Noel has just worked his magic assembling this mosaic Star Vista of the Ruchbah region of Cassiopeia. This small image is unable to do the original 20 Megapixel monster justice, but as you can see the whole area is jam packed … Continue reading
It is the first clear day in ages – makes a great change from the dull, dark, grey, completely overcast days we have been experiencing for quite a while now. This is the view towards the West from the New … Continue reading
Well the roll of good luck continues! Today Noel & I managed to get the Belt + Horsehead image published on the Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) website. Thank you once again Jim 🙂
There hasn’t been a huge amount of progress since the last report. The only change to the array is that I’ve now added the second Sky 90 to the frame as I now use the lightweight Celestron 80mm refractor to … Continue reading
We’re on a roll!! The Parker/Carboni double-team have just got the Astronomy Picture of the Day for 23rd December 2008 with our Coathanger cluster image 🙂 This one is a personal favourite of mine and was my desktop for many months. … Continue reading
Last night there were some breaks in the cloud and it was also unusually mild. So I took the 40D outside on the tripod (I should have taken the TT320 as well but I wasn’t thinking straight yesterday for reasons … Continue reading
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
Great news for Greg & Noel – our image of La Superba has made it onto the APOD [Astronomy Picture of the Day] site for December 18th 2008!!!!!! This image was taken over 2 evenings using the Sky 90/SXVF-M25C combo, … Continue reading
To start off the International Year of Astronomy we are really pleased to announce that our 2-frame mosaic of the Belt region of Orion made a 2-page spread in the January 2009 edition of Astronomy Now 🙂 Covering pages 24 … 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” 🙁
