Author Archives: Greg Parker

The New Forest Observatory is now a Registered Trademark

You will see from the new Title on the Main Page that the New Forest Observatory is now a Registered Trademark 🙂

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Deep-Sky Image of the Month for September 2015

I just found a folder full of Carbon stars that I had not loaded up to Flickr or the NFO site.  Liked this one the best, and decided to make it the Image of the Month for September 2015 🙂 … Continue reading

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Carbon star W Cassiopeiae

Only 9 x 10-minute subs from the Sky 90s and M26Cs went into this one – but as that is clearly enough – it has got me re-thinking how best to use the Mega-WASP array for my work.

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Epsilon Cassiopeiae region

Used the 3 x Sky 90s and M26Cs on the Mega-WASP array to image the Epsilon Cassiopeiae region together with Greg’s Lambda.  Clear Moonless evening 🙂

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The Mega-WASP array does Barnard’s “E”

A beautiful clear, Moonless night last night – and I think it lasted ALL night.  However, as I had just a 5-hour return trip to Herstmonceaux to give a talk, I couldn’t manage imaging beyond midnight.  Decided on Tarazed and … Continue reading

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The “Science Gate” at the New Forest Observatory

Two very nice people turned up completely unannounced to see the New Forest Observatory.  As they had come all the way from the States it would have been churlish to say no 🙂  You can read their story here under … Continue reading

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For Oliver Sacks

Oliver Sacks took a drug cocktail trying to see the colour Indigo.  Wish he had talked to me before he passed on as I might have been able to help by putting the appropriate RGB values into Photoshop as in … Continue reading

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OK BBC the joke has now gone too far

At this very moment I have the BBC2 Horizon programme about multiverses on. They are taking complete and utter garbage to an entirely new level. The lisping female narrator is really the icing on the cake.  Absolutely nothing wrong with … Continue reading

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Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) number 70 today

Today’s EPOD is the 3-D microscopy version of the Cabbage White Butterfly Eggs photographed by yours truly and turned into a stunning 3-D image by Dr. Brian May. Brian made a suggestion as to how you could get an apparent … Continue reading

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The Double Cluster & Stock 2 with the Canon 200mm prime lens

One night before full Moon I managed to grab this with the 2 x 200mm and 2 x M26C OSC CCDs.  12 x 10-minute subs in all.  Came out much better than I was expecting so I must go back … Continue reading

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