Author Archives: Greg Parker

La Superba Akira Fujii effect only

Here is an uncropped version of the earlier La Superba image, north is to the left.  Akira Fujii effect only – no spikes.  Canon 200mm lenses and Trius M26C OSC CCDs.

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La Superba region with the 200mm Canon prime lenses

Learnt quite a bit with this image from last night.  Don’t start taking images too low in the NE Southampton glow – it’s pointless.  Wait until the object is nearer the Zenith.  If you are going to image in the … Continue reading

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The Carbon stars of Kemble’s Cascade

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Mathematics as Language

Mathematics is just another language – granted it is a highly complex language – but a language it is.  Just as ordinary language attempts to put into words thoughts, ideas, and “reality” – mathematics tries to do the same with … Continue reading

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M44 – The Beehive cluster – in perspective

Beautiful clear night last night (08/03/2016) although there was a LOT of water vapour in the air.  Main thing – it was dark & Moonless 🙂 I got both frames on M44 with the Canon 200mm lenses and the M26C … Continue reading

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Aldebaran and the Hyades

Akira Fujii-style version:

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Today’s Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD)

Got today’s EPOD with the Coma-Virgo Supercluster of Galaxies panorama.  A 2-framer taken with the Canon 200mm lenses and around 5-hours of 15-minute subs per frame. Thank you Jim at EPOD for continuing to publish my work 🙂  

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Delphinus with an Akira Fujii-like effect

I used Noel Carboni’s Star Spikes Pro 4 software to create an Akira Fujii-like image out of the whole Delphinus image taken with the Canon 200mm lens.

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Use of my images

Could I please re-iterate:  None of my images are available “free of charge”.  Take a moment to look at the “Image Gallery/Agency and Copyright Notice” section. Thank you.

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Polaris and the Integrated Flux Nebula

Noel Carboni put together a bunch of Polaris subs we had and I overdid the curves to pull out the very faint Integrated Flux Nebula (Galactic Cirrus) lurking in the background. Very surprised at the amount of Cirrus that came … Continue reading

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