I was just reading some very interesting observers’ comments on viewing the unbelievably faint Leo II dwarf galaxy. Their attempts at visual observation of this elusive object brought back the memory that kicked off my imaging obsession, and relegated my … Continue reading
Here’s another very deep image that will make a stunning desktop/screensaver. This time it’s the Rosette nebula in Monoceros. An RGB Hyperstar image with added H-alpha and OIII data 🙂
Would you like to own an image from the New Forest Observatory but cannot afford to purchase a numbered print? Then how about your very own custom desktop/screensaver of your favourite NFO image 🙂 Just send me your desktop size … Continue reading
I was looking through some old data yesterday and NGC1333 (Hyperstar III data) stood out as worth taking a second look at. So I reprocessed the data and came up with the (slight improvement) below 🙂
Am I the only one who can clearly see a Meerkat in Simeis 147? He sits there, curled up, with his tail coming round in front from between his back legs. Since Simeis 147 only has the common name “The … Continue reading
Blazing Moon last night so I spent a little time getting a good focus on the 200mm lens and then imaged both the Zosma region (with the Leo II dwarf galaxy) and the Virgo/Coma galaxy cluster region. This was done … Continue reading
Well – you can tell from the lack of pictures that I didn’t get any solar eclipse images as we were totally clouded out here in the New Forest. I guess if I’d taken this job half seriously I would … Continue reading
Earlier in the evening, before imaging La Superba, I saw a stunning crescent Moon/Venus photo-opportunity in the West. Grabbed the Canon 5D MkII and a 50mm lens and started snapping away.
I managed to get 4-hours worth of 10-minute subs on La Superba last night using the mini-WASP array. I composited this with around another 4-hours of data from a Sky 90/M25C combo – so around 8-hours in total using 10-minutes … Continue reading
Can actually see the Sun today – first time in 3 days! So I got the Solar imaging rig out – TS80 refractor, Canon 5D MkII, Baader Solar film, and a 5x Powermate – and took a few shots. The … Continue reading
