We are now enjoying long dark evenings and are once again getting into the swing of imaging well into the early hours – weather permitting. The imaging object I have chosen for this month is the famous Double Cluster in … Continue reading
The third clear Moonless evening in a row had me out to capture this beautiful little open cluster in Cassiopeia called the Owl or ET cluster – NGC457. As I mentioned before, Noel’s real speciality is stars – which you … Continue reading
Clear dark Moonless sky last night and Cepheus was in a perfect position for imaging. So I decided to get some more deeper, better data on the Iris nebula so that Noel can work his magic and incorporate this with … Continue reading
Every year the New Forest ponies (and as you can see the Shetlands) are rounded up for checking/branding/marking/injections, and the picture below shows the beginning of the action. Lots of helpers and riders on the day and the Forest gains … Continue reading
We’re on a roll 🙂 The weather has not only been unusually good these last few nights, but they have been Moonless nights too! Excellent!!! Managed to capture the Double Cluster a couple of nights ago and Noel worked his … Continue reading
Noel recently processed an image taken just a few days ago. This one is NGC281 also known as the Pacman nebula in Cassiopeia. Twelve subs at 15-minutes per sub gave this result, and 15-minutes at f#2 is equivalent to an … Continue reading
We had a week of sub-zero temperatures at the beginning of 2009 which led to hoar-frost covered spider webs and grass as well as “crystalline copses” – trees glittering from the ice in the early morning winter sunshine. It was … Continue reading
I shall be giving a talk to Southampton Magna Rotary Club on the evening of Thursday 24th September 2009 in Southampton. The title of the talk is “The Magic of Photography” and I will be discussing photography in general and deep-sky … Continue reading
I spent last week at an electronics Conference in Athens, Greece. Amazingly, from the Acropolis I could see two observatories – one actually down in the town (!) and another far away on a hilltop overlooking Athens. I don’t think … Continue reading
Noel has just processed the H-alpha data from Thursday 10th September 2009. This was the first target using the new 45nm bandwidth H-alpha filter (Baader) I purchased from Ian King Imaging Ltd. This is 10 subs at 10-minutes per sub, … Continue reading
