Last night I managed to get 10 x 10-minute subs using the Sky 90 array on the Cygni 32 region. Pretty amazed that I could see some nebulosity with so few (shallow) subs. Anyway – main point of the exercise … Continue reading
A while back I asked for submissions to run a deep-sky image of the week from this site. The response was not good. In which case I will post up a deep-sky image of the week from my own collection. … Continue reading
Got today’s EPOD with the image of the Perseid (below). Thank you Jim for continuing to publish my work.
It was a spectacular display of the Perseids last night – and unbelievably the persistent thin high cloud disappeared shortly after 11 p.m. leaving completely clear skies – and after 12:30 a.m. they were Moonless skies as well! Out of … Continue reading
Another clear night last night – what is going on?? Fired up the miniWASP array, this time using the 2 x Canon 200mm prime lenses and the Trius M26C 10-Megapixel OSC CCDs. Target – the rich Milky Way region in … Continue reading
Having swapped out the Master Computer and mucked around a bit with Sky 90(1) I had some clear sky last night to take some test shots to see what needs fine tuning. This image is just 12 x 5-minute subs … Continue reading
From 05/08/2016 Canon 15mm fisheye lens and Canon 5D MkII DSLR.
Most of the 6-minute pass at 11:11 p.m. last night.
I have recently finished the Second Edition of the Springer publication “Making Beautiful Deep-Sky Images” and it has been sent off to them to make bookworthy. Springer then sends me back the draft (with all the page numbers) and I … Continue reading
Noel Carboni recently processed the 22-hours of data from the Sky 90 mini-WASP array. This data comprised 15 and 20-minute sub-exposures.
