Author Archives: Greg Parker

5 hours of 15-minute subs with the 200mm lenses on the IC410 region.

A clear, Moonless night last night and I managed to grab 5 hours worth of data (15-minute sub-exposures) on the IC410 region using the 200mm lenses and ASI 2600MC-Pro CMOS cameras. I lost the last hour’s worth of data when … Continue reading

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The Leo Trio of Galaxies

Last night I got 12 x 5-minute subs on the Leo Trio using the Hyperstar 4 and ASI 2600MC-Pro CMOS camera. I added this data to previous HS4 & HSIII data and the above is the result. Pretty disappointing not … Continue reading

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M44, the Beehive Cluster in the constellation Cancer

Managed to get 28 x 150-second subs on M44 last night using the Hyperstar 4 and ASI2600MC-Pro CMOS camera. Collimation was pretty good during this run.

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Canon 200mm prime lenses and ASI 2600MC-Pro cameras all up and running.

Well it has been months of pain, but finally I have the 2 x Canon 200mm prime lenses, the 2 x ASI 2600MC-Pro cameras, and the 2 x Astromechanics focusers all up and running and talking to each other. Last … Continue reading

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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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