Author Archives: Greg Parker

Second Light for the Canon 200mm lenses and ASI 2600MC-Pro CMOS cameras.

This is a very quick (and dirty) process of last night’s Gamma Cassiopeia data taken on the 200mm lens rig. It was final setting up time so I managed to get both cameras in portrait mode, aligned both cameras very … Continue reading

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First light for the ASI 2600MC-Pro cameras on the Canon 200mm lenses.

Last night was First Light for the new 200mm lens rig. I chose the Gamma Cass region as there’s plenty going on there. Two changes to make, need to rotate the cameras 90 degrees anticlockwise to get them in portrait … Continue reading

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MiniWASP major upgrade 17/02/2022

I have just completed a major upgrade to the MiniWASP array, specifically the 2 Canon 200mm f#2.8 prime lenses. You can now see there are a pair of red cameras on the back instead of the usual black ones. These … Continue reading

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Aldebaran – The Eye of the Bull

A reprocess of some old Sky90 data.

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An Even Bigger Gamma Cassiopeiae

As there’s not been much imaging going on lately (weather), I’ve been browsing through old data. Just came across another 20 x 15-minute subs taken with the 200mm lenses which I’ve put together with 20 x 15-minute subs of the … Continue reading

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M78 with the Hyperstar 4

Only managed to get 8 x 5-minute subs of M78 with the Hyperstar 4 through thin high cloud before the heavy cloud rolled in. Noel Carboni was still able to pull out some nice detail even though there is only … Continue reading

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Space Station Lunar Transit!

I had absolutely no idea it was an ISS lunar transit last night, which is why the picture is so badly framed. But at least I captured it. And here is the single frame of the transit.

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Got today’s Earth Science Picture of the Day

Managed to get today’s EPOD with that mass of Milky Way stars taken with the 200mm lenses that looks like magnified grains of sand on the beach. Thank you Jim for continuing to publish my work.

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Rosette nebula processed by Noel Carboni

And here is a professional process of the Rosette data by my friend and astro-colleague, Noel Carboni.

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40-minutes on the Rosette nebula with the Hyperstar 4

I managed to get 10 x 4-minute subs on the Rosette nebula last night before the cloud rolled in (I think it all cleared again a couple of hours later). But I really can’t complain about this image when you … Continue reading

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