Monthly Archives: November 2016

17 hours on the NGC6914 region in Cygnus

I managed to get a further 10 hours to add to the initial 7 hours taken using the Sky 90/M26C array – 20-minute sub-exposures. I don’t think that the additional 10-hours added much in the way of depth to this … Continue reading

Posted in mini-WASP Array, Sky 90 and SXVF-M26C | Leave a comment

The Double Cluster – yet again

I just can’t keep away from this region, and as there was a half-Moon up until 11 p.m. last night, a star cluster seemed like a good idea. This is another one of those images I have had in my … Continue reading

Posted in Canon 200mm prime lens, mini-WASP Array | Leave a comment

Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD)

Got today’s EPOD with the North America & Pelican nebulae image that  you can see just a couple of posts below. Cramming so many stars into such a small image size makes it look like the Milky Way stars aren’t … Continue reading

Posted in EPOD | Leave a comment

The NGC6914 region in Cygnus

Last night I got 7 hours of 20-minute subs on the NGC6914 region using the Sky 90 array.  The result is shown here.  As it is clear (and now Moonless) I am going for a bunch more 20-minute subs tonight … Continue reading

Posted in Deep Space Objects, mini-WASP Array, Sky 90 and SXVF-M26C | Leave a comment

Sadr one and a half framer

From the end of October I managed to get a one and a half framer of the Sadr region using the 200mm lens array. It should of course had been a 2-framer but I only shifted the frame by half … Continue reading

Posted in Canon 200mm prime lens, mini-WASP Array | Leave a comment

New Forest Observatory – Image of the Month

A couple of nights ago I managed to grab 24 x 20-minute subs of the M52 region using the 2 x Canon 200mm prime lenses and 2 x Trius M26C 10-Megapixel OSC CCDs.  I had to shut down for an … Continue reading

Posted in Canon 200mm prime lens, IOM, mini-WASP Array | Leave a comment