Author Archives: Greg Parker

Astronomy Image of the Day

The whole of central Lyra featuring Vega. A four frame mosaic using the Canon 200mm prime lenses.

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Astronomy Image of the Day

The Altair region with Barnard’s “E” (dark nebula). A 2-frame mosaic using the Canon 200mm lenses.

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Astronomy Image of the Day

Procyon & Gomeisa – the whole of Canis Minor. A two-frame mosaic using the 200mm lenses.

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Astronomy Image of the Day

The glorious Double Cluster in Perseus imaged with the Canon 200mm lenses. A total of 10 x 15-minute subs.

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Astronomy Image of the Day

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 🙁

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Astronomy Image of the Day

Aldebaran and the Hyades with the 200mm lenses – a 2.5 frame mosaic.

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Astronomy Image of the Day

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.

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Astronomy Image of the Day

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

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The Importance of the Overlap Time in the Fermi Paradox.

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

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Four Numbers

This is an image of the whiteboard in my study. In the top left hand corner are 4 numbers taken to a LOT of decimal places. What are these numbers? A good mathematician should get 3, and exceptional mathematician should … Continue reading

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