Monthly Archives: July 2017

The Universe as a Thought of God

Ramanujan said that “An equation means nothing to me unless it expresses a thought of God” I thought Ramanujan was thinking along the right lines, but maybe a little limited in his thinking.  It came to me that maybe The … Continue reading

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The Science Gate at the New Forest Observatory

You may remember, from a long time back, that there was a “Science Gate” episode at the New Forest Observatory.  You can read about it here if you scroll down to the section “Godcidentals”. I was contemplating the “Science Gate” … Continue reading

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“The Propeller” in M13

I have very deep data of M13 and for the first time today I took a good look at the image to see if I could find “The Propeller”. And there it was!!

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Sky 90 4-frame mosaic of the Double Cluster/Stock 2 region in Perseus

I took this data a few years back.  It is a 4-frame mosaic of the Double Cluster/Stock 2 region in Perseus taken with the Sky 90s/M26Cs.  Each frame is 2-hours of 3-minute subs and North is to the right.  It … Continue reading

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Screensaver Images

Please note that “Screensavers” of my images are no longer available for purchase.  

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Earth Science Picture of the Day – EPOD

Today’s EPOD is M92 – the ovelooked globular cluster in Hercules.  

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North America nebula with the Canon 5D MkII and the Canon 200mm lens

Noel Carboni put some old Canon 5D MkII (unmodified) data through his new AstroFlat plug-in.  I am amazed at the amount of “red” he has managed to pull out from an unmodified DSLR camera!!

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Noel Carboni’s AstroFlat Pro has just been released!

You will see in the images below that I have been beta-testing Noel Carboni’s new flattening tool for deep-sky images. This plug-in makes flattening even the most difficult image data a doddle (even I can get good results). If you … Continue reading

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Carbon star SAO 77516 in Taurus

A Sky90 array image, 5 hours of 30-minute subs.

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Arcturus and Napoleon’s Hat

A slightly better Arcturus reprocess. Arcturus is the brightest star in the Northern Hemisphere.

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