This week we feature the whole of Canis Minor, which is fortunately only 2 stars, but they are quite well separated. The 200mm lenses are of short enough focal length to capture both in the frame. There are only a … Continue reading
This is everything I have on Markarian’s Chain from the original Hyperstar, the Hyperstar III, the Hyperstar 4, and the Sky90 array. Must be more than 20-hours in total, probably more than 30. So why doesn’t it look a lot … Continue reading
This week we feature the huge Ha region in Cepheus designated IC1396. This is a 2-frame mosaic using a single Sky90 and M25C OSC CCD. Comprising RGB, narrowband Ha and narrowband OIII, this took the record for the longest total … Continue reading
The collimation was quite a way out when I imaged the Leo Trio 2 nights ago, so last night I was expecting to spend the whole evening trying to get good collimation. In preparation for this I had taken off … Continue reading
IMAGING!!!!!Collimation was well out on the Hyperstar and I thought it was going to take all night to get good collimation. First tweak on the collimation adjuster and I hit perfect collimation – took all of 2 minutes. So I … Continue reading
It was clear last night with a thin crecent Moon about to set, so I fired up the Hyperstar 4 on the C11. Target the Leo Trio. 4-minute subs with a 1-minute dither so I was planning on getting 15 … Continue reading
A rare (for me) galaxy image features this week. A personal favourite of mine, the beautiful face-on spiral M100 and surroundings. This is a composite of original Hyperstar and H9C OSC CCD data together with Sky90 M26C OSC CCD data. … Continue reading
Here is this morning’s partial solar eclipse taken from the New Forest Observatory at the maximum at 11 a.m. GMT. Image shown using the projection method.
This one is a shaggy-dog story and a half. I will attempt to make sense of the whole episode. It was probably March 16th 2025 around 8:00 p.m. (I didn’t make a note) that I went outside to have a … Continue reading
This week we see a widefield view of the North America nebula together with the Pelican nebula. This is a single frame image captured using the 200mm lenses and the M26C OSC CCDs. This represents around 8-hours of RGB broadband … Continue reading
