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CCD Astrophotography Images

Print of the Month – April 2010

Posted on April 25, 2010 by Greg Parker

After 3 weeks of brisk sales of the “Belt of Orion” things have settled down again so it’s time to introduce the second “Print of the Month” offer from the New Forest Observatory. This Month’s full colour A3 print using … Continue reading →

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M100 – left hand frame

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Greg Parker

I took the frame to the left of M100 last night using a bit of dead-reckoning – and unbelievably I scored a perfect hit 🙂  So the top two frames on the Markarian Chain mega-mosaic are now complete!  The bottom … Continue reading →

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M100 region now

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Greg Parker

So last night was another unexpectedly clear night and I imaged the M100 region.  I did not expect that this frame would fit onto the ultra-mega-Markarian Chain mosaic, but of course it does – perfectly – at the top.  I … Continue reading →

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Just to the right of M87 in Virgo

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Greg Parker

This is another frame to add to the mega-mosaic that is the Markarian Chain region on the Coma/Virgo border.  Just processed by Noel this is the region just to the right (West) of M87 and will make up one of … Continue reading →

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M87 – frame number two acquired!

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Greg Parker

Managed to get the second frame done last night in the mini-M87 mosaic I need to collect in order to complete the mega-Markarian Chain mosaic.  Just one frame to go!!  Am I going to be lucky this year at long … Continue reading →

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Vesta image acquired from the NFO makes today’s EPOD!

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Greg Parker

Today’s EPOD shows the asteroid Vesta leaving the head of Leo the lion as recently taken from the NFO.  Unusually both the data acquisition and the image processing for this one were carried out by yours truly.  There are a … Continue reading →

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M87 – one of three frames captured last night

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Greg Parker

Had some clear skies last night – no Moon,  and no high cloud either!  Started imaging around 10:30 p.m. and called time at midnight.  Had M87 centred on the frame, really wasn’t expecting to get this one this year (missed … Continue reading →

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Print of the Month

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Greg Parker

On a fairly regular basis (but probably NOT monthly) I shall be offering a “Print of the Month” at a significantly reduced price.  This will be an A3 full colour, full-resolution print using HP Glossy 250g/m2 Advanced Photo Paper and the … Continue reading →

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Our latest deep-sky image: M44 the Beehive cluster in Cancer

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Greg Parker

Noel has just completed processing the 5 & 10-minute subs (probably around 8 hours worth in total) taken on the Hyperstar III of the Beehive Cluster – M44 – in the constellation Cancer.  At this time of the year we … Continue reading →

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M44 reloaded

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Greg Parker

Another clear night last night – and with the success of capturing a couple of asteroids the night before (1079 Mimosa and 2833 Radishchev I think, courtesy the Sky 6) – I went back to M44 and asteroid central once … Continue reading →

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