In this International Year of Astronomy, the New Forest Observatory is offering you a very special deal for 2009. You may purchase signed, (year) dated and numbered prints of comet Lulin for only £15 which includes U.K. postage and packing!!! Prints … Continue reading
Unexpectedly the clouds shifted for a few hours on Saturday 28th February 2009. I thought that I was going to completely miss comet Lulin with the appalling (imaging) weather we’ve had these last two months. However, someone was looking kindly … Continue reading
Got my first view of comet Lulin tonight. Nothing special in binoculars, but looking quite nice with 3-minute subs on the Hyperstar. Will have to see what I managed to catch tomorrow 🙂
With the odd clear hour here and there, plus an intrusive Moon, it has been cluser time for the beginning of January. Noel has just finished processing M36 in Auriga, and this image unexpectedly threw up a bonus object – … Continue reading
Noel has just processed this recent image taken in Orion. A nice little open cluster, which sits in the centre of this frame. Zoom in on the cluster and you will see that unlike the Douglas Adams prediction whe answer … Continue reading
Noel has just worked his magic assembling this mosaic Star Vista of the Ruchbah region of Cassiopeia. This small image is unable to do the original 20 Megapixel monster justice, but as you can see the whole area is jam packed … Continue reading
Another hot-off-the-press image from the Parker/Carboni double-team. This time it is the beautiful nebulosity surrounding the central star in the constellation Cassiopeia.
A final 3-hours total exposure time using 30-minute subs completed the Autumn 2008 mega project – M33 the pinwheel galaxy in triangulum!
Here is the second marathon processing session by Noel. This time it’s the Belt region of Orion.
Noel has been very busy processing recently and the first to come back across the pond was this composite image of the North America and Pelican nebulae in Cygnus.
