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Picture of the Week
For the next few weeks all the images will be astronomical Zoom In/Zoom Out images, where both Zoom In and Zoom Out are both high resolution as they were taken either at different focal lengths, or the Zoom Out is … Continue reading
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This week we feature a composite Arcturus image taken with the 200mm lenses and the 2600MC Pro CMOS cameras in April 2025 and April 2026. The 2 datasets are 24 x 5-minute subs (2025) and 18 x 250-second subs (19/04/2026). … Continue reading
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We are in for a few weeks of astronomy images. This is a zoom in/zoom out image of NGC6914, a reflection nebula in Cygnus and the only bit of blue in a sea of red as I call it. The … Continue reading
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Another high-speed-flash image taken at 1/100,000th of a second (10-microseconds). This is another double water-drop collision taking place under a soap bubble covering a drinking glass. The 10-microsecond light pulse (150-Joules in energy) was taken using 3 Xenon flashguns developed … Continue reading
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Star Field in Ursa Major
This is the star field I imaged in Ursa Major last night with the 200mm lenses. It is nothing like it appears on the Sky6 which is a pity.
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This week we feature a macrophoto of a Morpho Rhetenor butterfly. The irridescent blue colour is not due to pigment, but it is due to STRUCTURE. Acting like a diffraction grating (or a photonic crystal) it is the complex shape … Continue reading
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Last week we showed Jupiter and Mercury taken from Whitemoor Pond. This week Jupiter, Venus and Mercury all feature in this week’s Picture of the Week. Image captured using a Canon 5D MkII DSLR with a 15mm Canon fisheye lens … Continue reading
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Picture of the Week
Another astronomical image this week. This time we have Jupiter and beautiful red Mercury captured over at Whitemoor Pond, the New Forest.
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A high-speed image features this week. Here we have 3 separate images of a double waterdrop collision taking place underneath a bursting soap-bubble. I have used different coloured filters in front of the high-speed flash units. The HSF units are … Continue reading
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This week we feature another deep-sky image. This time it is the Gamma Cass region featuring the beautiful Gamma Cass nebulosity. This is a very deep image taken using the 200mm lenses, the 2600MC Pro CMOS cameras and UV/IR cut … Continue reading
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