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Category Archives: Hyperstar 4 and ASI2600MC-Pro
What is this?
What do you make of this? 3 x 3-minute subs taken on the Hyperstar last night – the light is moving from bottom left to top right. The first sub was taken at 23:21. The gap between subs is a … Continue reading
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What is going on?
Well tonight will be the second clear Moonless night in a row – almost completely unknown! I am imaging M78 with the Hyperstar 4 with good collimation – but I don’t have long before it disappears behind the trees.
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M78 with the Hyperstar 4
Only managed to get 8 x 5-minute subs of M78 with the Hyperstar 4 through thin high cloud before the heavy cloud rolled in. Noel Carboni was still able to pull out some nice detail even though there is only … Continue reading
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Rosette nebula processed by Noel Carboni
And here is a professional process of the Rosette data by my friend and astro-colleague, Noel Carboni.
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40-minutes on the Rosette nebula with the Hyperstar 4
I managed to get 10 x 4-minute subs on the Rosette nebula last night before the cloud rolled in (I think it all cleared again a couple of hours later). But I really can’t complain about this image when you … Continue reading
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Just the Hyperstar 4 data for the recent M31 (Andromeda galaxy) image.
Here’s just the Hyperstar 4 data for the recent M31 image – only 16 subs at 3-minutes per sub. Now if only I can get the skies for 100 x 3-minute subs, this will start to look stonking. This version … Continue reading
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How did I image the Trapezium with 30-second subs on the Hyperstar 4?
I said I wouldn’t divulge the secret if the result was good. As the result wasn’t particularly good, I’ll tell you how it was done. The ultra-fast Hyperstar 4 at f#2 will blow the core of M42 (the Trapezium region) … Continue reading
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Struve’s Lost nebula with the Hyperstar 4
Clear Moonless sub-zero night last night so I was expecting some great results from the Hyperstar 4. Managed to get 25 x 5-minute subs with good collimation, and the above image is the result. It’s terrible. Virtually no dust which … Continue reading
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The Trapezium region of M42, the Great Nebula in Orion
This is the result of 60 x 30-second subs on the Hyperstar 4 with the C11 and a secret ingredient optical device. Still plenty of noise even with 60 subs, so it looks like I’ll be needing nearer 200 subs … Continue reading
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Christmas has come a little early this year.
Yesterday I received a couple of deliveries to completely upgrade the MiniWASP array, both the 3 x Sky90s and the 2 x 200mm Canon lenses. I am glad the weather continues to be awful as it means I’ll be able … Continue reading