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Author Archives: Greg Parker
This is precisely the sort of image the mini-WASP array was designed to capture!
The Double Cluster and Stock 2 region in Perseus. Grabbed the last bit of this data last night. Also managed to get rain into the observatory as a solitary rain cloud passed over and chucked it down 🙁 All dried … Continue reading
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Some earlier Stock 2 data added to the mini-WASP Double Cluster image
When this is framed properly, and at least 3 hours worth of data taken, then this is going to look good 🙂
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Double Cluster from the mini-WASP array just before grabbing the lunar halo image
Managed to get half an hour on the Double Cluster with one camera before it all went pear-shaped with the weather last night. The Double Cluster and Stock 2 is one image that the mini-WASP array was actually designed for … Continue reading
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Lunar halo over the New Forest Observatory
Took this image with the Canon 5D MkII around 7:20 p.m. on Monday 2nd January 2012. Here we have a very nice lunar halo and close to the Moon at around 7 O’clock we have Jupiter too. But there’s a … Continue reading
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Bellatrix, Polaris and Pollux re-loaded
The earlier images of Bellatrix, Polaris and Pollux re-processed using a new process step.
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Deep-Sky Image of the Week – Astrophotographer Rogelio Bernal Andreo
Happy New Year! And the first “Deep-Sky Image of the Week” for the New Year is another belter from Rogelio!!!!! O.K. for your average Joe Public this may look pretty grey and unimpressive – where are all the pretty colours? … Continue reading
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IOM January 2012 – M38 region in Auriga
First off, a very Happy New Year to you all. Well – 2011 can’t be said to have been the best imaging year on record, in fact I think it is fair to say that it is the worst imaging … Continue reading
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Happy New Year everyone!
Happy New Year to you all 🙂 My log book confirms that 2011 was the worst year, weather-wise, for imaging since I started this lark. Not too surprising I guess with the groundbreaking mini-WASP array being this year’s mega-project. I … Continue reading
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The Cone nebula – a mini-WASP single framer
This image is a single frame from the mini-WASP and comprises 12 subs at 10-minutes per sub, so a 2-hour total exposure time (again well short of the 8 hours needed). The reason for only one frame is that due … Continue reading
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