Category Archives: CCD Images

CCD Astrophotography Images

Deneb region – mini-WASP camera 2

To see if the polar alignment was up to it I took 3 x half hour subs of the Deneb region with mini-WASP camera 2 – looks like the polar alignment is good enough (but I need to tweak it … Continue reading →

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A new CCD images category – Sky 90 and M26C images

Now that the mini-WASP array is beginning to turn out some images (even if it is only one scope/camera at a time) I have created a new section under CCD images – namely Sky 90 and M26C.  Hopefully, before too … Continue reading →

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M92 in Hercules, Hyperstar III image 11 x 20-minute subs

Taken in parallel with the M57 data, here is an image of the globular cluster M92 in Hercules, less well known than its M13 neighbour, but every bit as impressive.  11 sub-exposures at 10-minutes per sub in order to get … Continue reading →

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The New Forest Observatory control room

Last night was the most amazing beautiful clear night – and the Moon wasn’t too intrusive either (which is unusual on a clear night).  After a little extra “tuning” I set the two mini-WASP cameras off imaging a region around … Continue reading →

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The Parker-Carboni double-team create the definitive M13 image

Noel Carboni has just processed all the recent Hyperstar III data to create this groundbreaking image of the region 🙂 Three hours of 10-minute subs, 1-hour of 1-minute subs and 1-hour of 50-second subs went into the creation of this … Continue reading →

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A quadruple dataset for M13

I just used Registar to add two earlier original Hyperstar M13 datasets to the very recent (2) datasets taken using the Hyperstar III.  This is the result 🙂  

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Perfect spherical symmetry in deep-space – Abell 39!

I have wanted to image this object for years ever since I saw it in a picture.  However, being a planetary nebula I always thought it would be far too small on the Hyperstar III rig to be interesting.  As … Continue reading →

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M13 double dataset

Added another 61 x 50-second subs acquired last night (12/05/2012) to the earlier Hyperstar III dataset.

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It’s the power of f-number

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 →

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M13 potboiler from the Hyperstar III

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 →

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