I have a new all-Aluminium connector designed and built for connecting an SXM26C (or H18 mono) CCD at the correct metal-back distance to the focal reducer on the Sky 90 refractor. I am just getting a further 3 of these … Continue reading
Prof. Greg Parker will be giving a talk on “The Magic of Photography” at the Brockenhurst Probus Club on 13th April 2010. He will discuss high-speed photography, photomicrography and of course deep-sky imaging with an accompanying PowerPoint slide show of … Continue reading
So what does it look like in the NFO Control Room with the 3-screen system running a high-resolution Hubble image screensaver?
The extremely fast – but ultimately finite velocity of light in vacuo, strikes me as very odd. Why does it have this particular value? Wouldn’t it be very interesting if the finite velocity of light in vacuo is actually telling us … Continue reading
My old 2-monitor system (the one running XP with a graphics card that can drive 2 monitors) was playing up giving all sorts of odd (intermittent) effects including switching monitor 2 for monitor 1 and losing the desktop. The card … Continue reading
By Apostolos Doxiadis – is a work of complete and utter brilliance, I would say genius – and a book that joins that elite (and very small) group of mine, the books that have been read in just one sitting. If you … Continue reading
It was Professor Peter Landsberg’s funeral today at the East Chapel at Southampton Crematorium. Standing room only – Peter had a great number of friends. He will be sadly missed – there is nobody at the University that can take … Continue reading
Noel has just completed processing the 5 & 10-minute subs (probably around 8 hours worth in total) taken on the Hyperstar III of the Beehive Cluster – M44 – in the constellation Cancer. At this time of the year we … Continue reading
Here is a fish eye view of my three-screen system up and running. Three superb Iiyama 24″ letterbox screens driven by an ATI Radeon 5770 card and one screen with a Sapphire (active) display port adapter from Overclockers U.K. I … Continue reading
