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Monthly Archives: January 2025
Picture of the Week
This week we feature the Caph region of Cassiopeia. This is a 4-frame Sky90 MiniWASP image taken using the M26C OSC CCDs. Each frame is 3 hours of 15-minute subs (that’s only one hour of actual imaging time per frame). … Continue reading
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Three 3D-printed Mathematical Objects
My winter projects this year seem to be based around the brilliant ANET A6 3D printer – especially as we’re not getting any clear nights. Here you can see three recent prints all using Amazon Basics pearly white 1.75mm PLA … Continue reading
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Picture of the Week
This week we feature what I call the “Thunderclouds Region” of Orion. Lying between M42 and the Running Man nebula we see this chaotic H-alpha region which to me looks like a brewing thunderstorm. This is a VERY OLD image … Continue reading
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Picture of the Week
This is my favourite Carbon star image, one reason being that there are 2 Carbon stars in a beautiful H-alpha setting, both in the constellation Cygnus. This is a 2-frame horizontal mosaic taken with the Hyperstar III and M25C OSC … Continue reading
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Picture of the Week
This week we feature Bellatrix in the constellation Orion, but this a 2-frame mosaic for a reason. On the right hand side of the image, all the “brown stars” are in fact a bunch of faint fuzzies – a very … Continue reading
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