Category Archives: Hyperstar 4 and ASI2600MC-Pro

Denebola

The collimation was quite a way out when I imaged the Leo Trio 2 nights ago, so last night I was expecting to spend the whole evening trying to get good collimation. In preparation for this I had taken off … Continue reading

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Denebola

IMAGING!!!!!Collimation was well out on the Hyperstar and I thought it was going to take all night to get good collimation. First tweak on the collimation adjuster and I hit perfect collimation – took all of 2 minutes. So I … Continue reading

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The Leo Trio

It was clear last night with a thin crecent Moon about to set, so I fired up the Hyperstar 4 on the C11. Target the Leo Trio. 4-minute subs with a 1-minute dither so I was planning on getting 15 … Continue reading

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The Rosette Nebula

A couple of nights back I managed to get some 10-minute subs on the Rosette using the Hyperstar 4 and the ASI 2600MC Pro CMOS camera with UV/IR cut filter. I added this new data to a lot of previously … Continue reading

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The Methuselah Star!

Is that the most boring and uninspiring star field you have seen on here to date? Quite possibly. But the brightest star you can see here, almost dead centre, is none other than the Methuselah star!! SAO159459, HIP76976, HD140283 – … Continue reading

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M31 – the Final Cut

I just found another 6-hours of 40-minute subs of M31 taken with the Sky90 array, and I added this to the earlier composite. You can see the result above and it is virtually no different from the previous result. I … Continue reading

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Composite Rosette Nebula

This image of the Rosette nebula is a composite using data from the 200mm lenses with ASI 2600MC Pro CMOS camera and Optolong filter, together with Hyperstar 4 data using an ASI 2600MC Pro CMOS camera and a UV/IR cut … Continue reading

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Definitive M31

I sent a friend a low-res version of M31 and they asked if they could have the hi-res version to print out and put on their wall. Now it gets embarrassing – can’t find the hi-res version anywhere. So I … Continue reading

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M33 – The Triangulum Galaxy

Absolutely all the data I have on the Triangulum Galaxy.

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M33 – The Triangulum Galaxy

M33 – The Triangulum galaxy. Only 38 x 4-minute subs on the Hyperstar 4 on a Celestron Nexstar 11 GPS with an ASI 2600MC Pro CMOS camera.

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