Monthly Archives: October 2023

A Halloween Witch’s Broom

All the data I have all put together to give this image of the Witch’s Broom nebula.

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Veil Nebula – All the Data I Have

This image of the Veil nebula in Cygnus incorporates all the data I have on the object. So this image includes Hyperstar III on the C11 data, Sky90 (2-frame mosaic including narrowband) data, and the Canon 200mm lenses with the … Continue reading

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Today’s EPOD

Got today’s EPOD – https://epod.usra.edu/ – with the recent Sadr and the Butterfly Nebula – taken with the Canon 200mm prime lenses and the ZWO ASI 2600 MC-Pro CMOS cameras. Thank you Jim for continuing to publish my work.

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Filters on the Hyperstar 4

My usual filter on the Hyperstar 4, on a C11, with an ASI 2600MC Pro CMOS camera, is a simple UV/IR cut filter. And this does the job admirably. But in my Bortle 4.5 zone I would like to filter … Continue reading

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Carbon Star – T Cancri

A reprocess.

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M31 – The Andromeda galaxy

A reprocess.

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The Veil nebula in Cygnus

This is a composite image comprising 8-hours of 20-minute subs taken last night on the Canon 200mm prime lenses, together with a 32-hour 2-framer taken on a single Sky90 including Ha and OIII narrowband data. It still needs a LOT … Continue reading

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MiniWASP Statrep

For some totally unknown reason I don’t think I’ve published the latest (stable?) incarnation of the MiniWASP array. So here it is! The lower section of the MiniWASP (the black Aluminium box housing) contains 3 x Sky90s and top right … Continue reading

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