Monthly Archives: February 2025

Picture of the Week

This week’s Picture of the Week features a very old favourite of mine, the interacting galaxies M51 in the constellation Canes Venatici. This image comprises data taken with the original Hyperstar with a tiny little H9C OSC CCD, and the … Continue reading

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Purchase a Print of Any Picture You See

Do you know that you can purchase a print of ANY picture you see here on the New Forest Observatory website? I can supply full colour prints from size A4 right up to size A1 for any picture on the … Continue reading

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Picture of the Week

This week the New Forest Observatory features the beautiful Pelican nebula which sits right next to the North America nebula in the constellation Cygnus close to the star Deneb. This image comprises well over 15-hours worth of data taken on … Continue reading

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Picture of the Week

This week’s featured image is the beautiful reflection nebula M78 in the constellation Orion. This is a composite image using data from both the original Hyperstar with the little H9C OSC CCD, and also the Sky90 array with the M26C … Continue reading

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Picture of the Week

This week we feature the beautiful carbon star popularly known as Hind’s Crimson Star, which lies below Orion and is therefore in the southern murk for me. Image captured on the Sky90 array with the M26C OSC CCDs and comprises … Continue reading

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