Monthly Archives: November 2024

Picture of the Week

This week features a rare (for me) 4-framer with the 200mm lenses. This is the whole of the inner part of the constellation Lyra featuring Vega. This was taken using the M26C OSC CCDs and I would like to redo … Continue reading

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Picture of the Week

A recently acquired image is this week’s Picture of the Week. Today we feature the whole of the constellation Sagitta. This is a 2-frame mosaic using the Canon 200mm prime lenses and the 2600MC Pro OSC CMOS cameras on the … Continue reading

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From the Butterfly to the Tulip via the Crescent

Last night I got 11 x 20-minute subs using the 200mm lenses and the 2600MC Pro CMOS cameras with the Optolong L-Enhance filters – under a blazing Moon!!! I added the narrowband data to the 20 x 15-minute subs of … Continue reading

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Picture of the Week

A blast from the past for this week’s Picture of the Week. Today we feature the Coma cluster of galaxies made famous by Fritz Zwicky who applied the virial theorem to star motions in these galaxies to deduce that there … Continue reading

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Picture of the Week

This week we feature a VERY DEEP image of Tarazed and Barnard’s “E” (dark nebula) taken with the Sky90 array and SX M26C OSC CCDs. Many hours of 10 and 15-minute subs went into the creation of this image, certainly … Continue reading

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