Category Archives: CCD Images

CCD Astrophotography Images

M33 – the Pinwheel galaxy in Triangulum

Noel has just completed some precision image processing on this latest Hyperstar III image taken over 3 nights.

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EPOD 1st November 2008 the Jellyfish nebula

More great news!!  Today we got the Jellyfish nebula (IC443) and its companion IC444 published as an Earth Science Picture of the Day. 

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Work in progress IC59 and IC63 Gamma Cassiopeia

With under a couple of hours using 90-second subs I wasn’t expecting much from this one apart from the stars.  I was amazed at how well the nebulosity stood out – power of the Hyperstar!!!  Noel did a heroic job … Continue reading

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Work in progress – the NGC7788 region in Cassiopeia

This is a 2-frame Hyperstar III mosaic of the NGC7788 region in Cassiopeia. This region is famous for having 6 open clusters in a line. However, towards the top of the frame (not visible in this image) is a fascinating … Continue reading

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Hyperstar III image of IC1805 in H-alpha

On 10th October 2008 I managed to get 3 hours and 40-minutes worth of H-alpha data on the Heart nebula in Cassiopeia using 10-minute subs.  The Moon was causing all sorts of trouble and the seeing was poor which led … Continue reading

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Report on hardware changes

I can report that the hardware changes made a couple of days ago produced the expected result – tracking is now back to the very high accuracy I had when using the Hyperstar 1.  Unfortunately I also had to turn … Continue reading

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Definitive wide field image of the Cave nebula in Cepheus

Taken over several years this image is a composite of Hyperstar I, Sky 90 and Hyperstar III data.

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The Iris nebula in Cepheus

The latest Parker/Carboni offering is the beautiful Iris nebula in the constellation Cepheus.

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North America nebula high resolution true colour 3-frame mosaic image.

Acquired by Greg Parker at the New Forest Observatory and expertly processed by Noel Carboni in Florida U.S.A. the NFO proudly presents the whole of the North America nebula in high resolution and true colour.

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The summer 2008 mega-project. Work still in progress.

As you are all aware – we didn’t have a summer this year, so the “summer” mega-project for 2008 has been making incredibly slow progress.  I managed to get out on the evening of 19th September to grab 3 more … Continue reading

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