Conventional narrowband filters (12nm or smaller bandwidth) do not work with the Hyperstar III system due to its very low f#. The cone angle of the rays passing through the filter are so far from normal incidence that the actual … Continue reading
Sir Patrick Moore hosted one of his legendary St. George’s Day parties from his Selsey home. The camera-shake was real as he wielded his Sword of St. George with a little too much enthusiasm 🙂
My son Adam Parker recently graduated with a degree in Journalism and has been writing articles for local newspaper, the Lyminton Times. In today’s edition there is an example of his work where he describes our recent visit to Sir … Continue reading
On 10th February 2009 Greg Parker, Adam Parker & Noel Carboni visited Sir Patrick at Farthings to present him with a joint-author signed copy of Star Vistas. Sir Patrick was in fine form and gave us the keys to his observatories … Continue reading
An eagle-eyed viewer noticed that there were apparently no green stars in the deep-sky images and she wondered why this should be. Not a particularly easy question to answer, but it is a combination of the characteristics of black-body radiation … Continue reading
The New Forest Observatory web site hit some technical difficulties yesterday, I hope you now find us back once again in good condition 🙂
The good news continues! Noel & I have just got the Astropic of the Week on the International Year of Astronomy website. It is the iconic Belt region of Orion. Thank you Steve for putting our image onto a well-viewed … Continue reading
Greatly missed, Sir Arthur C Clarke, who wrote a Foreword for Star Vistas, would have been 91 today. We miss you and will continue to look for you “out there” 🙁
It looks like there is going to be quite a rush on the First Edition of Star Vistas – not only due to the stunning images, but also the distinguished Foreword Authors – Sir Arthur C Clarke – Sir Patrick … Continue reading
All the recent publicity in the popular Press has sent a torrent of comments in my direction. Quite a few members of Joe Public made dismissive comments about the images saying they were simply “Photoshopped”. I guess I should not expect … Continue reading
