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CCD Astrophotography Images

A Composite Leo Trio Using Hyperstar 3 and Hyperstar 4 Data

This is a composite image of the Leo Trio using old HS3 data and very recent HS4 data. Still not showing the tidal tail so plenty more work needs to be done on this one.

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M78 and the edge of Barnard’s Loop

Here is a composite image of M78 and the edge of Barnard’s Loop (off to the left). This is old Sky90 data combined with very recent Hyperstar4 data.

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What is this?

What do you make of this? 3 x 3-minute subs taken on the Hyperstar last night – the light is moving from bottom left to top right. The first sub was taken at 23:21. The gap between subs is a … Continue reading →

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What is going on?

Well tonight will be the second clear Moonless night in a row – almost completely unknown! I am imaging M78 with the Hyperstar 4 with good collimation – but I don’t have long before it disappears behind the trees.

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Second Light for the Canon 200mm lenses and ASI 2600MC-Pro CMOS cameras.

This is a very quick (and dirty) process of last night’s Gamma Cassiopeia data taken on the 200mm lens rig. It was final setting up time so I managed to get both cameras in portrait mode, aligned both cameras very … Continue reading →

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First light for the ASI 2600MC-Pro cameras on the Canon 200mm lenses.

Last night was First Light for the new 200mm lens rig. I chose the Gamma Cass region as there’s plenty going on there. Two changes to make, need to rotate the cameras 90 degrees anticlockwise to get them in portrait … Continue reading →

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MiniWASP major upgrade 17/02/2022

I have just completed a major upgrade to the MiniWASP array, specifically the 2 Canon 200mm f#2.8 prime lenses. You can now see there are a pair of red cameras on the back instead of the usual black ones. These … Continue reading →

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Aldebaran – The Eye of the Bull

A reprocess of some old Sky90 data.

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M78 with the Hyperstar 4

Only managed to get 8 x 5-minute subs of M78 with the Hyperstar 4 through thin high cloud before the heavy cloud rolled in. Noel Carboni was still able to pull out some nice detail even though there is only … Continue reading →

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Rosette nebula processed by Noel Carboni

And here is a professional process of the Rosette data by my friend and astro-colleague, Noel Carboni.

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