Monthly Archives: May 2012

A new CCD images category – Sky 90 and M26C images

Now that the mini-WASP array is beginning to turn out some images (even if it is only one scope/camera at a time) I have created a new section under CCD images – namely Sky 90 and M26C.  Hopefully, before too … Continue reading

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Vega – mini-WASP test shot

While I was collimating camera 1 to scope 1 I took some 3-minute subs of Vega using the well-tuned camera 2 and scope 2.  This is literally a 2-second process of the data just to see what I had taken … Continue reading

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Re-collimation of second imaging Sky 90 successful :)

Much to my great relief my attempt to re-collimate the second Sky 90 (which had somehow lost its good collimation) was successful.  And on top of that we had clear skies last night for me to test the imaging results … Continue reading

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Deneb region using one scope and camera on the mini-WASP array

Only 3 half-hour subs but I am extremely pleased with the result!!  No dither so full of hot pixels, but good quality stars corner to corner on an APS sized chip – the Sky 90 CAN deliver the goods, but … Continue reading

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Statrep mini-WASP array

You will have seen the recent M57 image from one of the mini-WASP cameras and last night I took 3 x 30-minute subs of the Deneb region with the same camera just to check I could manage 30-minute subs with … Continue reading

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M92 in Hercules, Hyperstar III image 11 x 20-minute subs

Taken in parallel with the M57 data, here is an image of the globular cluster M92 in Hercules, less well known than its M13 neighbour, but every bit as impressive.  11 sub-exposures at 10-minutes per sub in order to get … Continue reading

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M57 region camera 2 mini-WASP array 26/05/2012

This is the result of 7 x 20-minute subs with camera 2 on the mini-WASP array, camera 1 needs some fine collimation/chip flatness tweaking, camera 2 on the other hand is almost spot on!!  Reason for 20-minute subs was to … Continue reading

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The New Forest Observatory control room

Last night was the most amazing beautiful clear night – and the Moon wasn’t too intrusive either (which is unusual on a clear night).  After a little extra “tuning” I set the two mini-WASP cameras off imaging a region around … Continue reading

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288888

What’s the significance of 288888?  Just saw that the New Forest Observatory had that number of hits at 17:14 p.m. today 🙂  Keep visiting people, there’s always something new and exciting going on at the New Forest Observatory (except last … Continue reading

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The Parker-Carboni double-team create the definitive M13 image

Noel Carboni has just processed all the recent Hyperstar III data to create this groundbreaking image of the region 🙂 Three hours of 10-minute subs, 1-hour of 1-minute subs and 1-hour of 50-second subs went into the creation of this … Continue reading

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