An unexpectedly clear night last night – spent all the time working on the Hyperstar – managed to get about 90% of the way there in setting it up, next outing should see it imaging again 🙂 So what are … Continue reading
How can we protect our whales and at the same time put destructive nuclear devices to good use? I propose strapping tactical nuclear devices to our larger whales that have an acoustic sensor to pick up the whale’s heartbeat. Heartbeat … Continue reading
There is a large circular emission nebula in the head of Orion centred on Meissa. This huge H-alpha region lies just above Betelgeuse and Bellatrix and actually spans the region between those two stars – so this is a huge … Continue reading
This is the Carbon star 4-Omicron 1 Orionis which lies close to Aldebaran in the constellation Orion. SAO94176 has a magnitude of 4.71 and so is naked eye from a reasonably dark site. This is a mini-WASP array image using … Continue reading
I fitted an Orion finder/guider scope to the top plate of the mini-WASP array today. Well it was raining and I had nothing better to do. However there is a purpose in the madness. I will simply swap the guide … Continue reading
All I wanted to do was drill and tap 4 holes in the top plate of the mini-WASP array to take a dovetail fitting that will hold an Orion finder/guider scope. 4 holes drilled, three tapped when the tap broke … Continue reading
Great to see everyone at AstroFest today. Must admit I do like the location for AstroFest – BUT – it really is far too small for all the exhibitors, and the crush is now getting rather unpleasant. It is way … Continue reading
Got a few clear hours a couple of nights ago and set up the mini-WASP array on the Meissa nebulosity – all 3 cameras/scopes up and running for this one 🙂 Got 8 x 20-minutes of RGB on each camera, … Continue reading
Time travel into the future has always been possible, Einstein’s equations of Special Relativity have shown us that for well over a hundred years. We have also seen it practically here on Earth where some short-lived cosmic ray particles traveling … Continue reading
Two very nice open clusters, quite low down in the sky for me, in the constellation Puppis. These are M46 (on the left) and M47 (on the right). There are also two other open clusters as well as two planetary … Continue reading
