Edited Hubble Space Telescope image of the galaxy UGC 3885. The bright star "over" the galaxy belongs to the Milky Way Galaxy and isn't associated with UGC 3885.

 

Original caption: A bright foreground star isn’t enough to distract from the grandeur of the galaxy UGC 3885, captured here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. While this foreground star is incredibly bright to Hubble’s eye, it does not outshine the details of the background galaxy. Many young blue stars are sprinkled throughout the circular patterns of UGC 3885’s arms, contrasted and complemented by dark lanes of dust also following the spiral structure. A glancing look at UGC 3885 may only leave you with an impression of the galaxy, but spare a moment longer and the intricacies of the galaxy begin to emerge. Located in the constellation of Lynx , UGC 3885 is a cosmic beauty to behold.

An unusual sighting is seen here as ARRIVA Kent & Surrey DAF DB250LF - Alexander ALX400 - Y461 UGC (6228) is seen running along Medway Road, Gillingham on 25th June 2015 working service 116 to Medway Maritime Hospital

Heading off into red line territory is 411, down Pennyfoot Street with a 44 to Gedling on 9.5.22

ARRIVA Kent & Surrey 6229 Y462 UGC is seen on Tower View, Kings Hill whilst working route 77 which on SDO is extended to Bennett Memorial School in Tunbridge Wells. Monday 8th June 2015

 

DAF DB250 - Alexander ALX400 (Ex-ARRIVA London South DLA 262)

 

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ARRIVA Kent Thameside 6233 Y466 UGC is seen on Green Street Green Road between Lanes End and Darenth whilst working route 433. Friday 2nd January 2015

 

DAF DB250 - Alexander ALX400 (Ex-ARRIVA London South DLA 266)

 

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Former Arriva London DLP46 Reg Y546 UGC shortly after arrival at Mardens having been repainted elsewhere.

This is the first of the new series of half-tops for The Original Tour London Sightseeing buses.

5 July 2013

 

The Original London Tour DLP241 Reg Y541 UGC in the road outside Mardens shortly after arrival.

6 July 2017

UGC 5829 (PGC 31923, VV 794, the Spider and others) is an irregular galaxy approximately 26.5 million light-years away in Leo Minor.

 

Luminance – 42x600s – 420 minutes – binned 1x1

RGB – 10:10:8x300s – 50:50:40 minutes each – binned 2x2

 

560 minutes total exposure – 9 hours 20 minutes

 

Imaged January 26th, 27th and 31st and February 2nd, 2025 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.

 

UGC 11861 (PGC 67671 and others) is low surface brightness galaxy located approximately 58 million light-years away in Cepheus.

 

The bright star at the bottom left is 16 Cephei.

 

Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1

RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2

 

360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours

 

Imaged October 23rd and 24th, 2019 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.

 

Y475UGC at Littywood Farm, Staffordshire on 8/9/18.

It's Back!

As promised by Liner-nut, Y546 UGC is back with a few more decals added, for Mardens to put the remainder on which was being undertaken today.

Seen here in the roa doutside Mardens shortly after arrival waiting for a space in the yard

1 August 2013

Original London Sightseeing Tour DLP 243 leaves Knightsbridge at Hyde Park Corner on Bank Holiday Monday 30th May 2016. DSCN36868.

 

DAF DB250LF-Plaxton President 10.6m. Ex-Arriva London North DLP 43.

ARRIVA Kent & Surrey 6249 Y495 UGC is seen on Gleaming Wood Drive, Lords Wood whilst working route 166. Wednesday 23rd July 2014.

 

This and sister 6248 (Y494 UGC) are recent arrivals at Gillingham following single door conversion, a refresh & repaint and differ slightly from the other ex-London DLAs at Gillingham by having the trim under the front window painted aquamarine as opposed to the usual black!

 

DAF DB250 - Alexander ALX400 (Ex-ARRIVA London North DLA 295)

 

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Arriva Kent & Surrey (GL)

Y494 UGC (6248)

DAF DB250 Alexander ALX400

 

New to Arriva London North as DLA294

Finally finished The Original Tour Bus DLP246 Reg Y546 UGC stands in Mardens yard awaiting a driver to return it to base.

7 August 2013

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