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Monthly Archives: May 2018
Got EPOD number 101 today
With this recent Canon 5D MkII image from the New Forest Observatory
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Last night’s 6-minute ISS pass
Here is an image of last night’s (27/05/2018) 6-minute ISS pass at 10:27 p.m. As you can see it is still pretty light, and this is not helped at all by a nearly full Moon blazing away at the bottom … Continue reading
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Last night’s 6-minute ISS pass at 22:35
Clear night but half a Moon blazing away. Never mind there’s a nice long 6-minute pass of the Space Station due at 22:35. In fact for the next week there are 6-minute passes due every night!
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A complete reprocess of the Central Lyra data
I didn’t notice a bad stitch in the original data. This is a 4-pane mosaic using the Canon 200mm prime lenses and Trius M26C OSC CCDs.
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A late Spring Quartet over the New Forest Observatory
An unusual grouping had me out last night with the Canon 5D MkII and 15mm Canon fisheye lens. It was 10:30 p.m. and still fairly light outside (darkness doesn’t start until Midnight!). Vega, Arcturus, Spica and Jupiter provided the Quartet, … Continue reading
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A dense galaxy cluster just south east of Arcturus
This is last night’s data taken between 11 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. on the Sky 90 array. 18 x 10-minute subs, and a star has been labelled for reference. One bright asteroid in the FOV only clear in the averaged … Continue reading
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The North & South domes have just had their annual Spring clean
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