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Author Archives: Greg Parker
Picture of the Week
This week’s Zoom In/Zoom Out image features the Markarian Chain region.
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A New Markarian Chain Composite
A composite of 3 datasets taken of the Markarian Chain region.
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Picture of the Week
For the next few weeks all the images will be astronomical Zoom In/Zoom Out images, where both Zoom In and Zoom Out are both high resolution as they were taken either at different focal lengths, or the Zoom Out is … Continue reading
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Picture of the Week
This week we feature a composite Arcturus image taken with the 200mm lenses and the 2600MC Pro CMOS cameras in April 2025 and April 2026. The 2 datasets are 24 x 5-minute subs (2025) and 18 x 250-second subs (19/04/2026). … Continue reading
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Arcturus and Napoleon’s Hat
I reprocessed all the recent 200mm lens data on this one and then cropped down to centre Arcturus whilst including Napoleon’s Hat (below-right of Arcturus).
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We are in for a few weeks of astronomy images. This is a zoom in/zoom out image of NGC6914, a reflection nebula in Cygnus and the only bit of blue in a sea of red as I call it. The … Continue reading
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Interstellar Arachnid
Imaging the M44 (Beehive Cluster) with the 200mm lenses I came across this arachnid that had spun it’s web across the innermost stars of Cancer, perhaps hoping to catch some Bees.
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M31 – The Andromeda Galaxy Reprocessed
I used all the Sky90 data and added to it the core data I took on the original Hyperstar with the little H9C OSC CCD. There was a noticeable improvement.
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Corona Borealis Reprocessed
I just reprocessed the Corona Borealis 3-framer taken with the 200mm lenses and 2600MC Pro CMOS cameras. This data was collected in June 2024 under astronomical twilight.
Picture of the Week
Another high-speed-flash image taken at 1/100,000th of a second (10-microseconds). This is another double water-drop collision taking place under a soap bubble covering a drinking glass. The 10-microsecond light pulse (150-Joules in energy) was taken using 3 Xenon flashguns developed … Continue reading
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