This week we feature a large galaxy cluster that can be found near Arcturus. All the faint brown fuzzies that can be seen in the centre of this image are all galaxies. A star is tagged so that you can … Continue reading
This week we feature the IC410/405 region of Auriga with an image captured using the 200mm Canon prime lenses together with the Optolong filters and the ASI 2600 MC Pro CMOS cameras.
This week we feature a bright blue magnitude 3 star in Perseus, SAO39053, 39 Delta Persei. The image comprises 72 x 450-second subs, that is 540-minutes or NINE HOURS on the Sky90 array with the M26C OSC CCDs. I have … Continue reading
This week we show the full spectral range of stars, WOBAFGKMRNS, Wow oh be a fine girl kiss me right now sweetie, with all stars imaged from the New Forest Observatory.
This week we feature the bright star Tarazed, 50 Gamma Aquilae, in the constellation Aquila. This image comprises 2-hours of 5-minute subs using the Sky90 array and the M26C OSC CCDs.
Picture of the Week this week is not one of my own, but is a composite of both Webb and Hubble space telescope images. This features the well-known “Pillars of Creation” image which is presented to you sans stars.
This week we feature V509 Cassiopeiae, a yellow hypergiant star (one of 2) in Cassiopeia. This is 3-hours of 4-minute subs taken on the Sky90 array with the M26C OSC CCDs. I appear to have been very remiss in not … Continue reading
Our Picture of the Week features the beautifully spherically-symmetric (and beautifully coloured) planetary nebula Abell 39 in the constellation Hercules. Abell 39 lies about 3,800 light years from Earth and the radius of the sphere is around 1.4 light years. … Continue reading
Our Picture of the Week is this explosive galaxy, NGC6946 also known as the Fireworks galaxy, due to the large number of supernovae that have been found in it. This image was taken using the original Hyperstar with a tiny … Continue reading
The Picture of the Week this week features a supernova!! The image shows before and after FOVs of the supernova SN2022 hrs in the galaxy NGC 4647 in the Virgo cluster. The before image was taken with the Sky90 array … Continue reading
