Monthly Archives: August 2022

Composite M31 Using the C11/Hyperstar4/2600MC Pro camera

Here is a composite image of M31 using all the C11/Hyperstar4/2600MC pro camera data I could find. this is around 6-8 hours of 3-minute subs.

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M31 – First Image of the New Season

Got out for the first time last night for this new season – clear Moonless night – pretty much perfect conditions. I meant to image the Altair region with the 200mm lenses – BUT – one of the 2600MC Pro … Continue reading

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The IC2087 Region of the Taurus Molecular Cloud

This is a 2-frame mosaic using the Canon 200mm prime lenses and the Trius M26C OSC CCDs. The left hand side of the frame is the IC2087 region and the right hand side has the bright star SAO76573 in the … Continue reading

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Star SAO76573 in the Taurus Molecular Cloud

Final reprocess for today. Another 200mm Canon prime lens image with the Trius M26C OSC CCDs, but this time just a single-framer. The central star is SAO76573 and from its dusty surroundings you might guess it sits in the Taurus … Continue reading

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Procyon and Gomeisa – Canis Minor

Reprocess number 2 for today and another 2-frame mosaic from the 200mm Canon prime lenses and the Trius M26C OSC CCDs. This time it is Procyon (bottom left) and Gomeisa (top right) which make up the constellation Canis Minor. Approximately … Continue reading

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Arcturus reprocess

Another reprocess – this time of the 200mm Canon prime lens data (with Trius M26C OSC CCDs). This is a 2-frame mosaic of Arcturus – so this is a BIG field of view. Around 4-hours of 5-minute subs in total. … Continue reading

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Tarazed and Barnard’s “E”

A reprocess of some old 200mm lens data using the Trius 26C OSC CCD camera. This is 22 x 10-minute subs on the Tarazed/Barnard’s “E” region. This year I will try to get a 2-framer of this region including Alshain … Continue reading

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More Mirror Magic

Quite some time ago I wrote up a piece on how a vertically oriented mirror laterally inverts an image (it doesn’t by the way). People quite often ask, if a mirror inverts laterally, then why doesn’t it invert vertically as … Continue reading

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M31 – The Great Spiral Galaxy in Andromeda

Here is a composite image of M31 comprising 2 sets of Sky90/M26C OSC CCD data.

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