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Monthly Archives: August 2025
Picture of the Week
I like contrasting red/blue star pairings. In this instance we show the beautiful Algol and Rho Persei in the constellation Perseus. Image taken using the Sky90 array with M26C OSC CCDs.
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Never seen this before in 21 years of imaging! Right across the middle you can see a tumbling piece of space junk – North is to the right. This is in the Meissa nebulosity (North of Orion) which is why … Continue reading
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Picture of the Week this week features a Canon 5D MkII DSLR shot of Jupiter, Venus and Mercury taken over the New Forest.
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This week’s Picture of the Week features bright star Denebola – the head of the Lion – taken with the Hyperstar 4 and the 2600MC Pro CMOS camera.
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Picture of the week for the beginning of August 2025 shows the 12 brightest stars that I can image from my south of England location.
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