La Superba Star name: La Superba Other names: Y Canum Venaticorum Constellation: Canes Venatici Other ID: SAO 44317, HIP 62223, HD110914, HR4846, GC17342 Magnitude: 4.8 to 6.3 (variable over 160 days) Absolute magnitude: -7.63 Luminosity, Sun = … Continue reading
119 Tauri/CE Tauri Star name: CE Tauri Constellation: Taurus Other ID: 119 Tauri, SAO 94628, HIP25945, HD36389, B+18 875, HR1845, GC 6841 Magnitude: 4.32 Absolute magnitude: -4.38+/-0.31 Luminosity, Sun = 1: 44,000 (variable) R.A. 2000: 05hr … Continue reading
Taken in parallel with the M57 data, here is an image of the globular cluster M92 in Hercules, less well known than its M13 neighbour, but every bit as impressive. 11 sub-exposures at 10-minutes per sub in order to get … Continue reading
Last night was the most amazing beautiful clear night – and the Moon wasn’t too intrusive either (which is unusual on a clear night). After a little extra “tuning” I set the two mini-WASP cameras off imaging a region around … Continue reading
Noel Carboni has just processed all the recent Hyperstar III data to create this groundbreaking image of the region 🙂 Three hours of 10-minute subs, 1-hour of 1-minute subs and 1-hour of 50-second subs went into the creation of this … Continue reading
I just used Registar to add two earlier original Hyperstar M13 datasets to the very recent (2) datasets taken using the Hyperstar III. This is the result 🙂
I have wanted to image this object for years ever since I saw it in a picture. However, being a planetary nebula I always thought it would be far too small on the Hyperstar III rig to be interesting. As … Continue reading
Added another 61 x 50-second subs acquired last night (12/05/2012) to the earlier Hyperstar III dataset.
Noel Carboni compared two sets of M101 data taken using two different imaging systems (but the same imaging camera) at the New Forest Observatory. The top image shows in excess of 5-hours (total) data, probably nearer 8-hours, taken using the … Continue reading
This is literally a 10-minute process of some Hyperstar III data taken last night in parallel with me working on the mini-WASP array. 68 1-minute dithered subs with very poor collimation as I spent no time tuning up before imaging … Continue reading
