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Monthly Archives: August 2015
Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) number 70 today
Today’s EPOD is the 3-D microscopy version of the Cabbage White Butterfly Eggs photographed by yours truly and turned into a stunning 3-D image by Dr. Brian May. Brian made a suggestion as to how you could get an apparent … Continue reading
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The Double Cluster & Stock 2 with the Canon 200mm prime lens
One night before full Moon I managed to grab this with the 2 x 200mm and 2 x M26C OSC CCDs. 12 x 10-minute subs in all. Came out much better than I was expecting so I must go back … Continue reading
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New high-speed flash units due early 2016
In order to keep my hand in the HSF world, I will be making a batch of high-speed flash units that will be available early 2016. Talking to a number of professional users I have decided that the specification for … Continue reading
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The megaWASP array does Kemble’s Cascade
A very rare beautiful clear Moonless night last night so I put the 2 x Canon 200mm lenses on a favourite star region of mine – Kemble’s Cascade in Camelopardalis. Managed 2-hours worth of 10-minute subs with the array and … Continue reading
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A brand new course for 2015
Please look under the “Courses” heading for a brand new course available from today. This is the “I have been given a telescope for Christmas and I don’t know what to do with it” course. Get up to speed with … Continue reading
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The North America and Pelican nebulae Mega-WASPed
Managed to get 8 x 30-minute subs last night with the 2 x 200mm Canons and the M26Cs, and I added this to earlier 19 x 15-minute data from the same rig using Registar. This is the result. I think … Continue reading
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ISS pass 07/08/2015
Another nice long 6-minute ISS pass tonight at 10:04 p.m. As you can see, there was thin high cloud about which thickened considerably – so no imaging for me tonight 🙁
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ISS pass 23:17 on 02/08/2015
Another 6-minute long ISS pass from last night. The earlier 21:41 pass was completely clouded out.
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This is a great week for long ISS passes
On the night of the blue supermoon (31st July) I looked out of the window to see the ISS passing over the Moon (so I missed a great photo-opportunity) around 10:00 p.m. I hadn’t been keeping an eye on the … Continue reading
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