Author Archives: Greg Parker
Picture of the Month – February 2019
Aldebaran and the Hyades has been looking splendid on any clear Moonless night this Winter. This is a 2.5 frame mosaic taken with the 200mm lenses and Trius M26C OSC CCDs. You don’t often see images containing the nice little … Continue reading
January 2019 – Image of the Month
I have been extremely lazy in trying to maintain an Image of the Month, so with a New Year just starting, let’s see if I can do better. Up there, right now, are the Pleaides (in Taurus) and this is … Continue reading
Comet Wirtanen 46P
Taken just last night, here is my first look at comet Wirtanen 46P grabbed quickly with the Canon 5D MkII and a 15mm fisheye lens. Moon up so no point in bringing out the big guns really. May try with … Continue reading
Pleiades – superdeep
I took 6 hours of 40-minute subs with the Sky 90 array on 9th December 2018 and added this to 9 hours of 40-minute subs taken last year to get this result.
Procyon and Gomeisa
Alpha and Beta Canis Minoris taken with the 200mm lenses and a 2-frame (horizontal) mosaic.
M31 in perspective
A composite view of M31 using a very wide field background taken with the Canon 5D MkII and a Canon 200mm prime lens.
Sky90 array image of M31 the Andromeda galaxy
9 hours of data using 20-minute subs (so 3 hours of actual imaging time) using the Sky90 array on 1st November 2018. 6:52 p.m. start and no Moonrise until midnight.
The Hyperstar III does M31 the Andromeda galaxy
The Hyperstar III/Trius 814C combination was used to grab this central view of M31. The red circle shows the size of the full Moon for comparison.
Vega plus two Carbon stars
North is to the left in this image showing brilliant star Vega and two nearby Carbon stars.
The Double Cluster and Stock 2 in wide-field
A wide-field image using the Canon 200mm lenses of the Double Cluster and Stock 2 open clusters. Stock 2 is the “stick man on his side” directly above the Double Cluster.