Monthly Archives: January 2007

Sword of Orion and NGC1999

I Haven’t posted any images recently even though there have been a couple of nice ones (due to laziness), but this one prompted me to get writing. It’s that time of the year again when Orion is up there waiting … Continue reading

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Practical Astronomer (February 2007 vol 2 issue 2)

Another first for us! Practical Astronomer are publishing our wide field image of the Pleiades on page 62 of the February 2007 issue (volume 2, issue 2).

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Astronomy Now 2007 Yearbook

We have three images in the 2007 yearbook 🙂 : Page 38 is the 4 frame Hyperstar image of M31 as one of the top 10 images of 2006 Page 72 is a Hyperstar image of M13 as a summer … Continue reading

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Summer 2007 Imaging Project: The Veil Nebula in Cygnus

I’m thinking ahead about the deep-sky object that I will concentrate on for the short summer nights.  I am really impressed with the image of the Veil nebula on Davide de Martin’s Skyfactory site where he has processed this superb image … Continue reading

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Astronomy Picture of the Day [APOD]

It took over a year of posting images before it finally happened!  Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD) have chosen our picture of the nebulosity around the supergiant star Gamma Cygni as picture of the day – today!

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