Category Archives: Hyperstar III and SXVF-M26C

Images taken with the Hyperstar III (on a C11) and the 10-Megapixel Starlight Xpress one-shot colour CCD.

Veil Nebula – All the Data I Have

This image of the Veil nebula in Cygnus incorporates all the data I have on the object. So this image includes Hyperstar III on the C11 data, Sky90 (2-frame mosaic including narrowband) data, and the Canon 200mm lenses with the … Continue reading

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The Running Man nebula – Zoom-In and Zoom-Out image

One way of taking a high resolution zoom-in zoom-out of a deep-space image is to take the region concerned at 2 different focal lengths, or to take a single frame and then a mosaic of frames of the region. This … Continue reading

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The Crescent nebula and Carbon star SAO 69636

The system was set up absolutely spot on last night, so rather than just go for a Carbon star, I went for a Carbon star (SAO 69636 – indicated by the yellow arrow) and a bit of interesting nebulosity 🙂 … Continue reading

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Carbon star U Cygni – SAO 49477 – Hyperstar III and M26C image

And yet again another beautiful clear Moonless night last night – that’s 5 in a row now, almost makes up for 6 weeks of cloud and rain.  Went for another Carbon star in Cygnus, this time it is U Cygni, … Continue reading

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Carbon star TT Cygni – SAO 68688 – Hyperstar III and M26C

Grabbed this one from the clear night last night.  Hyperstar III and M26C one-shot 10-megapixel camera.  22 subs at 200 seconds per sub with dither.  Carbon star TT Cygni.  If the clear skies continue I will add to the Carbon … Continue reading

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Teaser – a single sub image of NGC 6883 and NGC 6871 from last night

Stayed up until 2:00 a.m. last night taking a Hyperstar III/M26C 2-framer of the NGC 6883 and NGC 6871 regions in Cygnus.  This is just one sub from each region quickly stitched together with virtually no processing just to get … Continue reading

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First light for the Hyperstar III and M26C mega-combination

Last night was the third night of trying to set up the Hyperstar III and the M26C 10-megapixel one-shot colour CCD.  It’s been a bit of a battle and I still haven’t got very good chip flatness and collimation, but … Continue reading

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A couple of clear hours!

Unbelievably there were a couple of hours of clear sky (and no Moon) last night 🙂  As both the mini-WASP and the new Hyperstar III setup need tuning it was a hard choice of which one to work on.  Expecting … Continue reading

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