This week we feature a highly red-shifted Quasar in the constellation Lynx. It is no surprise that before it was formally identified it was thought that this was a Carbon star.
Jellyfish nebula zoom in/out.
Using a hand held Canon DSLR and imaging through Aluminised Mylar film my son took this one. Way better than my efforts – and the sunspots came out great 🙂
Went over the forest last night with my son for some eclipse imaging. Started a little after 6 p.m. and finished up around 7:30 p.m. Thoroughly pleasant evening, especially as my son brought two fold up chairs with him 🙂 … Continue reading
M46 zoom in/out.
M81 zoom in/out.
A zoom in/zoom out image of the M101 galaxy region in Ursa Major.
A mere 57-years separates the era of the Pepper Ginders (the 3 Curta calculators) from the Trashcan (the 2013 Mac Pro).
WordPress seem to have changed the spam detection options meaning that I now get hundreds of (mainly Russian) spam posts as comments on my posts – per day. This extremely boring situation means that I now do not have a … Continue reading
A zoom in/zoom out of the Veil nebula in Cygnus.
