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Star Vistas – price lowered AGAIN on Amazon U.K.!!!

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Greg Parker

Just seen that Amazon U.K. are now offering Star Vistas at an amazing £19.59 with a 46% saving on the R.R.P.  Surely they can’t go much lower?  Grab yours for the ideal Christmas present for the budding astronomer in your … Continue reading →

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Star Vistas – lowest price so far on Amazon U.K.

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Greg Parker

I’ve just seen that Amazon U.K. are offering Star Vistas at an amazingly low price (for the run-up to Christmas?)  At £20.09 this is £15.90 off the R.R.P. and a massive 44% saving!!  Might get a few in stock myself … Continue reading →

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New Forest Observatory – 100,000 hits and rising!!

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Greg Parker

Great news!  As you can see from the counter – New Forest Observatory now has in excess of 100,000 hits – that came around a lot faster than I ever imagined.  Please keep visiting NFO to keep up with the latest … Continue reading →

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Stephenie Meyer

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Greg Parker

Who is Stephenie Meyer and what has she got to do with deep-sky imaging?  Well Stephenie Meyer is an American author, and as far as I know she has nothing to do with deep-sky imaging.  So what is she doing … Continue reading →

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Meridian News weather picture October 10th 2009

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Greg Parker

The (evening) Meridian News weather picture for October 10th 2009 was the Double Cluster in Perseus taken from the New Forest Observatory.  I shall put up a very short video clip of this in the next few days.  The image … Continue reading →

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The Iris nebula in Cepheus – again

Posted on September 26, 2009 by Greg Parker

Clear dark Moonless sky last night and Cepheus was in a perfect position for imaging.  So I decided to get some more deeper, better data on the Iris nebula so that Noel can work his magic and incorporate this with … Continue reading →

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The annual “Drift” – Brockenhurst, the New Forest.

Posted on September 25, 2009 by Greg Parker

Every year the New Forest ponies (and as you can see the Shetlands) are rounded up for checking/branding/marking/injections, and the picture below shows the beginning of the action.  Lots of helpers and riders on the day and the Forest gains … Continue reading →

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Southampton Magna Rotary Club – Thursday 24th September

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Greg Parker

I shall be giving a talk to Southampton Magna Rotary Club on the evening of Thursday 24th September 2009 in Southampton.  The title of the talk is “The Magic of Photography” and I will be discussing photography in general and deep-sky … Continue reading →

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New H-alpha filter ordered – broadband 35nm bandwidth

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Greg Parker

Conventional narrowband filters (12nm or smaller bandwidth) do not work with the Hyperstar III system due to its very low f#.  The cone angle of the rays passing through the filter are so far from normal incidence that the actual … Continue reading →

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Live and learn!

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Greg Parker

You will see from a couple of posts below that I had some severe computer trouble.  All I wanted to do was upgrade the processor and memory and keep everything else the same, strangely the graphics card played up after … Continue reading →

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