Monthly Archives: September 2009

IOM October 2009 – the Double Cluster in Perseus

We are now enjoying long dark evenings and are once again getting into the swing of imaging well into the early hours – weather permitting.  The imaging object I have chosen for this month is the famous Double Cluster in … Continue reading

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NGC457 in Cassiopeia – the Owl or ET cluster

The third clear Moonless evening in a row had me out to capture this beautiful little open cluster in Cassiopeia called the Owl or ET cluster – NGC457.  As I mentioned before, Noel’s real speciality is stars – which you … Continue reading

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The Iris nebula in Cepheus – again

Clear dark Moonless sky last night and Cepheus was in a perfect position for imaging.  So I decided to get some more deeper, better data on the Iris nebula so that Noel can work his magic and incorporate this with … Continue reading

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The annual “Drift” – Brockenhurst, the New Forest.

Every year the New Forest ponies (and as you can see the Shetlands) are rounded up for checking/branding/marking/injections, and the picture below shows the beginning of the action.  Lots of helpers and riders on the day and the Forest gains … Continue reading

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The Perseus Double Cluster September 2009

We’re on a roll 🙂  The weather has not only been unusually good these last few nights, but they have been Moonless nights too!  Excellent!!!  Managed to capture the Double Cluster a couple of nights ago and Noel worked his … Continue reading

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NGC 281 the Pacman nebula in Cassiopeia

Noel recently processed an image taken just a few days ago.  This one is NGC281 also known as the Pacman nebula in Cassiopeia.  Twelve subs at 15-minutes per sub gave this result, and 15-minutes at f#2 is equivalent to an … Continue reading

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Frost covered spider webs – Today’s EPOD – Earth Science Picture of the Day

We had a week of sub-zero temperatures at the beginning of 2009 which led to hoar-frost covered spider webs and grass as well as “crystalline copses” – trees glittering from the ice in the early morning winter sunshine.  It was … Continue reading

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Southampton Magna Rotary Club – Thursday 24th September

I shall be giving a talk to Southampton Magna Rotary Club on the evening of Thursday 24th September 2009 in Southampton.  The title of the talk is “The Magic of Photography” and I will be discussing photography in general and deep-sky … Continue reading

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Greek Astronomy

I spent last week at an electronics Conference in Athens, Greece. Amazingly, from the Acropolis I could see two observatories – one actually down in the town (!) and another far away on a hilltop overlooking Athens.  I don’t think … Continue reading

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Sadr area using the new 45nm bandwidth H-alpha filter

Noel has just processed the H-alpha data from Thursday 10th September 2009.  This was the first target using the new 45nm bandwidth H-alpha filter (Baader) I purchased from Ian King Imaging Ltd.  This is 10 subs at 10-minutes per sub, … Continue reading

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