This week we highlight the whole of the constellation Delphinus. This image was taken using the 200mm lenses on the MiniWASP array, and is a single framer. The image comprises 28 x 10-minute subs. I’m not sure a lot more … Continue reading
A clear beautiful Moonless night last night, one of the best I’ve seen in a long while. Target – the constellation Sagitta. This is planned to be a 3-frame mosaic with the 200mm lenses and the 2600MC Pro CMOS cameras. … Continue reading
Here we have the beautiful contrasting pair of stars Albireo in Cygnus. This is a crop to Albireo of an image taken with the original Hyperstar on a C11 with a tiny little H9C OSC CCD. This is around 62 … Continue reading
In putting the link in – somehow I got rid of all the text – how boring. So I’ll try again. The link below should take you to an animation of the inverse nova R Coronae Borealis as it goes … Continue reading
This morning I built up a switch box with 12V display meter to bolt onto the 12V 20A PSU for the dome rotator. All wired up – taken out to the observatory – connected up to the dome rotator black … Continue reading
From mid-day tomorrow the New Forest Observatory will have its own YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/@TheNewForestObservatory
This week we look right into the bright core of the Orion nebula to see the famous Trapezium group of stars. For me this is a rare image as it is clearly not taken with a Hyperstar or a Sky90. … Continue reading
At the beginning of each month – starting with October 1st 2024 – there will be something new for you from the NFO. Make sure you log onto the NFO this October 1st to see what will be on offer.
A few weeks back the MiniWASP dome rotator decided to give up on me. My electronics was not up to the job of sorting the problem out, so I brought in the software and hardware experts who originally put the … Continue reading
Earlier I showed that not only can I offer astro-prints but also macros, micros, high-speed photography, landscape & Nature photography, and I completely forgot mathematical and fractal objects. I can offer prints of any mathematical object (that can be described … Continue reading
