This week we feature bright star Deneb – one of the main stars in Cygnus. This image was captured over several nights by one Sky90 and M26C OSC CCD as the MiniWASP array was starting to be configured. This is … Continue reading
This week the New Forest Observatory features a rare image (for the NFO) – that’s one of very few images taken with the Canon 200mm prime lens on a Canon 5D MkII DSLR. This was during the phase when I … Continue reading
This week’s Picture of the Week features a very old favourite of mine, the interacting galaxies M51 in the constellation Canes Venatici. This image comprises data taken with the original Hyperstar with a tiny little H9C OSC CCD, and the … Continue reading
This week the New Forest Observatory features the beautiful Pelican nebula which sits right next to the North America nebula in the constellation Cygnus close to the star Deneb. This image comprises well over 15-hours worth of data taken on … Continue reading
This week’s featured image is the beautiful reflection nebula M78 in the constellation Orion. This is a composite image using data from both the original Hyperstar with the little H9C OSC CCD, and also the Sky90 array with the M26C … Continue reading
This week we feature the beautiful carbon star popularly known as Hind’s Crimson Star, which lies below Orion and is therefore in the southern murk for me. Image captured on the Sky90 array with the M26C OSC CCDs and comprises … Continue reading
This week we feature the Caph region of Cassiopeia. This is a 4-frame Sky90 MiniWASP image taken using the M26C OSC CCDs. Each frame is 3 hours of 15-minute subs (that’s only one hour of actual imaging time per frame). … Continue reading
This week we feature what I call the “Thunderclouds Region” of Orion. Lying between M42 and the Running Man nebula we see this chaotic H-alpha region which to me looks like a brewing thunderstorm. This is a VERY OLD image … Continue reading
This is my favourite Carbon star image, one reason being that there are 2 Carbon stars in a beautiful H-alpha setting, both in the constellation Cygnus. This is a 2-frame horizontal mosaic taken with the Hyperstar III and M25C OSC … Continue reading
This week we feature Bellatrix in the constellation Orion, but this a 2-frame mosaic for a reason. On the right hand side of the image, all the “brown stars” are in fact a bunch of faint fuzzies – a very … Continue reading
