Category Archives: News

97th Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) Today

Got today’s EPOD (number 97 for me) with an image of Romanesco Broccoli showing its Fractal structure. Thank you Jim at EPOD for continuing to publish my work. http://epod.usra.edu/  

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Witch’s Broom Zoom-In & Zoom-Out

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The Sun at Mid-Day at the New Forest Observatory 16/10/2017

This is what the Sun looked like today from the New Forest Observatory. Apparently loads of Saharan dust and smoke from Iberian forest fires dragged up here by Ophelia.

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A Trio of Special Stars is Today’s EPOD – Earth Science Picture of the Day.

Got today’s EPOD with 3 very special stars in a region close to the Crescent Nebula in Cygnus. Thank you Jim at EPOD for continuing to publish my work.

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A Mega-Deep M45 Image

An extremely deep M45 image taken with the Sky 90s and M26C OSC CCDs. Over 25-hours total imaging time using 10, 20, and 30-minute sub-exposures. The image “cleaned-up” beautifully with Noel Carboni’s AstroFlat plugin.

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M81 Zoom-In & Zoom-Out

Zoom-In – Single frame original Hyperstar on a C11 with an H9C OSC CCD. Zoom-Out – Single frame Sky 90 with an M25C OSC CCD.

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M78 Zoom-In & Zoom-Out

Zoom-In – Single frame original Hyperstar on a C11 with an H9C OSC CCD. Zoom-Out – Single frame Sky 90 with an M25C OSC CCD.

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NGC6914 Zoom-In & Zoom-Out

A nice region of blue in a sea of red – reflection nebula NGC6914 in Cygnus. Zoom-In – single frame original Hyperstar on a C11 with an H9C OSC CCD. Zoom-Out – single frame, Sky 90 array with M26C OSC … Continue reading

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Zoom-In & Zoom-Out on the Coma cluster of galaxies

Zoo-In – Original Hyperstar on a C11 with an H9C OSC CCD. Zoom-Out – Sky 90 with an M25C OSC CCD. Both are single frames.

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The Rosette nebula Zoomed In & Out

Zoom In – Original Hyperstar on C11 with H9C OSC CCD. Zoom Out – Sky 90 single frame with M26C OSC CCD.

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