Noel Carboni processed the recent Tania Australis data, and as you can see, he made a much better job of it than me 🙂
Friday February 15th was a very eventful day for astronomers world-wide. Simon Parkin had already arranged to broadcast the weather live from the New Forest Observatory that evening due to the near miss asteroid DA14 that was due in our … Continue reading
Managed a full half-hour of imaging using 3-minute subs and all three cameras on the mini-WASP array last night. Nice bright red star Tania Australis and nearby spiral galaxy NGC3184 in Ursa Major were the objects of attention. Need a … Continue reading
The Image of the Month for March 2013 is the recent mini-WASP array capture of M46 & M47, a lovely pair of open clusters in Puppis. I have wanted to grab this one since the winter constellations first started appearing … Continue reading
Simon Parkin and the Meridian Weather film team – together with satellite transmission van – did a live broadcast from the New Forest Observatory on 15/02/2013, the evening of the near miss flyby of the asteroid. Here are a couple … Continue reading
I have long sided with Halton Arp regarding quasars. Like Halton Arp I also believe that quasars are not undefinable objects at extreme distances radiating unimaginable power – but are objects much closer to us who exhibit an odd redshift … Continue reading
Using half-hour subs on the mini-WASP array this is the result of imaging the Abell 1377 region of Ursa Major – together with some advanced processing techniques courtesy of Noel Carboni. A negative B&W image is shown in order to … Continue reading
The New Forest Observatory is a private observatory run by Prof. Greg Parker from his home in Brockenhurst, Hampshire. At the current location it is not, unfortunately, open to the public. However, if the current plan to change the Sodium … Continue reading
Too much water vapour in the air tonight for any serious imaging – but you can still see the stars – so I took out the DSLR. Here are the two New Forest Observatories with an Orion background and plenty … Continue reading
So it was completely clear ALL DAY and I therefore had both observatories powered up and ready to go before dark. Soon as it gets dark we have wall-to-wall cloud. This is now well beyond any sort of joke. Anticipating … Continue reading
