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Author Archives: Greg Parker
What was the Big Bang?
The Big Bang was when the simulation was first started.
EPOD for today is Hind’s Crimson Star
Today’s Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) is Hind’s Crimson star acquired at the New Forest Observatory and processed by Noel Carboni in Florida U.S.A. 🙂
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New fractal renders
You can see a new bunch of fractal renders on the Scientific Artist web site: http://www.scientificartist.com/
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A type III civilisation has been busy recently
A recent image of Sirius shows something new in the vicinity. A type III civilisation has constructed a Dyson sphere around our brightest star.
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You will be assimilated
Managed to get out for just a few minutes last night and as Leo was in a good position I focused up on Regulus and let the mini-WASP do its thing. Rather disturbing news when I processed the data this … Continue reading
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Tania Australis image – Noel Carboni process
Noel Carboni processed the recent Tania Australis data, and as you can see, he made a much better job of it than me 🙂
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Simon Parkin broadcasts live from the New Forest Observatory for Meridian News & Weather
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
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Tania Australis and NGC3184 in Ursa Major
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
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Image of the Month – March 2013
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
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Simon Parkin at the New Forest Observatory on near miss night
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
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