Author Archives: Greg Parker

The Double Cluster & Stock 2 Reprocess.

Another reprocess, this time the Double Cluster & Stock 2 in Perseus. This is another 200mm lens 2-framer with the Trius M26C OSC CCDs.

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A Reprocess of the Arcturus Data Taken on the Canon 200mm Prime Lenses.

This is a 2-frame mosaic of Arcturus taken on the Canon 200mm prime lenses using the Trius M26C OSC CCDs. Note Napoleon’s Hat in the 5 o’clock position.

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A Reprocess of the IC2087 Data Taken on the Canon 200mm Prime Lenses.

I just reprocessed the IC2087 data that I aquired back in 2016 on the Canon 200mm prime lenses and the Trius M26C OSC CCDs. This is 10-hours worth of 20-minute subs.

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The Taurus Molecular Cloud Around IC2087

This is a 2-frame mosaic using a pair of Canon 200mm prime lenses and SX Trius M26C OSC CCDs. Each frame is 18 x 20-minute subs.

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A Composite Leo Trio Using Hyperstar 3 and Hyperstar 4 Data

This is a composite image of the Leo Trio using old HS3 data and very recent HS4 data. Still not showing the tidal tail so plenty more work needs to be done on this one.

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Today’s Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD)

Got today’s EPOD with the DSS2 data I recently processed of the California Nebula (NGC 1499). Thank you Cadan Cummings for the write-up on this one.

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M78 and the edge of Barnard’s Loop

Here is a composite image of M78 and the edge of Barnard’s Loop (off to the left). This is old Sky90 data combined with very recent Hyperstar4 data.

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What is this?

What do you make of this? 3 x 3-minute subs taken on the Hyperstar last night – the light is moving from bottom left to top right. The first sub was taken at 23:21. The gap between subs is a … Continue reading

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A blast from the past.

The familiar “W” shape of the constellation Cassiopeia is seen in this 5-frame mosaic taken using an unmodified Canon 5D MkII DSLR, and a Canon 200mm prime lens. From the background  you can see that Cassiopeia sits in the Milky … Continue reading

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What is going on?

Well tonight will be the second clear Moonless night in a row – almost completely unknown! I am imaging M78 with the Hyperstar 4 with good collimation – but I don’t have long before it disappears behind the trees.

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