Half a Moon up and very poor seeing means this one is a lot noisier than it should be. 24 x 20-minute subs on the mini-WASP array centred on the T Tauri region.
A few nights ago I put the 3 x Sky 90s back on the California nebula for a total of 21 x 20-minute subs. I had already captured 33 x 20-minute subs, so I had a grand total of 18 … Continue reading
The 200mm lens was set to f#4.5 with a 72mm UV/IR cut filter on the front and let loose on the Hyades region. Only 12 x 5-minute subs as a test, so very surprised to see all the dust in … Continue reading
Tom How showed me a modified calibration routine to use with the M26C OSC CCD which I implemented on this image of the Northern region of the Cone nebula. This is ONLY 8 x 20-minute subs, must go back to … Continue reading
On the night of 13/12/2014 – and it was Moonless too! Being the array it meant I actually grabbed 15-hours worth of data!! Two targets, the first was the California nebula where I managed to get 11 effective hours of … Continue reading
My 63rd EPOD today with “Web Strength of Garden Cross Spider”. Many thanks to Jim at EPOD for continuing to publish my work 🙂
I had the misfortune to read something on Facebook that sent me off on a rant. Here is that rant. We were given RULES not guidelines about the exams we set as Lecturers at the University. And these rules stated … Continue reading
Unfortunately it appears that it is physically impossible for there to be a quantum computational aspect to the brain. For a while I thought that perhaps the “conscious” (i.e. classical computer) part of the brain could act as the “observer” … Continue reading
A while back I was driven to write about the nonsense regarding our particle accelerators creating a Black Hole, or some other exotic particle that will destroy the Earth. And now it seems I have to do the same thing … Continue reading
I only managed to get 4 x 15-minute subs before the cloud rolled in (one of the 3 scopes was out of focus) – but hey, at least it’s another one off the list.
