Monthly Archives: January 2016
Today’s EPOD – The Great Nebula in the Sword of Orion
Got today’s Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) with a very deep image of the M42 region. Added narrowband H-alpha and wideband near infrared add a lot to the data in this image. In particular the infrared data brings … Continue reading
The Caph region in Cassiopeia
Even with a blazing Moon, clouds, and everything wanting to go wrong – I managed to get enough data last night for the Caph right hand frame. So the central star here is Caph in Cassiopeia, a 2-framer using the … Continue reading
The Ruchbah region with the Canon 200mm lenses
Clear last night 19/01/2016 but with a blazing Moon, so this didn’t turn out too badly considering. A 2-frame mosaic using the Canon 200mm lenses and M26C OSC CCDs. Around 130-minutes of 10-minute subs per frame. Lots of open clusters, … Continue reading
IC2087 region
Due to a series of mishaps I only managed to get 15 x 20-minute subs on this one last night using the Sky 90s (should have got 27 x 20-mins). This is the IC2087 region in Taurus – and is … Continue reading
Aldebaran, the Hyades & NGC1647
A couple of clear hours after a day of rain allowed me to grab a quick 2-framer of the Aldebaran & Hyades region with the 200mm lens. 5-minute subs and an hour on each frame. Pleased just to be able … Continue reading