Managed to get today’s EPOD with a Macro-Mosaic of an Owl Butterfly. Thank you Jim for continuing to publish my work.
The whole of central Lyra featuring Vega. A four frame mosaic using the Canon 200mm prime lenses.
The Altair region with Barnard’s “E” (dark nebula). A 2-frame mosaic using the Canon 200mm lenses.
Procyon & Gomeisa – the whole of Canis Minor. A two-frame mosaic using the 200mm lenses.
The glorious Double Cluster in Perseus imaged with the Canon 200mm lenses. A total of 10 x 15-minute subs.
Stunning Sirius – captured by the Canon 200mm prime lenses and the ASI 2600MC Pro OSC CMOS cameras. This is the last image I took at the NFO dated 26th February 2023. Not had a night’s imaging since then 🙁
Aldebaran and the Hyades with the 200mm lenses – a 2.5 frame mosaic.
I don’t know how many hours of data using the Sky90 array on the Pleiades (M45) star cluster. Probably in excess of 20-hours.
O.K. so as I am retired and have a bit of time on my hands – I am thinking of running an Astronomy Image of the Day from the New Forest Observatory web site. And yes the idea is to … Continue reading
Here’s my take on an important factor to consider, which I haven’t seen mentioned, in trying to answer the Fermi Paradox (if they are out there, then why haven’t we “seen” them?). First off, both civilisations need to be … Continue reading
