Author Archives: Greg Parker

Pazmino’s Cluster

Turned out rather noisy for 30 x 1,000 second subs with the Sky 90 array.  Not sure why as there was no Moon about.  Maybe I forget to turn the Peltiers on??  Need to redo this one with the Hyperstar … Continue reading

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La Superba

4 hours of 10-minute subs from last year with the Sky 90 array.  Akira Fujii effect.

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Kemble’s Cascade – Akira Fujii-effect version

Here is a 4-frame mosaic of the Kemble’s Cascade region taken with the Sky 90 array and M26C OSC CCDs. I have used the Akira Fujii effect to enhance the brighter stars.  This actually means deliberately bloating the brighter stars … Continue reading

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ISS on its own – not a night to remember

9th April 2016 was not a happy night for me.  Two passes of the ISS and the Dragon supply vessel predicted, one at 8:40 p.m. and the other at 10:15 p.m.  Sky clear!!  Moon setting at 10:39 p.m. and small … Continue reading

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NGC3842 region in Leo

The Sky 90 array was set on this object to see if I could pick up the 3 quasars near this galaxy.  No sign!! A day later I put the Hyperstar III on the same region but only got 4 … Continue reading

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April 1st Earth Science Picture of the Day

Got today’s EPOD with a groundbreaking image of a Dyson sphere construction around Polaris imaged in the early hours of this morning. Thank you Jim for continuing to publish my work 🙂 http://epod.usra.edu/blog/  

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Rho Leonis – a very blue star

A Sky90 image of the Rho Leonis region.  Rho Leonis is a very blue star.

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Mighty Merak

Here is a Sky 90 4-framer of the Merak region in Ursa Major.  You can see the “broken engagement ring” the Owl nebula (M97) and M108 in this image.

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Stargate

As we are not creating scientific images here, but just “pretty pictures” we can do much as we want with the stars to give us what we think is the “prettiest” picture 🙂

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Carbon star T Cancri with the mini-WASP array

Taken last night – 18 x 10-minute subs with the 3 x Sky 90s and 3 x M26C OSC CCDs. Carbon star T Cancri.

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