Author Archives: Greg Parker

Mathematical Prints

Earlier I showed that no only can I offer astro-prints but also macros, micros, high-speed photography, landscape & Nature photography, and I completely forgot mathematical and fractal objects. I can offer prints of any mathematical object (that can be described … Continue reading

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The Virgo/Coma cluster of galaxies in negative B&W for easier viewing. This is a combination of a 12-frame mosaic taken with the original Hyperstar and H9C OSC CCD, and a 2-frame mosaic using the 200mm lenses and M26C OSC CCDs.

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The God Answer

But it isn’t quite as simple as that is it? The fact that our mathematics doesn’t allow for an Absolute Infinite doesn’t mean that there isn’t a God that transcends our feeble mathematics and is of Absolute Infinite extent! In … Continue reading

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The God Question

Has actually been answered by Bertrand Russell. If you have seen my past ramblings on this subject then you will have read that I concluded that God would exist if the Absolute Infinite existed, and I left it there. I … Continue reading

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The aptly named Coathanger cluster. Around 6 hours of exposure time with a single Sky90 refractor and M25C OSC CCD.

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Picture of the Week

The “Sword of Orion” region in the constellation Orion. This image comprises many hours with a single Sky90 refractor and M25C OSC CCD. In addition to the RGB data provided by the M25C, there were also several hours of infrared … Continue reading

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Picture of the Week

Mu Cephei, the Garnet Star, many hours with the Sky90 array and the M26C OSC CCDs. Mu Cephei sits at the top of the huge emission nebula IC1396 which contains the dark nebula known as the “Elephant’s Trunk”. Although very … Continue reading

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DNA

If you look at the basis of life right back to the first stromatolites – it’s DNA all the way back. I have no problem with that. What I do have a problem with is that it’s continued to be … Continue reading

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Strange Name for a New Observatory

https://www.lsst.org Why would you name a new observatory after someone who has openly plagiarised the work of Fritz Zwicky which he undertook way back in 1933?

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I am Now Naming Names

Way back in 2015 I had an exasperating email discussion with a very persistent fellow wanting one of my images “on the cheap” for his publisher. I will reproduce the discussion below. I have now had ANOTHER request for a … Continue reading

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