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
Here is the second marathon processing session by Noel. This time it’s the Belt region of Orion.
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.
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
Noel has just completed some precision image processing on this latest Hyperstar III image taken over 3 nights.
More great news!! Today we got the Jellyfish nebula (IC443) and its companion IC444 published as an Earth Science Picture of the Day.
This Month’s gems are a pair of beautiful emission nebulae in the constellation Auriga. Of the two, IC405 is the more famous as it is the well-known “Flaming Star” nebula, a region of H-alpha emission, but with an amazing reflection … Continue reading
With under a couple of hours using 90-second subs I wasn’t expecting much from this one apart from the stars. I was amazed at how well the nebulosity stood out – power of the Hyperstar!!! Noel did a heroic job … Continue reading
Noel & I have an image today on the International Year of Astronomy’s website as “Astropic of the Week”. It is our image of NGC6914 – a reflection nebula in the huge Gamma Cygni nebulosity IC1318. Excellent!!!
This is a 2-frame Hyperstar III mosaic of the NGC7788 region in Cassiopeia. This region is famous for having 6 open clusters in a line. However, towards the top of the frame (not visible in this image) is a fascinating … Continue reading
