You don’t often see images of this month’s “Image of the Month” and I’m really not quite sure why this is. The mini-coathanger cluster is a small asterism lying in the constellation Ursa Minor, so it can be imaged all … Continue reading
There will be a reincarnation of the “Image of the Week” staring in June 2012, but it is likely to start off being an “Image of the Month”. I will stop posting an imaging target at the beginning of each … Continue reading
We are still in galaxy season 🙂 So I have chosen another galaxy for this month’s “Image of the Month”. This time, what I consider to be the most beautiful face-on spiral galaxy in the northern hemisphere – Messier 101 … Continue reading
Yipppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee – it’s Galaxy season once again – I love Galaxy season. Although I am working on a mega-sized mosaic of the Virgo/Coma region, the image I have chosen for this month is the well-known Leo Trio of Galaxies in … Continue reading
I have gone for one of my “single bright star” images for this Month’s “Image of the Month”. This Month’s object is the star Procyon or 10-Alpha Canis Minoris in the constellation Canis Minor. Procyon shines brightly in this region … Continue reading
First off, a very Happy New Year to you all. Well – 2011 can’t be said to have been the best imaging year on record, in fact I think it is fair to say that it is the worst imaging … Continue reading
I thought I’d take a break from the usual Orion object this month and instead present just a single star image. This month’s object is the star Aldebaran, the eye of the Bull in Taurus. If you had a much … Continue reading
This month’s composition is a little different from the form I normally follow. I wanted to get a nice bright single star image, but I also wanted something else of interest in the field of view apart from other stars. … Continue reading
We’re now well into some decent long dark evenings 🙂 This month’s object is rarely imaged it seems – I am going to look at the open cluster Stock 2 in Perseus this month. This is a beautiful, colourful open … Continue reading
Hooray – September – and some decent long evenings after what has been a very long wait. So what can we spend our time on this month to make all the effort of maintaining an interest in this hobby worthwhile? … Continue reading
