Monthly Archives: September 2017
A Mega-Deep M45 Image
An extremely deep M45 image taken with the Sky 90s and M26C OSC CCDs. Over 25-hours total imaging time using 10, 20, and 30-minute sub-exposures. The image “cleaned-up” beautifully with Noel Carboni’s AstroFlat plugin.
M81 Zoom-In & Zoom-Out
Zoom-In – Single frame original Hyperstar on a C11 with an H9C OSC CCD. Zoom-Out – Single frame Sky 90 with an M25C OSC CCD.
M78 Zoom-In & Zoom-Out
Zoom-In – Single frame original Hyperstar on a C11 with an H9C OSC CCD. Zoom-Out – Single frame Sky 90 with an M25C OSC CCD.
Working Digital Sundial
Here’s a 3D printed Digital Sundial – set up and working for real in the garden. Compass to point North and protractor to set latitude. All works!!
NGC6914 Zoom-In & Zoom-Out
A nice region of blue in a sea of red – reflection nebula NGC6914 in Cygnus. Zoom-In – single frame original Hyperstar on a C11 with an H9C OSC CCD. Zoom-Out – single frame, Sky 90 array with M26C OSC … Continue reading
Zoom-In & Zoom-Out on the Coma cluster of galaxies
Zoo-In – Original Hyperstar on a C11 with an H9C OSC CCD. Zoom-Out – Sky 90 with an M25C OSC CCD. Both are single frames.
The Rosette nebula Zoomed In & Out
Zoom In – Original Hyperstar on C11 with H9C OSC CCD. Zoom Out – Sky 90 single frame with M26C OSC CCD.
Today’s Earth Science Picture of the Day – EPOD
Got today’s EPOD with the image of M11 sitting in the Scutum star cloud 🙂 Thank you Jim at EPOD for continuing to publish my work.
The Running Man nebula – Zoom-In and Zoom-Out image
One way of taking a high resolution zoom-in zoom-out of a deep-space image is to take the region concerned at 2 different focal lengths, or to take a single frame and then a mosaic of frames of the region. This … Continue reading