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A mere 57-years separates the era of the Pepper Ginders (the 3 Curta calculators) from the Trashcan (the 2013 Mac Pro).

Winter Solstice 2025 until Summer Solstice 2026 solargraph. You can just make out the two white fibreglass domes in the foreground.

A composite of 3 datasets taken of the Markarian Chain region.

Imaging the M44 (Beehive Cluster) with the 200mm lenses I came across this arachnid that had spun it’s web across the innermost stars of Cancer, perhaps hoping to catch some Bees.

I used all the Sky90 data and added to it the core data I took on the original Hyperstar with the little H9C OSC CCD. There was a noticeable improvement.

I’ve just been moaning to a good friend about how this hobby is becoming a pointless exercise – especially with the weather – and what do I do? I start a major re-configuration of the MiniWASP array. Why? Because a … Continue reading →