The (evening) Meridian News weather picture for October 10th 2009 was the Double Cluster in Perseus taken from the New Forest Observatory. I shall put up a very short video clip of this in the next few days. The image … Continue reading
I just spent the day at Tony Allen’s photographic studio in Oxford with my high speed flash units. We had another go at the water-filled balloons as they are so much fun. Here’s a result from today’s efforts. This exposure … Continue reading
Noel has just reprocessed an earlier image of Gamma Cassiopeia with the nebulae IC59 & IC63 lying close by – with the addition of some star spikes.
I was recently asked about a problem in maintaining polar alignment due to a heavy scope being cantilevered all over the place on a wedge. The standard Celestron wedge (which I use) would also give you problems as the heavy … Continue reading
We are now enjoying long dark evenings and are once again getting into the swing of imaging well into the early hours – weather permitting. The imaging object I have chosen for this month is the famous Double Cluster in … Continue reading
The third clear Moonless evening in a row had me out to capture this beautiful little open cluster in Cassiopeia called the Owl or ET cluster – NGC457. As I mentioned before, Noel’s real speciality is stars – which you … Continue reading
Clear dark Moonless sky last night and Cepheus was in a perfect position for imaging. So I decided to get some more deeper, better data on the Iris nebula so that Noel can work his magic and incorporate this with … Continue reading
Every year the New Forest ponies (and as you can see the Shetlands) are rounded up for checking/branding/marking/injections, and the picture below shows the beginning of the action. Lots of helpers and riders on the day and the Forest gains … Continue reading
We’re on a roll 🙂 The weather has not only been unusually good these last few nights, but they have been Moonless nights too! Excellent!!! Managed to capture the Double Cluster a couple of nights ago and Noel worked his … Continue reading
Noel recently processed an image taken just a few days ago. This one is NGC281 also known as the Pacman nebula in Cassiopeia. Twelve subs at 15-minutes per sub gave this result, and 15-minutes at f#2 is equivalent to an … Continue reading
