Yet another clear night last night – almost unbelievable. So as I had just removed the narrowband filters from the 200mm lenses and replaced them with the UV/IR cut filters, I had rather creased myself and wasn’t sure what … Continue reading
This week the New Forest Observatory features a rare image (for the NFO) – that’s one of very few images taken with the Canon 200mm prime lens on a Canon 5D MkII DSLR. This was during the phase when I … Continue reading
A couple of nights back I managed to get some 10-minute subs on the Rosette using the Hyperstar 4 and the ASI 2600MC Pro CMOS camera with UV/IR cut filter. I added this new data to a lot of previously … Continue reading
This week’s Picture of the Week features a very old favourite of mine, the interacting galaxies M51 in the constellation Canes Venatici. This image comprises data taken with the original Hyperstar with a tiny little H9C OSC CCD, and the … Continue reading
Do you know that you can purchase a print of ANY picture you see here on the New Forest Observatory website? I can supply full colour prints from size A4 right up to size A1 for any picture on the … Continue reading
This week the New Forest Observatory features the beautiful Pelican nebula which sits right next to the North America nebula in the constellation Cygnus close to the star Deneb. This image comprises well over 15-hours worth of data taken on … Continue reading
This week’s featured image is the beautiful reflection nebula M78 in the constellation Orion. This is a composite image using data from both the original Hyperstar with the little H9C OSC CCD, and also the Sky90 array with the M26C … Continue reading
This week we feature the beautiful carbon star popularly known as Hind’s Crimson Star, which lies below Orion and is therefore in the southern murk for me. Image captured on the Sky90 array with the M26C OSC CCDs and comprises … Continue reading
This week we feature the Caph region of Cassiopeia. This is a 4-frame Sky90 MiniWASP image taken using the M26C OSC CCDs. Each frame is 3 hours of 15-minute subs (that’s only one hour of actual imaging time per frame). … Continue reading
My winter projects this year seem to be based around the brilliant ANET A6 3D printer – especially as we’re not getting any clear nights. Here you can see three recent prints all using Amazon Basics pearly white 1.75mm PLA … Continue reading
