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Category Archives: Hyperstar 4 and ASI2600MC-Pro
M42 and the Running Man
After the CTB1 experiment – M42 was well-placed in the South and I managed to get 10 x 3-minute subs before the cloud rolled in from the West. This is pushing me to get 100 x 3-minute subs just to … Continue reading
My Nemesis – CTB1 – but with a ray of hope.
The faint red ring that you can hardly see in the centre of this image is supernova remnant CTB1 in Cassiopeia. I have tried imaging this one for years, and this is what I usually end up with. I thought … Continue reading
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The Andromeda Galaxy, M31.
This is a composite image incorporating very recent Hyperstar 4 data with very old Sky90 data.
Another clear night last night.
Another clear (but not Moonless) night last night – so it was perfect for setting up the array. Managed to get the 3 Sky90s aligned, focused, and sensors flattened – so the Sky90 array is now ready for some clear, … Continue reading
Collimating the Hyperstar 4
In my opinion the Hyperstar 4 is a most amazing piece of kit, and it is beyond me why anyone entering astrophotography for the first time wouldn’t consider this as their route to entry. But there is a caveat. To … Continue reading
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Out until 3:00 a.m. last night – the joy of astrophotography.
Well last night was an extremely rare, beautiful clear and Moonless night. I had 2 main things to get on with, one get the array in the North Dome polar aligned and all the cameras/scopes set up ready for imaging, … Continue reading
Polar Alignment using Sharpcap
Unexpectedly clear last night, albeit with a nearly full Moon. Still, that doesn’t matter too much when you’re setting up/tuning a system. So it was the Hyperstar 4 on the C11 with the ASI2600MC-Pro camera last night. Started off by … Continue reading
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First light for the Hyperstar 4 and ASI2600MC-Pro CMOS colour camera on the C11.
Well I posted up the Second Light image from the Hyperstar 4 so I thought I might as well post up the (less-impressive) First Light image as well. This image comprises of 2 x 1-minute subs, 2 x 5-minute subs, … Continue reading
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Hyperstar 4 and ASI2600MC-Pro now on the Celestron C11 Nexstar GPS SCT.
Starizona sent me the latest Hyperstar 4 and an ASI2600MC-Pro CMOS colour camera to get me out the door and start doing some work again. How could I possibly say no? So the image below (expertly processed by Noel Carboni) … Continue reading
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