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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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The Running Man nebula – Zoom-In and Zoom-Out image

One way of taking a high resolution zoom-in zoom-out of a deep-space image is to take the region concerned at 2 different focal lengths, or to take a single frame and then a mosaic of frames of the region. This … Continue reading

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The Universe as a Thought of God

Ramanujan said that “An equation means nothing to me unless it expresses a thought of God” I thought Ramanujan was thinking along the right lines, but maybe a little limited in his thinking.  It came to me that maybe The … Continue reading

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The Science Gate at the New Forest Observatory

You may remember, from a long time back, that there was a “Science Gate” episode at the New Forest Observatory.  You can read about it here if you scroll down to the section “Godcidentals”. I was contemplating the “Science Gate” … Continue reading

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“The Propeller” in M13

I have very deep data of M13 and for the first time today I took a good look at the image to see if I could find “The Propeller”. And there it was!!

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Sky 90 4-frame mosaic of the Double Cluster/Stock 2 region in Perseus

I took this data a few years back.  It is a 4-frame mosaic of the Double Cluster/Stock 2 region in Perseus taken with the Sky 90s/M26Cs.  Each frame is 2-hours of 3-minute subs and North is to the right.  It … Continue reading

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