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Author Archives: Greg Parker
Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD)
Got today’s EPOD with the North America & Pelican nebulae image that you can see just a couple of posts below. Cramming so many stars into such a small image size makes it look like the Milky Way stars aren’t … Continue reading
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The NGC6914 region in Cygnus
Last night I got 7 hours of 20-minute subs on the NGC6914 region using the Sky 90 array. The result is shown here. As it is clear (and now Moonless) I am going for a bunch more 20-minute subs tonight … Continue reading
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Sadr one and a half framer
From the end of October I managed to get a one and a half framer of the Sadr region using the 200mm lens array. It should of course had been a 2-framer but I only shifted the frame by half … Continue reading
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New Forest Observatory – Image of the Month
A couple of nights ago I managed to grab 24 x 20-minute subs of the M52 region using the 2 x Canon 200mm prime lenses and 2 x Trius M26C 10-Megapixel OSC CCDs. I had to shut down for an … Continue reading
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Oriented and re-processed NA/Pelican
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Sadr region with the Canon 200mm array
And from a couple of nights ago – here is the Sadr region with the Canon 200mm lens array using 10 x 15-minute subs. Should get some more time on this one and then try to grab the frame to … Continue reading
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Last night’s effort with the Canon 200mm lens array
Got the 2 x Trius M26C cameras VERY flat and very well focused last night before starting a run on the North America nebula region. Managed to get 17 x 20-minute subs before the Moon rose above the rooftops in … Continue reading
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Image of the Month
Here is the New Forest Observatory Image of the Month – last bit of data acquired only last night. This is a 2-framer of the Heart nebula region taken using the Sky 90 array and the M26C OSC CCDs. The … Continue reading
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Earth Science Picture of the Day – La Superba
Got today’s Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) with a Sky90 array shot of the Carbon star La Superba. Thank you Jim at EPOD for continuing to publish my work.
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Another adopter of the light box for flats
Peter Rusling has also used one of the Amazon supplied light panels for taking flats. He says: “I’ve bought one of these excellent panels and thought I’d share that the light USB L4S version will mount safely on a £15 … Continue reading