So I’m spending a couple of hours imaging in Cygnus with both the mini-WASP array and the Hyperstar III 🙂
This is a 5-frame mosaic put together using Noel Carboni’s Astronomy Tools for Photoshop and DSS2 red and blue channel data. I seriously question why I bother to image when such high quality data is readily available to download and … Continue reading
Just ten minutes ago I had one of those “hair raising on the back of the neck” moments. I am reading Arthur C Clarke’s book “Astounding Days” and on page 186 I come across this bombshell sentence. “I am tempted … Continue reading
In this month’s National Geographic magazine there was a pretty unpleasant reminder of the destructive nature of man. I won’t go into the unsavory details but it basically spelt out how morons in several European countries are decimating the migratory … Continue reading
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.
You can see a full colour image of the California nebula processed from DSS2 data here. The nebula extends to quite a way below the leftmost part of the image – it’s VERY big!
I carried on adding some new frames to the mega Tulip nebula DSS mosaic until the computer gave up. So this is it for now, the computer can’t handle any more 🙂 Note the ultra bright red S-type star AA … Continue reading
The Earth Science Picture of the Day for June 21st 2013 is Avebury Stone Circle. It was a beautiful day at both Avebury and Stonehenge last month during the Bank Holiday week. Never seen so many people before at Stonehenge. … Continue reading
I am building up a big panorama around the Tulip nebula in Cygnus by downloading and processing DSS red and blue datafiles. Simply fantastic data to work with.
I gave my talk about the New Forest Observatory at the Webb Deep-Sky Society AGM in Cambridge yesterday, 15/06/2013. I had a great time there and would like to say a big thank you guys and I really appreciate the … Continue reading
