New Forest Observatory» Hyperstar and SXV-H9C http://www.newforestobservatory.com Adventures in Imaging Deep-Sky Objects Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:03:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.newforestobservatory.com http://www.newforestobservatory.com/favicon_hh.ico New Forest Observatory Leo Trio – a bit brighter http://www.newforestobservatory.com/2012/02/05/leo-trio-a-bit-brighter/ http://www.newforestobservatory.com/2012/02/05/leo-trio-a-bit-brighter/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:07:39 +0000 Greg Parker http://www.newforestobservatory.com/?p=2569 Leo Trio a brighter version

The version below – but a little brighter :)

Looking at this image with fresh eyes this morning rather than towards midnight last night – it looked to dark overall, so brightened it up a bit.

]]> http://www.newforestobservatory.com/2012/02/05/leo-trio-a-bit-brighter/feed/ 0 Leo Trio composite using Registar http://www.newforestobservatory.com/2012/02/04/leo-trio-composite-using-registar/ http://www.newforestobservatory.com/2012/02/04/leo-trio-composite-using-registar/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:29:01 +0000 Greg Parker http://www.newforestobservatory.com/?p=2567 Leo Trio Registar combined data

This is a composite image showing the Leo Trio region.  Hyperstar III data taken on 21st March 2010 has been combined with older Hyperstar 1/H9C (2-frames) data from much earlier.  The composite was created using the powerful registering program Registar.

]]> http://www.newforestobservatory.com/2012/02/04/leo-trio-composite-using-registar/feed/ 0 Rosette nebula reprocess using Registar http://www.newforestobservatory.com/2012/01/29/rosette-nebula-reprocess-using-registar/ http://www.newforestobservatory.com/2012/01/29/rosette-nebula-reprocess-using-registar/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:07:48 +0000 Greg Parker http://www.newforestobservatory.com/?p=2557 Rosette reprocess

The Rosette nebula reprocessed using the proper procedure in Registar.

]]> http://www.newforestobservatory.com/2012/01/29/rosette-nebula-reprocess-using-registar/feed/ 0 The same final twiddles applied to the Registar composite of the Monkey Head nebula http://www.newforestobservatory.com/2012/01/22/the-same-final-twiddles-applied-to-the-registar-composite-of-the-monkey-head-nebula/ http://www.newforestobservatory.com/2012/01/22/the-same-final-twiddles-applied-to-the-registar-composite-of-the-monkey-head-nebula/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:13:03 +0000 Greg Parker http://www.newforestobservatory.com/?p=2541 Monkey Head final twiddles

The same final process twiddles carried out on the Registar composite image of the Monkey Head nebula :)

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Carried out some final (?) processing twiddles on the Rosette composite – think it’s just about there now :)

 

]]> http://www.newforestobservatory.com/2012/01/22/rosette-composite-final-twiddles/feed/ 0 The Rosette nebula reloaded http://www.newforestobservatory.com/2012/01/22/the-rosette-nebula-reloaded-2/ http://www.newforestobservatory.com/2012/01/22/the-rosette-nebula-reloaded-2/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:12:56 +0000 Greg Parker http://www.newforestobservatory.com/?p=2537 Rosette composite definitive

Handled the old data slightly differently in this Registar composite reprocess.

]]> http://www.newforestobservatory.com/2012/01/22/the-rosette-nebula-reloaded-2/feed/ 0 Blast from the past http://www.newforestobservatory.com/2011/12/08/blast-from-the-past-3/ http://www.newforestobservatory.com/2011/12/08/blast-from-the-past-3/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:31:24 +0000 Greg Parker http://www.newforestobservatory.com/?p=2420 M45 original Hyperstar

Here is a 4-frame mosaic of the Pleiades taken with the original Hyperstar lens assembly (on a C11) with a tiny little H9C one-shot colour camera.  Also happens to be one of my all-time favourite images.

]]> http://www.newforestobservatory.com/2011/12/08/blast-from-the-past-3/feed/ 0 Blast from the past http://www.newforestobservatory.com/2011/11/25/blast-from-the-past-2/ http://www.newforestobservatory.com/2011/11/25/blast-from-the-past-2/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:36:26 +0000 Greg Parker http://www.newforestobservatory.com/?p=2388 M78 and Barnard's Loop

Here is a wide-field composite image of M78 and its relation to Barnard’s Loop taken using both Sky90 and Hyperstar I data.

]]> http://www.newforestobservatory.com/2011/11/25/blast-from-the-past-2/feed/ 0 The Cave nebula in Cepheus – blast from the past http://www.newforestobservatory.com/2011/11/06/the-cave-nebula-in-cepheus-blast-from-the-past/ http://www.newforestobservatory.com/2011/11/06/the-cave-nebula-in-cepheus-blast-from-the-past/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2011 10:15:24 +0000 Greg Parker http://www.newforestobservatory.com/?p=2353 The Cave nebula in Cepheus

Another deep-sky image from the NFO archives, and another original Hyperstar/H9C composition.  This time the Cave nebula in Cepheus.  I recall the tracking was so good on this one that I actually got some vertical banding where the tracking error was well within 1-pixel for the whole imaging session.  Not sure why it was quite so good that time, something to do with where I was imaging in the sky as well as several other things all working together with me for a change, but I never managed to repeat the precision tracking with this system afterwards :(

]]> http://www.newforestobservatory.com/2011/11/06/the-cave-nebula-in-cepheus-blast-from-the-past/feed/ 0 M78 blast from the past http://www.newforestobservatory.com/2011/11/01/m78-blast-from-the-past/ http://www.newforestobservatory.com/2011/11/01/m78-blast-from-the-past/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:01:26 +0000 Greg Parker http://www.newforestobservatory.com/?p=2344 M78 blast from the past

Another old image from the New Forest Observatory taken with the original Hyperstar and a little SXV H9C one-shot colour camera (1.4 megapixels only!).  The camera was highly sensitive and I regret selling it when I bought the APS-sized chip M25C.  This image of M78 was taken using just two hours of total imaging time showing the enormous speed (f#1.85) of the original Hyperstar.

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