A couple of nights ago conditions were perfect for imaging – freezing cold, crystal clear, and no Moon to worry about. Excellent! I am going to get a ton of data on little NGC1333 in Perseus. I do a two-star … Continue reading
I opened up the pinhole cameras a couple of days early just in case they were set in the wrong position, and also to check if the wettest November on record had made its mark. One pinhole camera unfortunately DID … Continue reading
On Sunday 20th December 2009 I will open up the two pinhole cameras on my south-facing wall, remove the exposed film, and replace with two new sheets of film. I will then leave the cameras open from 21st December 2009 … Continue reading
Terry Pratchett only had 6 monitors fitted to his computer as he couldn’t get 8 on his desk 🙂 O.K. well I didn’t want 8 or even 6 monitors – I only wanted 3. Looking at the graphics cards offered … Continue reading
Poor weather conditions (high cloud/fog/mist) sub-zero temperatures and a very unimpressive display of Geminids this year – even though we were blessed with NO MOON!!! Set up the Canon 40D with a 17-55mm zoom lens set to 30mm, 2-minute subs, … Continue reading
With Christmas rapidly approaching, and the International Year of Astronomy rapidly drawing to an end, I thought it appropriate to post a Festive deep-sky image. This is the Christmas Tree cluster (NGC 2264, 2,500 light years away in the constellation … Continue reading
There’s plenty of clouds at the moment 🙁 but I’m hoping for just a few gaps in the cloud tonight. No Moon – and it should be the peak in the Geminid meteor shower (13th – 14th December 2009). Went … Continue reading
Unbelievably I managed to get some imaging done on the night of Thursday December 10th 2009 – the last image I took was on October 25th 2009! Got 4-hours worth of 4-minute subs on the nice little open cluster in … Continue reading
Well as the weather is not allowing me to take outer-space images, it’s back to some inner space work again. This time an opalescent beetle leg gets photomicrographed using a 23-frame focus stack put together using the Helicon Focus software. … Continue reading
The Golden Ratio (and the closely associated Fibonacci series) makes many appearances in the “living world” – here’s my question – not including Mathematics and man-made objects, does the Golden Ratio appear naturally in any inorganic systems? There is a … Continue reading
