Not long to go now for the International Year of Astronomy AstroFest conference at South Kensington – February 6th & 7th. Springer are pulling out all the stops to get copies of Star Vistas to AstroFest on time for a … Continue reading
Noel has just processed this recent image taken in Orion. A nice little open cluster, which sits in the centre of this frame. Zoom in on the cluster and you will see that unlike the Douglas Adams prediction whe answer … Continue reading
The New Forest Observatory web site hit some technical difficulties yesterday, I hope you now find us back once again in good condition 🙂
Hey! Looks like we got today’s EPOD with the deeeeeeeep Coathanger Cluster image 🙂 Thank you Jim at EPOD for publishing this one!
Being January, Orion once again is the obvious choice for deep-sky imaging. But how about some deep-sky imaging with a difference? What about some infrared imaging? Silicon-based CCD detectors will detect photons up to 1um in wavelength, although the efficiency … Continue reading
Noel has just worked his magic assembling this mosaic Star Vista of the Ruchbah region of Cassiopeia. This small image is unable to do the original 20 Megapixel monster justice, but as you can see the whole area is jam packed … Continue reading
It is the first clear day in ages – makes a great change from the dull, dark, grey, completely overcast days we have been experiencing for quite a while now. This is the view towards the West from the New … Continue reading
Well the roll of good luck continues! Today Noel & I managed to get the Belt + Horsehead image published on the Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) website. Thank you once again Jim 🙂
There hasn’t been a huge amount of progress since the last report. The only change to the array is that I’ve now added the second Sky 90 to the frame as I now use the lightweight Celestron 80mm refractor to … Continue reading
We’re on a roll!! The Parker/Carboni double-team have just got the Astronomy Picture of the Day for 23rd December 2008 with our Coathanger cluster image 🙂 This one is a personal favourite of mine and was my desktop for many months. … Continue reading
