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Category Archives: Sky 90 and SXVF-M25C
Stock2 open star cluster in Perseus
I just processed this data from September 2nd 2010 to keep my hand in 🙂 This colourful cluster (which is rarely imaged) is Stock2 and it lies in the constellation Perseus – right next door to the Double Cluster – … Continue reading
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Algol and Rho Persei
This is data from 10th November 2010 and this time I have used all the 54 sub-exposures (4-minutes per sub) by treating the raw data slightly differently. If I simply colour convert the 16-bit FITS files, then some come out … Continue reading
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NGC7788 and NGC7790 a pair of open clusters in Cassiopeia
Some more old data off the hard drive – this time from 3rd March 2011 – 47 sub-exposures at 5-minutes per sub using the Sky90 and M25C combo. NGC7788 and NGC7790 a pair of open clusters in Cassiopeia – North … Continue reading
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Why did I bother with this one?
Rainy day so I looked up an old piece of data to process – this one from March 2011 just came to hand. O.K. fairly boring star field – why on Earth did he bother with this one? It’s only … Continue reading
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Mizar and Alcor in Ursa Major
Noel Carboni has just processed this data from a few days back. Almost perfect imaging conditions that night and Noel had requested a Sky 90 image of Mizar and Alcor in Ursa Major – so that’s what I did 🙂
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Chara or Beta Canum Venaticorum
Noel recently processed this Chara data taken at the New Forest Observatory. Chara, or Beta Canum Venaticorum goes with Cor Coroli or Alpha Canum Venaticorum as the pair of stars that make the constellation Canes Venatici – the hunting dogs. … Continue reading
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How many stars?
How many stars can you see when you look in the region under the handle of The Plough/Big Dipper? Chances are only one shows up – this one – Cor Caroli in the constellation Canes Venatici. In this image North … Continue reading
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New deep-sky image – the Whale and Hockey Stick galaxies plus “The Mice”
Noel Carboni has just finished processing this wide-field deep-sky image from a few days back. This is the Whale & Hockey stick region in Coma Berenices and you can also see “The Mice” lower far left. Shows that I don’t … Continue reading
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Parker/Carboni do the Leo Trio in wide field :)
Noel has just finished processing the recent Leo Trio data and added in some very old Hyperstar 1 data (taken on an H9C!) from way back. Needless to say, Noel’s process is far better than my feeble effort and you … Continue reading
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M53 and NGC5053 globular clusters in Coma Berencies
Unexpectedly clear night last night so I managed to grab 3 and a half hours worth of 200 second subs on the M53 region with the Sky 90/M25C. There’s a pile of faint fuzzies in the background of this average … Continue reading
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