Author Archives: Greg Parker

Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD)

Got today’s EPOD with a winter-to-summer solstice solargraph using a 4-inch diameter drainpipe and a piece of A4 size photopaper 🙂 Thank you Jim at EPOD for continuing to publish my work.

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North America nebula region with the Canon 200mm lens

Clear Moonless night last night and good seeing – BUT – only 3 days before the summer solstice meant that the sky never really got dark and it was perhaps a bit stupid to image a nebula rather than a … Continue reading

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Astronomical Images on Flickr

Just a reminder that you can see most of my Astronomical images on Flickr.

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Do you need high-speed Xenon flash for your advertising photoshoot?

If you need to hire high-power high-speed Xenon flashguns for your next photo-assignment then check Xenon Flash out 🙂

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The megaWASP array does Arcturus

A couple of nights ago with a full Moon I took some Arcturus data with the 3 x Sky 90s. I combined the recent data with some taken a while back and came up with this result 🙂

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See the latest imaging news only here at the New Forest Observatory

I don’t have enough spare time to replicate posts on Astronomy forums and on my New Forest Observatory web site. So, if you want to see the latest images or the latest developments at the New Forest Observatory, from today … Continue reading

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Shortest Science Fiction story?

I can prove that we live in a Matrix Universe.  Trouble is – if I explain my proof the program will terminate.

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CCDInspector result

Here is a CCDInspector result from one of the 200mm lenses with an M26C Trius OSC CCD from last night:  

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R Coronae Borealis

Last night I used the two Canon 200mm lenses and M26C Trius OSC CCDs to image the left hand half of Corona Borealis – the idea eventually to make a 2-frame mosaic showing the whole of the constellation.  When I … Continue reading

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The New Forest Observatory

The New Forest Observatory is run by Prof. Greg Parker from Brockenhurst in Hampshire.  Do not be misled or confused by others using a similar name.

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