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Author Archives: Greg Parker
Course prices from April 2019
Please note that there will be no VAT on courses from April 2019 – so the price you see is the price you pay – no VAT added.
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EPOD – Encore – Black Spleenwort Fern and Fractals
Got today’s EPOD Encore with an image of an uncurled fern and a fractal which bears it a striking resemblance.
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April 2019 Image of the Month
Image of the Month for April is the recent very deep capture of Coddington’s Nebula (a galaxy) in Ursa Major. This image has the added bonus of a Carbon star in the bottom left hand corner.
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6-minute ISS pass from 27/03/2019 at 19:15
This is a 2-framer using the Canon 15mm fisheye lens on the Canon 5D MkII from last night. I Rotated the camera when the ISS reached the Zenith (the gap) and then merged the two frames together.
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Coddington’s nebula
Last night I got 5 hours of data on Coddington’s nebula and Carbon star SAO 51274 (bottom left hand corner). I added this to around 12 hours of data taken over 2 nights some time ago.
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Greg’s “3” asterism in Leo
I recently took some data on Greg’s “3” asterism in Leo using the 200mm lenses on the MiniWASP array, around 4 hours of data in total. I have inserted some old Sky 90 data (again around 4 hours) so you … Continue reading
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Another New Prime Number
The mega-computing array found a new Prime Number last Sunday. The Prime Number is: 4324748322195*2^1290000-1
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Got today’s EPOD Encore
Imaging Diatoms. A focus-stacked photomicromosaic. https://epod.usra.edu/
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March 2019 – Image of the Month
This is the recent M44 (Beehive Cluster) within the “Stargate”. The two bright red stars over to the far left are both Carbon stars. Image taken with the 200mm lenses and the Starlight Xpress Trius M26C OSC CCDs.
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M44 region with the Canon 200mm prime lenses from last night
Last night I got 18 x 15-minute subs on the M44 region with the 200mm lenses and I combined it with some earlier 200mm data.
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