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Author Archives: Greg Parker
IC59 and IC63 with Gamma Cassiopeiae in Cassiopeia
Another hot-off-the-press image from the Parker/Carboni double-team. This time it is the beautiful nebulosity surrounding the central star in the constellation Cassiopeia.
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IOM December 2008 – The Cone nebula and Christmas Tree cluster
Always a good one to image at this time of year as it doubles up as a nice picture to put on the front of a Christmas card. The Cone nebula and the associated Christmas Tree cluster [NGC2264] of stars make … Continue reading
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Media coverage of the NFO
The Star Vistas radio programme was broadcast on Radio Solent on the morning of Friday 28th November 2008 – you can download this interview over the Internet. Meridian TV will be at the New Forest Observatory this coming week to cover … Continue reading
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Star Vistas in the daily papers
It appears that the forthcoming publication of Star Vistas has caught the attention of the Press. Although they have as usual got the detail incorrect, it’s a case of all publicity for Astronomy is good publicity. The Sun has something … Continue reading
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A definitive M33 image from the NFO
A final 3-hours total exposure time using 30-minute subs completed the Autumn 2008 mega project – M33 the pinwheel galaxy in triangulum!
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Concept2innovation dot com
Those of you that have used AOL as your internet service provider will know that they have now stopped their web hosting service. This is quite a blow for those of us that have used this service to promote our work, … Continue reading
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The Belt region of Orion as never seen by the naked eye
Here is the second marathon processing session by Noel. This time it’s the Belt region of Orion.
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NGC7000 and the Pelican nebulae in Cygnus
Noel has been very busy processing recently and the first to come back across the pond was this composite image of the North America and Pelican nebulae in Cygnus.
The mini-WASP array morphs into the NIP
It is just as well I don’t have the funds available to proceed with the mini-WASP concept as it has given me time to think about the whole system. Since coming up with the idea of multiple imaging scopes to effectively … Continue reading
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M33 – the Pinwheel galaxy in Triangulum
Noel has just completed some precision image processing on this latest Hyperstar III image taken over 3 nights.
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