Author Archives: Greg Parker

Picture of the Week

Picture of the Week this week is not one of my own, but is a composite of both Webb and Hubble space telescope images. This features the well-known “Pillars of Creation” image which is presented to you sans stars.

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Sierpinski Print Finished

Came into the study this morning to find a finished Sierpinski pyramid courtesy of the ELEGOO Neptune 4 plus. Superb quality print and I am amazed at this printer’s capabilities.

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200mm Sierpinski Pyramid

Just 12 hours to go on this 86-hour print. Keep everything crossed that it continues smoothly to the end.

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The Absolutely Amazing ELEGOO Neptune 4 Plus 3D Printer

I recently purchased the ELEGOO Neptune 4 Plus 3D printer in a Black Friday deal at a ridiculously low price. I have been wanting a larger print-volume printer for quite a long while now, and as the Neptune 4 plus … Continue reading

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Picture of the Week

This week we feature V509 Cassiopeiae, a yellow hypergiant star (one of 2) in Cassiopeia. This is 3-hours of 4-minute subs taken on the Sky90 array with the M26C OSC CCDs. I appear to have been very remiss in not … Continue reading

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Picture of the Week

Our Picture of the Week features the beautifully spherically-symmetric (and beautifully coloured) planetary nebula Abell 39 in the constellation Hercules. Abell 39 lies about 3,800 light years from Earth and the radius of the sphere is around 1.4 light years. … Continue reading

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I Just Don’t Believe it!!!!

Just came back from the dog walk tonight and took a look at the pinhole camera on the side of the house before going in. I don’t believe this!! Once again a bird has decided to peck through the Aluminium … Continue reading

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Picture of the Week

Our Picture of the Week is this explosive galaxy, NGC6946 also known as the Fireworks galaxy, due to the large number of supernovae that have been found in it. This image was taken using the original Hyperstar with a tiny … Continue reading

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Picture of the Week

The Picture of the Week this week features a supernova!! The image shows before and after FOVs of the supernova SN2022 hrs in the galaxy NGC 4647 in the Virgo cluster. The before image was taken with the Sky90 array … Continue reading

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Picture of the Week

This week we feature what at first sight appears to be a pretty uninspiring star field with no stars standing out as being anything special. However this rather bland image takes on a completely different perspective when you are informed … Continue reading

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