Well, not exactly the Douglas Adam’s cluster as that would look like the number “42” – whereas this open cluster in Orion bears a striking resemblance to the number “37” and is therefore known as the 37-cluster. The 37 cluster, … Continue reading
Our long dark evenings now mean we can start early and easily get a good 6-hours on an object – weather of course permitting. This Month’s object will do well with 6 or more hours total imaging time on it … Continue reading
We are now enjoying long dark evenings and are once again getting into the swing of imaging well into the early hours – weather permitting. The imaging object I have chosen for this month is the famous Double Cluster in … Continue reading
At last! September has come around again and we can actually start imaging before 10:00 p.m. hooray!! Less baggy eyes at work the next morning 🙂 This Month’s imaging object is the mysterious-looking NGC7023, a reflection nebula known as the … Continue reading
It’s still late starts for imaging during most of August, but beginning to get reasonable again for those of us that have to go along to the day job next morning. This Month’s object is a beautiful region of (blue) … Continue reading
This Month’s imaging object is a rather beautiful globular cluster in the constellation Sagitta – M71. The nice bright star towards the top left in the image below is Gamma Sagitta, and M71 lies mid way between Gamma and Delta … Continue reading
As per usual – I do not image during June as not only are the nights too short, but also it never really gets dark enough to be able to take good quality images. However, having said that, I might … Continue reading
The Great Globular Cluster M13 in the constellation Hercules is pretty well known to all who scan the Northern Hemisphere skies. It is probably the most beautiful globular cluster in the Northern Hemisphere both visually, and for imaging. This is … Continue reading
This month’s imaging object is a star – but a rather special star of course – it is La Superba, one of the redest stars in the sky and it resides in the constellation Canes Venatici (the Hunting Dogs). La … Continue reading
This Month’s special image is the open cluster M67 in the constellation Cancer. This beautiful open cluster is very often overlooked in favour of its close neighbour – the Beehive Cluster. So overlooked in fact that this image made Astronomy … Continue reading
