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Author Archives: Greg Parker
IOM – Image of the Month September 2016
I have decided that the image for this month is the one you can see below – the very deep Canon 200mm prime lens single-framer of Cassiopeia from the Gamma Cass nebula (IC59/63) all the way down to the PacMan … Continue reading
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Caph & Ruchbah are today’s EPOD (Earth Science Picture of the Day)
Check out the images of Caph and Ruchbah on today’s EPOD – both images are Canon 200mm prime lens 2-framers using the Trius M26C OSC CCDs. And thank you Jim at EPOD for once again publishing my work.
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From the Gamma Cass nebula to PacMan
From two nights ago here is a single-framer using the 200mm lenses and the Trius M26Cs of the region in Cassiopeia running from the star Navi all the way down to the PacMan nebula. This is 21 subs at 15-minutes … Continue reading
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The Canon 200mm prime lens does the Perseus Double Cluster
This is just 10 x 15-minute subs using the Canon 200mm prime lenses and the Trius M26C 10-megapixel OSC CCDs from last night (30/08/2016).
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Central Lyra with the Canon 200mm prime lenses
Last night I got the top 2 frames of an image I started last year. This is the central region of Lyra taken using the Canon 200mm prime lenses and Trius M26C OSC CCDs. I have deliberately accentuated the contrast … Continue reading
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Two Carbon stars near Cygni 32
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
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Deep – Sky Image of the Week
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
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EPOD – Perseid Meteor Shower 2016
Got today’s EPOD with the image of the Perseid (below). Thank you Jim for continuing to publish my work.
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Perseids evening 11/08/2016 – morning 12/08/2016
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
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A rich star field in Lacerta – with a bonus object
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
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