I took this data with the Hyperstar on the 6th. I was expecting to get more data last night (7th) but there was tons of thin high cloud. So I cropped the data I got and you can see it … Continue reading
A clear Moonless night tonight and I am imaging the Coma Cluster of galaxies (yes that’s the cluster that Zwicky used to infer the existence of Dark Matter way back in the 1930s). Hyperstar 4 on a C11 with an … Continue reading
Another astronomical image this week. This time we have Jupiter and beautiful red Mercury captured over at Whitemoor Pond, the New Forest.
Well the new 2600MC CMOS camera from First Light Optics arrived, it has been fired up, and all is well! Also the USB Canon lens focuser manufactured by Astromechanics and distributed by Ali Express also arrived. At first I didn’t … Continue reading
A high-speed image features this week. Here we have 3 separate images of a double waterdrop collision taking place underneath a bursting soap-bubble. I have used different coloured filters in front of the high-speed flash units. The HSF units are … Continue reading
I just combined the two M105 images recently taken with the Hyperstar using the brilliant software Registar. Registar makes image combination so easy!
A couple of changes to the re-configuration. I have decided it is pointless to remove ALL the Sky90s from the array and I will simply replace Sky90(3) with the 3rd 200mm Canon lens. That way I retain 5 imaging rigs … Continue reading
The North Dome MiniWASP array is starting its transition to the Micro-Dragonfly array, named after the much larger Dragonfly array. Today I received the first of 3 key components – the 200mm Canon f#2.8 prime lens. I have on order … Continue reading
Dad captured this group of Fakirs/Holy men on his travels. Once again we have the original sepia print at the top, followed by the Grok cleaned-up and colourised print, followed by the amazing Grok animation.
This is a very interesting image taken by Dad in WWI in beautiful downtown Kabul. I turned the original first image above into a B&W image (from the sepia print) using Photoshop. I wondered why the two locals were giving … Continue reading
