Against all expectations it was sufficiently clear last night (a few banks of cloud passed over) to get some imaging done and see whether the “object” was real – or an artefact. Result – a very comet-like lens flare 🙁 … Continue reading
I was doing some ultra wide field imaging last night in the region of Deneb and picked up a bright diffuse object mid way between the Pelican’s head and Deneb. Has anybody seen any reference to this mentioned anywhere?? I … Continue reading
And here is a short clip from last night’s ITV Meridian News programme:
Here is a clip from the ITV Meridian feature from May 2009:
The footage taken at the New Forest Observatory actually went out on tonight’s Meridian News. Apologies for the duff information given below. My piece was preceeded by Sir Patrick – I didn’t know my book (Star Vistas) Foreword author was going … Continue reading
Well the nights are getting longer again, so hopefully this will be the last non-deep-sky image for a while 🙂 I took the “Ultra” units up to a photographic studio in Oxford today and we had some fun popping water-filled … Continue reading
As part of the 40th Anniversary of the first manned landing on the Moon, Meridian News will be presenting a number of short features during next week. It is expected that some filming carried out at the New Forest Observatory … Continue reading
And to finish off yesterday’s theme I just had to try to capture the action when a 0.22″ air rifle pellet says hello to a raw egg – or two. Note the pellet exiting stage left in the first image!
From one extreme to the other 🙂 Some of my longest total exposure times in astrophotography exceed 60 hours!! At the other end of the scale I also carry out high-speed photography using flash equipment that kicks out 9 microsecond … Continue reading
This Month’s imaging object is a rather beautiful globular cluster in the constellation Sagitta – M71. The nice bright star towards the top left in the image below is Gamma Sagitta, and M71 lies mid way between Gamma and Delta … Continue reading
