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6th January 2017 Earth Science Picture of the Day

Got today’s Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) with “Contrasting Star Pair in Auriga”. Thank you Jim at EPOD for continuing to publish my work.

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Taurus molecular cloud 2-framer

And here is a 2-frame mosaic combining the IC2087 and SAO76573 frames taken with the Canon 200mm prime lenses and M26C OSC CCDs.

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Taurus molecular clouds

Taken a couple of nights back, this is 10-hour’s worth of 20-minute subs centred on SAO67573 one frame to the right of IC2087 also taken with the Canon 200mm lenses and M26C OSC CCDs.   At the top/centre there is … Continue reading

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9th December 2016 Earth Science Picture of the Day

Got today’s Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) with the 200mm lens 2-framer of Castor & Pollux. Thank you Jim at EPOD for continuing to publish my work.  

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Aldebaran and the Hyades

A rather “quick and dirty” image of the region.  I need to get a lot more, deeper, subs of this region if I can this winter.  

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The Full Monty

Unbelievably last night was the 3rd clear night in a row – Moonless too!! So – making best use of this gift I managed to grab the final left hand frame on the North America 3-pane mosaic. This is a … Continue reading

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Composite of the IC2087 region

Got 6 x 20-minute subs with the Canon 200mm lens which I added to some earlier Sky 90 data.

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December 2016 Deep-Sky Image of the Month

Got the final bit of data on this one last night.  This is a 2-framer using the Canon 200mm prime lenses and Trius M26C OSC CCDs on top of the Paramount ME. Main North America frame is 9 hours and … Continue reading

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17 hours on the NGC6914 region in Cygnus

I managed to get a further 10 hours to add to the initial 7 hours taken using the Sky 90/M26C array – 20-minute sub-exposures. I don’t think that the additional 10-hours added much in the way of depth to this … Continue reading

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The Double Cluster – yet again

I just can’t keep away from this region, and as there was a half-Moon up until 11 p.m. last night, a star cluster seemed like a good idea. This is another one of those images I have had in my … Continue reading

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