Added another 61 x 50-second subs acquired last night (12/05/2012) to the earlier Hyperstar III dataset.
Noel Carboni compared two sets of M101 data taken using two different imaging systems (but the same imaging camera) at the New Forest Observatory. The top image shows in excess of 5-hours (total) data, probably nearer 8-hours, taken using the … Continue reading
This is literally a 10-minute process of some Hyperstar III data taken last night in parallel with me working on the mini-WASP array. 68 1-minute dithered subs with very poor collimation as I spent no time tuning up before imaging … Continue reading
This is the 5-hours of Hyperstar III data taken in February 2012 and processed by Noel Carboni. As you can see, Noel has managed to bring out some of the very faint fine detail in the outer arms of M101 … Continue reading
Noel Carboni added that recent Hyperstar III data to our earlier Sky 90/M25C one-shot colour and narrowband data to give this stunning result!
This is turning out to be quite an eventful day. The Carbon star image (below) will be on tonight’s late Meridian Weather forecast after the 10:00 p.m. news. As I left the observatory this morning after picking up last night’s … Continue reading
Moon blazing away overhead last night, but it was nice and clear up to around 11:00 p.m. So what to image? How about a nice Carbon star? This little beauty is UU Aurigae in the constellation Auriga (SAO 59280) and … Continue reading
Here is a colour and negative B&W version of the on-going Virgo/Coma galaxies mega-mosaic. Over 4 years in the making so far, this image stretches from M58 in the bottom left hand corner right up to M100 in the top … Continue reading
The Virgo/Coma galaxies mega-mosaic went together a lot easier than I was expecting. A few tiny bits of extra processing to be done on this one, but here is the negative B&W version so you can scroll around all those … Continue reading
I managed to get enough decent data last night, despite the sky being full of water vapour and a very intrusive Moon, to fill in the annoying “notch” on the Markarian Chain mega-mosaic. I have just bolted the last three … Continue reading
