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
This week we look right into the bright core of the Orion nebula to see the famous Trapezium group of stars. For me this is a rare image as it is clearly not taken with a Hyperstar or a Sky90. … Continue reading
The Virgo/Coma cluster of galaxies in negative B&W for easier viewing. This is a combination of a 12-frame mosaic taken with the original Hyperstar and H9C OSC CCD, and a 2-frame mosaic using the 200mm lenses and M26C OSC CCDs. … Continue reading
The aptly named Coathanger cluster. Around 6 hours of exposure time with a single Sky90 refractor and M25C OSC CCD.
The “Sword of Orion” region in the constellation Orion. This image comprises many hours with a single Sky90 refractor and M25C OSC CCD. In addition to the RGB data provided by the M25C, there were also several hours of infrared … Continue reading
Mu Cephei, the Garnet Star, many hours with the Sky90 array and the M26C OSC CCDs. Mu Cephei sits at the top of the huge emission nebula IC1396 which contains the dark nebula known as the “Elephant’s Trunk”. Although very … Continue reading
I have taken many 2-frame mosaic images of Arcturus, but this is probably one of the better ones. Sub-exposure times need to be short as Arcturus is so bright, and that makes it difficult to bring out all the surrounding … Continue reading
The stunning Iris nebula in a sea of dark nebulosity captured with the Hyperstar III on a C11 with an M25C OSC CCD. This image comprised 4-hours of 15-minute subs, where a 15-minute sub is the equivalent of a 75-minute … Continue reading
