O.K. this is a continuation of the attempt to add a third monitor to my system saga. Let’s recap how we got to the present state. Bought an ATI Radeon 5770 card as it said it supported 3 monitors – … Continue reading
Towards the end of last year I was getting more than a bit annoyed about the lack of 3 monitor control with the ATI Radeon 5770 card. To refresh your memory in the large print in the spec towards the … Continue reading
Pulled up EPOD (Earth Science Picture of the Day) a couple of minutes ago and unexpectedly found the NFO image of NGC1333 looking back at me. It really is a stunning region of space and the eerie-looking dust clouds gives … Continue reading
Lovely clear night last night, and perfect for trying to capture the asteroid Vesta now leaving the head of Leo. 46 subs at 200-seconds per sub with the C11 and Hyperstar III – image captured and processed by Greg Parker at … Continue reading
If it stays clear for long enough, and I’m imaging in the right place – then tomorrow sometime I should be posting up an image of the asteroid Vesta which is passing the star Algieba in the constellation Leo right … Continue reading
Star Vistas is now below $7! Even with postage from the States, you can now get Star Vistas for less than half the U.K. Amazon price – extraordinary!
O.K. so while I’m at it I might as well rant a bit about global warming too – at least it’s slightly less removed from deep-sky imaging than the topic below. Whilst the “experts” continue to debate whether climate change/global … Continue reading
Unfortunately the aging grey cells have been triggered into mild action having written about Prof. P. T. Landsberg and the University of Sussex. This is a long way from deep-sky imaging, but this is my blog and I can write … Continue reading
I have just heard some very sad news – Professor Peter T Landsberg has died over this weekend 🙁 Landsberg is a name you will be familiar with if you have studied Thermodynamics (Entropy), Quantum Mechanics, or Time to any … Continue reading
Several clear nights in a row recently and I concentrated on just one beautiful region – IC2169 and surroundings in Monoceros. This reflection nebula lies just to the right of the cone nebula, in fact the red emission nebulosity over … Continue reading
