Category Archives: Picture of the Week

A recently acquired image is this week’s Picture of the Week. Today we feature the whole of the constellation Sagitta. This is a 2-frame mosaic using the Canon 200mm prime lenses and the 2600MC Pro OSC CMOS cameras on the … Continue reading →

A blast from the past for this week’s Picture of the Week. Today we feature the Coma cluster of galaxies made famous by Fritz Zwicky who applied the virial theorem to star motions in these galaxies to deduce that there … Continue reading →

This week we feature a VERY DEEP image of Tarazed and Barnard’s “E” (dark nebula) taken with the Sky90 array and SX M26C OSC CCDs. Many hours of 10 and 15-minute subs went into the creation of this image, certainly … Continue reading →

This week’s image is of what I think is the most beautiful open cluster in the sky. Not because of the cluster itself, but due to its surroundings. This is the magnificent Wild Duck Cluster, Messier 11, immersed in the … Continue reading →

This week we feature what I think is one of the most beautiful stars in the sky. This is the Carbon star La Superba in the constellation Canes Venatici. This image comprises many hours (certainly over 8) of 10-15 minute … Continue reading →

Sorry the Picture of the Week appeared late today. I just logged on to find it hadn’t been posted. A quick check showed I had chosen 8 p.m. instead of 8 a.m. as the time to post. Rectified at 13:30 … Continue reading →

This week we feature Aldebaran – the Eye of the Bull in Taurus. This is only 6 x 10-minute subs using the 200mm lenses and the M26C OSC CCDs. I can do a lot better than this, bringing out some … Continue reading →

This week we feature 119 Tauri – the Ruby Star – second reddest naked-eye star in the sky after the Garnet Star (Mu Cephei). Neither 119 Tauri nor Mu Cephei are Carbon stars. Image comprises 22 x 3-minute subs taken … Continue reading →

This week we highlight the whole of the constellation Delphinus. This image was taken using the 200mm lenses on the MiniWASP array, and is a single framer. The image comprises 28 x 10-minute subs. I’m not sure a lot more … Continue reading →

Here we have the beautiful contrasting pair of stars Albireo in Cygnus. This is a crop to Albireo of an image taken with the original Hyperstar on a C11 with a tiny little H9C OSC CCD. This is around 62 … Continue reading →