Author Archives: Greg Parker

Pinhole Camera Repaired

I have repaired the damaged pinhole of the drain-pipe pinhole camera ready for this Winter’s Solstice. The original pinhole itself was a pinhole in a disc-shaped piece of Aluminium foil. For some unknown reason, some unknown species of bird, took … Continue reading

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Hyperstar 4 Imaging Last Night

I fired up the Hyperstar 4 last night fully expecting the ASI 2600 MC Pro would have water vapour in the sensor chamber – only to find – it was fine!! So I have only got to sort out the … Continue reading

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92-hours Into a 201-hour Print

This is the ELEGOO Neptune 4 Plus 3D printer printing out a Sierpinsky pyramid measuring 300mm on a base line. As you can see, with the brim, this is the maximum size of pyramid I can build on the baseplate. … Continue reading

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Picture of the Week

This week we show the full spectral range of stars, WOBAFGKMRNS, Wow oh be a fine girl kiss me right now sweetie, with all stars imaged from the New Forest Observatory.

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4-hours Into a 201-hour Print

These are the first few base layers amounting to 4-hours of printing in what will finally be a 201-hour 3D print on the ELEGOO Neptune 4 Plus 3D printer. If it manages to go to completion this will be a … Continue reading

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Picture of the Week

This week we feature the bright star Tarazed, 50 Gamma Aquilae, in the constellation Aquila. This image comprises 2-hours of 5-minute subs using the Sky90 array and the M26C OSC CCDs.

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A 122-hour and 33-minute 3D Print

And here, just finished, is a 122-hour and 33-minute 3D print of a 275mm diameter Mandelbulb on an ELEGOO Neptune 4 plus 3D printer complete with all the support structure. The printer performed flawlessly over the 5 days. The only … Continue reading

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Mandelbulb Finishing Date

Having now reached the age where I am unable to count to five – the Mandelbulb should be finished tomorrow (Saturday) and not today. This is a 5-day print that was started around 11:30 a.m. last Monday.

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The Beginning of Day 4

Quite a bit of progress since the last photo of this print – the ELEGOO Neptune 4 plus is a FAST 3D printer that’s for sure. Just one more day to go and the print should be finished some time … Continue reading

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Beginning of a 5 day 1 hour 29 minute 3D Print

At around 11:35 a.m. this wet and dreary Monday morning I kicked off a really BIG 3D print of a Mandelbulb. The first print > 200mm on the new ELEGOO Neptune 4 plus super 3D printer. To produce the GCODE … Continue reading

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