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.
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.
And here is a professional process of the Rosette data by my friend and astro-colleague, Noel Carboni.
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
Here’s just the Hyperstar 4 data for the recent M31 image – only 16 subs at 3-minutes per sub. Now if only I can get the skies for 100 x 3-minute subs, this will start to look stonking. This version … Continue reading
I said I wouldn’t divulge the secret if the result was good. As the result wasn’t particularly good, I’ll tell you how it was done. The ultra-fast Hyperstar 4 at f#2 will blow the core of M42 (the Trapezium region) … Continue reading
Clear Moonless sub-zero night last night so I was expecting some great results from the Hyperstar 4. Managed to get 25 x 5-minute subs with good collimation, and the above image is the result. It’s terrible. Virtually no dust which … Continue reading
This is the result of 60 x 30-second subs on the Hyperstar 4 with the C11 and a secret ingredient optical device. Still plenty of noise even with 60 subs, so it looks like I’ll be needing nearer 200 subs … Continue reading
This is a composite image using DSS2 data and my own Sky90 data of the Struve’s Lost Nebula region. If I ever get the skies, I will need to get a lot more data on this one.
Yesterday I received a couple of deliveries to completely upgrade the MiniWASP array, both the 3 x Sky90s and the 2 x 200mm Canon lenses. I am glad the weather continues to be awful as it means I’ll be able … Continue reading
