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Monthly Archives: January 2023
SAO 132035 an S-Type star (s 4,1) Just East of Rigel
The star at centre is SAO 132035 a (very red) s-type star lying just to the east of Rigel. As per usual there’s a nice blue star close-by to the bright red star
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Reprocess of all Hyperstar on all Sky90 Data – Median Mix in Registar
Another reprocess of the Rosette data – all the Hyperstar data was overlaid on all the Sky90 data using Registar and a mean/median mix.
Arcturus – the Eye of the Bull – from 2013
The brightest star in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere.
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The Belt Stars of Orion
Sometimes, when all you want is an impactful star image – you find Nature conspires against you. The 3 bright stars running diagonally from bottom left to top right in this image are the Belt Stars of Orion. Bottom left … Continue reading
Posted in Projects, Sky 90 and SXVF-M25C
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Star Images
I am thinking about publishing a book which is just on stars – no galaxies, no nebulae – just stars. So that is single bright star images, clusters, asterisms and small constellations. I just had a quick look through some … Continue reading
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Sirius – The Brightest Star in the Sky
Out of all my bright, single star images, I think this one is my favourite. Sirius – the brightest star in the sky. Two-frame (vertical) mosaic with camera in landscape mode. 3 x Sky90 refractors and 3 x M26C (non-Trius) … Continue reading
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In Remembrance of Tony Allen
Just received some very sad news that my high-speed videographer friend Tony Allen passed away last week. We had a fantastic day in Tony’s studio in Oxford (quite a few years ago now) taking high-speed flash (stills) shots of water-filled … Continue reading
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A Star Reduction Reprocess of Mu Cephei
One of the brightest, reddest stars in the sky – the Garnet Star – Mu Cephei – in the nebula IC1396. A star reduced reprocess.
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Star Reduced Deep Pleiades
Star reduction does a nice job on a deep Sky90 image of the Pleiades.
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Tonight’s 7-minute Space-Station Pass
Tonight was a very long 7-minute pass of the International Space Station (ISS). It was still fairly light at 5:30 p.m. so I had to take the shots as 5-second exposures and then stitch the lot together. As the ISS … Continue reading
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