I went over to what I thought was going to be a “dark” bit of the forest around 10:00 p.m. last night and got worse sky glow on the horizon (from Southampton) than I get in my back garden. So … Continue reading
After a completely overcast day the cloud began to break up around 5:00 p.m. and now (9:00 p.m.) it looks like we might actually have a reasonably clear night. Whooppeeeeeeeeee – I’m off over the forest with the AstroTrac Canon … Continue reading
Starlight Xpress returned the repaired CCD via Special Delivery just after lunchtime today! I re-fitted it to the Hyperstar III and ran off a bias frame – Tom How confirms it now looks o.k. and we’re once again hot to … Continue reading
Looking back over the images taken it appears that the cooler failed on January 17th 2010 – so nowhere near as long ago as I thought, and it wasn’t at the time the PSU went down. The number of hot … Continue reading
My M25C one-shot colour camera had an open circuit Peltier cooler (see post below). Packed it and shipped it off Recorded Delivery yesterday (Monday) around 1:00 p.m. Just got a mail from Michael Hattey 4:30 p.m. today (Tuesday) that it’s … Continue reading
Today it was brought home to me just how dangerous it is to work on your own in this imaging business. Tom How is a local guy and an imaging expert, and we only recently realised that we hadn’t met up … Continue reading
Testing out my all-sky imaging rig ready for next week’s maximum in the Perseid meteor shower. AstroTrac, Canon 5D MkII camera, Canon 15mm fish-eye lens and Canon electronic shutter controller. You might just make out a faint Perseid bottom left … Continue reading
Last night I managed to grab the frame to the right of the Cocoon nebula – whilst at the same time getting some ultra-wide-fields of the Perseids using the Canon 5D MkII, 15mm fish-eye lens and AstroTrac. Anyway – I … Continue reading
Just a reminder that the Star Vistas Exhibition at the ArtSway gallery is now just one month off – put it in your diary now if you want to see the latest and best images from the New Forest Observatory.
Yes, I know this is meant to be all about the New Forest Observatory – but as I mentioned before – it’s my blog and I can write what I damn well like. Welcome to the Big Society – are … Continue reading
