Monthly Archives: August 2014

Veil nebula with the Canon 200mm prime lens and the Canon 5D MkII un-modified DSLR

Only 4 x 10-minute subs at ISO 800 from last night – but – I was amazed at how bright the blue-green parts of the Veil came out (and not at all surprised at the lack of red 🙁 ) … Continue reading

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Comet Jacques c/2014 E2 from 22/08/2014

Managed to capture a few 5-minute subs of comet Jacques when it was close to Epsilon Cassiopeiae on the evening of 22nd August 2014.

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Kemble’s Cascade from the mini-WASP array

Last night was one of those very rare nights.  Completely clear, Moonless, and the Milky Way like I’ve never seen it before from here – magic. Put the 200mm lens and M26C onto Kemble’s Cascade.  31 subs at 5-minutes per … Continue reading

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Delphinus – Noel Carboni process

Here is a Noel Carboni process of the recent Delphinus data taken from the New Forest Observatory.

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Delphinus

The Canon 5D MkII/Canon 200mm prime lens combo gives a field of view that can grab the whole of the constellation Delphinus in one go! I started imaging around 11:15 p.m. on 02/08/2014 and finally packed up at 2:00 a.m. … Continue reading

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