Simon Parkin gave tonight’s Meridian Weather forecast and the introductory picture was the Beehive cluster (M44) in Cancer which is now in a great position for imaging. I recently took several hours data on this one using both 5 and … Continue reading
I now have 3 screens running on a Windows 7 system 🙂 In the end I got all the bits necessary to build up a complete new (Windows 7) system around the new motherboard. So the new system has the … Continue reading
Another clear night last night – and with the success of capturing a couple of asteroids the night before (1079 Mimosa and 2833 Radishchev I think, courtesy the Sky 6) – I went back to M44 and asteroid central once … Continue reading
Nice clear night last night and managed to get 3-hours worth of 4-minute subs on M44 with the Hyperstar III. Bagged a couple of asteroids (I think M44 is asteroid central as it sits just about on top of the … Continue reading
This month’s imaging object is a single star shot – this time I’ve gone for Regulus in Leo. A nice bright star central to an image can make a spectacular picture, and Regulus is no exception. Taken using the Sky … Continue reading
O.K. this is a continuation of the attempt to add a third monitor to my system saga. Let’s recap how we got to the present state. Bought an ATI Radeon 5770 card as it said it supported 3 monitors – … Continue reading
Towards the end of last year I was getting more than a bit annoyed about the lack of 3 monitor control with the ATI Radeon 5770 card. To refresh your memory in the large print in the spec towards the … Continue reading
Pulled up EPOD (Earth Science Picture of the Day) a couple of minutes ago and unexpectedly found the NFO image of NGC1333 looking back at me. It really is a stunning region of space and the eerie-looking dust clouds gives … Continue reading
Lovely clear night last night, and perfect for trying to capture the asteroid Vesta now leaving the head of Leo. 46 subs at 200-seconds per sub with the C11 and Hyperstar III – image captured and processed by Greg Parker at … Continue reading
If it stays clear for long enough, and I’m imaging in the right place – then tomorrow sometime I should be posting up an image of the asteroid Vesta which is passing the star Algieba in the constellation Leo right … Continue reading
