A friend on one of the astronomy forums asked me if these would be any good for taking flats: Any good? They are utterly superb!!!!!!!!!!!! AND they are cheap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND you can get an A3 or even an A2 panel … Continue reading
Just been told I got today’s Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) http://epod.usra.edu/ Took a look, and yep, sure enough, my favourite insect – the Morpho Rhetenor butterfly which kindly provided me with the Patent design for a new type … Continue reading
Here is the current status of the mini-WASP array as of beginning May 2014. The latest addition is the autofocuser for the Canon 200mm prime lens fitted to the top plate. So we have: 1) A Megrez 80 used as … Continue reading
In putting together the next book “Experimental Photography” I came across some unprocessed data from a while back. It was Carbon star V623 Cassiopeiae or SAO23858 – a very nice Carbon star lying just below Pazmino’s cluster in the constellation … Continue reading
So today’s APOD describes Spica as bright bluish. Well you’re slowly getting there guys, eventually you’ll cotton on. If you check out the negativity of the B-V index you’ll find that Spica is in fact the 3rd bluest star in … Continue reading
Today’s APOD is a nice Mars, Ceres, Vesta image, but the words to go with the image are a bit of a let down. We read – “Clearly outshining bluish Spica ………..” – BLUISH SPICA!! The brightest blue star in … Continue reading
First the positive. 90 pages of the new book completed, estimated total 250 pages. Now the negative. All my (5) observatory computers are XP-based machines as there are still plenty of astronomy bits running on ancient software. As you know … Continue reading
I had discussions with a book publisher yesterday to see how he felt about a “photography book” project I have been mulling over for around 2 or 3 years now. I am pleased to say that he thought it was … Continue reading
Last night I managed to get out imaging for the first time in over 2 months. After an imaging session with the mini-WASP array (which I had almost forgotten how to use) I shut down the observatory and came outside … Continue reading
