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Monthly Archives: November 2016
17 hours on the NGC6914 region in Cygnus
I managed to get a further 10 hours to add to the initial 7 hours taken using the Sky 90/M26C array – 20-minute sub-exposures. I don’t think that the additional 10-hours added much in the way of depth to this … Continue reading
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The Double Cluster – yet again
I just can’t keep away from this region, and as there was a half-Moon up until 11 p.m. last night, a star cluster seemed like a good idea. This is another one of those images I have had in my … Continue reading
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Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD)
Got today’s EPOD with the North America & Pelican nebulae image that you can see just a couple of posts below. Cramming so many stars into such a small image size makes it look like the Milky Way stars aren’t … Continue reading
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The NGC6914 region in Cygnus
Last night I got 7 hours of 20-minute subs on the NGC6914 region using the Sky 90 array. The result is shown here. As it is clear (and now Moonless) I am going for a bunch more 20-minute subs tonight … Continue reading
Sadr one and a half framer
From the end of October I managed to get a one and a half framer of the Sadr region using the 200mm lens array. It should of course had been a 2-framer but I only shifted the frame by half … Continue reading
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New Forest Observatory – Image of the Month
A couple of nights ago I managed to grab 24 x 20-minute subs of the M52 region using the 2 x Canon 200mm prime lenses and 2 x Trius M26C 10-Megapixel OSC CCDs. I had to shut down for an … Continue reading
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