Monthly Archives: December 2023

The Double Cluster in Perseus

The famous Double Cluster in Perseus. This is taken with a Hyperstar III on a Celestron Nexstar 11 GPS with an SX M25C OSC CCD. The image comprises 57 x 2-minute subs.

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M33 – The Triangulum Galaxy

M33 – The Triangulum galaxy. Only 38 x 4-minute subs on the Hyperstar 4 on a Celestron Nexstar 11 GPS with an ASI 2600MC Pro CMOS camera.

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The Rosette Nebula in Monoceros

This is only 39 x 4-minute subs taken using the Hyperstar 4 on the Celestron Nexstar 11 GPS SCT with an ASI 2600MC Pro CMOS camera.

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The Coma Cluster of Galaxies

The famous Coma Cluster of galaxies, where in 1933 Fritz Zwicky first proposed the existence of Dark Matter.

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Gamma Cass

I put the 200mm lenses (and Optolong L-enhance filters with the 2600MC Pro CMOS cameras) onto the Gamma Cassiopei nebula last night. Because of gremlins I only managed to get 10 x 20-minute subs when I should have had 42 … Continue reading

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A Panoramic Kemble’s Cascade

This is a 4-frame mosaic taken using the Sky90s and M26C OSC CCDs on the MiniWASP array. The image comprises 18 x 10-minute subs per frame.

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M33 – The Triangulum Galaxy – Sans Stars

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Kemble’s Cascade in Camelopardalis

Kemble’s Cascade in Camelopardalis. Image captured using the Canon 200mm prime lenses and the M26C OSC CCDs. 31 subs at 5-minutes per sub.

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The Monkey Head Nebula

The Monkey head nebula. A composite image using data from the original Hyperstar I on a Clestron Nexstar C11 SCT, with a tiny H9C OSC CCD, and two lots of data from the 200mm lens and an M26C OSC CCD.

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119 Tauri – a Red Supergiant Star

This very red star IS NOT a Carbon star! It is 119 Tauri (SAO94628) one of the brightest, reddest, stars in the sky. This image was captured using a Hyperstar version III on a Celestron Nexstar11 GPS SCT. Camera used … Continue reading

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