As I have completed the Coma Cluster data to my satisfaction, I went back to look at all the Markarian Chain data I took in 2022 and reprocessed that. This is 48 x 4-minute subs on the Hyperstar 4, and … Continue reading
Did the Coma Cluster with the HS4 last night, 5 minute subs again, 24 subs in total out of which I chose 17. So together with the data from the 6th that totals 36 x 5-minute subs or 3-hours of … Continue reading
I took this data with the Hyperstar on the 6th. I was expecting to get more data last night (7th) but there was tons of thin high cloud. So I cropped the data I got and you can see it … Continue reading
A clear Moonless night tonight and I am imaging the Coma Cluster of galaxies (yes that’s the cluster that Zwicky used to infer the existence of Dark Matter way back in the 1930s). Hyperstar 4 on a C11 with an … Continue reading
Extremely lucky it was clear again last night – BUT – unfortunately there was thin high cloud so this isn’t as good an image as it could have been. Hyperstar4 and M2600MC Pro 23 subs at 4-minutes per sub, dithered … Continue reading
A clear Moonless night last night, so I fired up the Hyperstar. After focusing and running CCDCalc I found I had perfect collimation! I’m not arguing – I just went straight to the best looking bit of sky to give … Continue reading
I fired up the Hyperstar 4 last night fully expecting the ASI 2600 MC Pro would have water vapour in the sensor chamber – only to find – it was fine!! So I have only got to sort out the … Continue reading
The collimation was quite a way out when I imaged the Leo Trio 2 nights ago, so last night I was expecting to spend the whole evening trying to get good collimation. In preparation for this I had taken off … Continue reading
IMAGING!!!!!Collimation was well out on the Hyperstar and I thought it was going to take all night to get good collimation. First tweak on the collimation adjuster and I hit perfect collimation – took all of 2 minutes. So I … Continue reading
It was clear last night with a thin crecent Moon about to set, so I fired up the Hyperstar 4 on the C11. Target the Leo Trio. 4-minute subs with a 1-minute dither so I was planning on getting 15 … Continue reading
