Monthly Archives: May 2023

Astronomy Image of the Day

Aldebaran and the Hyades in Taurus. A 200mm lens 2.5-framer.

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Astronomy Image of the Day

The Butterfly Cluster M44 sitting within the “Stargate” in the constellation Cancer. This is a 2-frame mosaic using the 200mm lenses and the M26C OSC CCDs. Towards the left hand edge there are two (very red) Carbon stars, one near … Continue reading

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Astronomy Image of the Day

Castor and Pollux the main stars of Gemini. A 2-frame mosaic using the 200mm Canon prime lenses.

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Astronomy Image of the Day

The IC2087 region of Taurus showing the Taurus molecular cloud. 10-hours of 20-minute subs using the 200mm lenses and M26C OSC CCDs.

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Got today’s EPOD

Managed to get today’s EPOD with a Macro-Mosaic of an Owl Butterfly. Thank you Jim for continuing to publish my work.  

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Astronomy Image of the Day

The whole of central Lyra featuring Vega. A four frame mosaic using the Canon 200mm prime lenses.

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Astronomy Image of the Day

The Altair region with Barnard’s “E” (dark nebula). A 2-frame mosaic using the Canon 200mm lenses.

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Astronomy Image of the Day

Procyon & Gomeisa – the whole of Canis Minor. A two-frame mosaic using the 200mm lenses.

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The glorious Double Cluster in Perseus imaged with the Canon 200mm lenses. A total of 10 x 15-minute subs.

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Stunning Sirius – captured by the Canon 200mm prime lenses and the ASI 2600MC Pro OSC CMOS cameras. This is the last image I took at the NFO dated 26th February 2023. Not had a night’s imaging since then 🙁

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