Author Archives: Greg Parker

Deneb region using one scope and camera on the mini-WASP array

Only 3 half-hour subs but I am extremely pleased with the result!!  No dither so full of hot pixels, but good quality stars corner to corner on an APS sized chip – the Sky 90 CAN deliver the goods, but … Continue reading

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Statrep mini-WASP array

You will have seen the recent M57 image from one of the mini-WASP cameras and last night I took 3 x 30-minute subs of the Deneb region with the same camera just to check I could manage 30-minute subs with … Continue reading

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M92 in Hercules, Hyperstar III image 11 x 20-minute subs

Taken in parallel with the M57 data, here is an image of the globular cluster M92 in Hercules, less well known than its M13 neighbour, but every bit as impressive.  11 sub-exposures at 10-minutes per sub in order to get … Continue reading

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M57 region camera 2 mini-WASP array 26/05/2012

This is the result of 7 x 20-minute subs with camera 2 on the mini-WASP array, camera 1 needs some fine collimation/chip flatness tweaking, camera 2 on the other hand is almost spot on!!  Reason for 20-minute subs was to … Continue reading

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The New Forest Observatory control room

Last night was the most amazing beautiful clear night – and the Moon wasn’t too intrusive either (which is unusual on a clear night).  After a little extra “tuning” I set the two mini-WASP cameras off imaging a region around … Continue reading

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288888

What’s the significance of 288888?  Just saw that the New Forest Observatory had that number of hits at 17:14 p.m. today 🙂  Keep visiting people, there’s always something new and exciting going on at the New Forest Observatory (except last … Continue reading

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The Parker-Carboni double-team create the definitive M13 image

Noel Carboni has just processed all the recent Hyperstar III data to create this groundbreaking image of the region 🙂 Three hours of 10-minute subs, 1-hour of 1-minute subs and 1-hour of 50-second subs went into the creation of this … Continue reading

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Mini-WASP statrep 23/05/2012

Managed to polar align the mini-WASP array last night, while in parallel I was taking some LONG subs with the HSIII on M13 going for the faint stuff.  Now it really is just a few odds and ends to fine … Continue reading

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M13 makes an appearance on Simon Parkin’s Meridian weather slot 20/05/2012

Another image from the New Forest Observatory appears on Simon Parkin’s Meridian Weather slot on Sunday 20th May 2012.  Video footage Copyright Meridian News & Weather.

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Annular Solar eclipse May 20th 2012

There will be an annular solar eclipse on May 20th (tomorrow!) – YAY!!!!!!!!  🙂 🙂 Unfortunately, for people in the U.K. it begins after Sunset – Boooh!!!!  🙁 🙁

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