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M101 5-hours of Hyperstar III data from February 2012 processed by Noel Carboni
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
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Rosette nebula composite – processing by Noel Carboni
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!
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Today’s EPOD – Comet Garradd in 3-D – together with Dr. Brian May :)
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
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UU Aurigae – a Carbon star in the constellation Auriga – SAO 59280
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
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Phase 1 of the Virgo/Coma galaxies mega-mosaic now completed
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
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It’s done!
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
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Phase 1 of the Markarian Chain mega-mosaic completed!
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
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Another frame for the Virgo/Coma galaxies mega-mosaic
Here is the lower-left hand panel for the on-going Virgo/Coma galaxies mega-mosaic image. Want to hear some pain? The Siamese-Twins at the bottom of the image fall off the bottom of the rest of the mosaic by a fraction 🙁 … Continue reading
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Comet Garradd animation 2
This is my second attempt at a comet Garradd animation – this time without dithering between subs 🙂 The “jumps” in comet motion are due to lost subs.
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Flaming Star nebula – composite image
This is last night’s Sky-Watcher data (2-hours) composited with the earlier Sky 90 data (11 and a half hours) – so 13 and a half hours total into this one so far 🙂
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