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
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
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
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
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
Nice clear night last night and managed to get 3-hours worth of 4-minute subs on M44 with the Hyperstar III. Bagged a couple of asteroids (I think M44 is asteroid central as it sits just about on top of the … Continue reading
Pulled up EPOD (Earth Science Picture of the Day) a couple of minutes ago and unexpectedly found the NFO image of NGC1333 looking back at me. It really is a stunning region of space and the eerie-looking dust clouds gives … Continue reading
Lovely clear night last night, and perfect for trying to capture the asteroid Vesta now leaving the head of Leo. 46 subs at 200-seconds per sub with the C11 and Hyperstar III – image captured and processed by Greg Parker at … Continue reading
If it stays clear for long enough, and I’m imaging in the right place – then tomorrow sometime I should be posting up an image of the asteroid Vesta which is passing the star Algieba in the constellation Leo right … Continue reading
Several clear nights in a row recently and I concentrated on just one beautiful region – IC2169 and surroundings in Monoceros. This reflection nebula lies just to the right of the cone nebula, in fact the red emission nebulosity over … Continue reading
