The “Sword of Orion” region in the constellation Orion. This image comprises many hours with a single Sky90 refractor and M25C OSC CCD. In addition to the RGB data provided by the M25C, there were also several hours of infrared … Continue reading
Mu Cephei, the Garnet Star, many hours with the Sky90 array and the M26C OSC CCDs. Mu Cephei sits at the top of the huge emission nebula IC1396 which contains the dark nebula known as the “Elephant’s Trunk”. Although very … Continue reading
If you look at the basis of life right back to the first stromatolites – it’s DNA all the way back. I have no problem with that. What I do have a problem with is that it’s continued to be … Continue reading
https://www.lsst.org Why would you name a new observatory after someone who has openly plagiarised the work of Fritz Zwicky which he undertook way back in 1933?
Way back in 2015 I had an exasperating email discussion with a very persistent fellow wanting one of my images “on the cheap” for his publisher. I will reproduce the discussion below. I have now had ANOTHER request for a … Continue reading
I have taken many 2-frame mosaic images of Arcturus, but this is probably one of the better ones. Sub-exposure times need to be short as Arcturus is so bright, and that makes it difficult to bring out all the surrounding … Continue reading
The stunning Iris nebula in a sea of dark nebulosity captured with the Hyperstar III on a C11 with an M25C OSC CCD. This image comprised 4-hours of 15-minute subs, where a 15-minute sub is the equivalent of a 75-minute … Continue reading
