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Author Archives: Greg Parker
Picture of the Week
I added Sky90 data of M44 to the 2-frame 200mm data of the “Stargate” containing M44 to create this composite image. The nearby Carbon stars X Cancri and T Cancri have been annotated. Cameras used M26C OSC CCDs.
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Picture of the Week
This week we feature Polaris, the North star, together with the surrounding Integrated Flux Nebula (IFN). This is really seat of the pants imaging to get this one. Why? Because as we are imaging so close to the Pole we … Continue reading
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Got Today’s EPOD (number 130)
Got today’s EPOD with Carbon star C W Leonis. Thank you Jim for continuing to publish my work 🙂
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Is it Really Worth it?
Clear last night so I started setting up early so I could get some good imaging time in. The last tweak I needed to do was to get the two Canon 200mm lenses aligned to one another (perfectly) and then … Continue reading
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Aldebaran
Only 6 x 10-minute subs from last night, so pretty noisy, but at least it’s the first image since November 14th 2023, so a major landmark. 200mm lenses and the ASI 2600MC Pro CMOS cameras. Need to take some new … Continue reading
First Clear Night in Weeks.
A couple of nights back we had the first clear night in many weeks. This is such a rare event it deserves an entry all of its own. So, starting at 7 p.m. I began work on setting up the … Continue reading
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The Perseus Double-Cluster and Stock 2
I just did a quick reprocess on this one and it looked nice enough to re-post. This is the famous Double-Cluster in Perseus, with the less famous Stock 2 (the stick-man lying on his side at top right). A 2-frame … Continue reading
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Picture of the Week
Picture of the Week is Greg’s 3 asterism in Leo seen almost dead centre in this image. The image comprises 14 x 12-minute subs taken with the 200mm lenses and M26C OSC CCDs. I first discovered this asterism whilst scanning … Continue reading
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Picture of the Week
For this week’s “Picture of the Week” I have chosen my favourite asterism, namely Kemble’s Cascade. Not only is this a superb star cluster in its own right, but it also has 3 very special stars closely associated with it. … Continue reading
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Picture of the Week
A regular visitor to this website made the valid comment that the Andromeda image has been the latest one to be shown for far too long. Why has it been up there for so long? Very simple really, I haven’t … Continue reading