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The New Forest Observatory makes an appearance in Scientific Computing World this month.  Thank you Felix Grant for producing a very informative article.

In an earlier post I showed how I take large terrestrial mosaics (panoramas) using the Canon 40D in a manner similar to taking deep-sky mosaics.  Not only does this give you a bigger field of view, it also gives you (ultimately) … Continue reading →

So yesterday it was snow.  Today it is hail, rain and sunshine in equal measure.  This afternoon this rainbow appeared over the New Forest Observatory.  A good omen for 2008??

So after an unbelievably mild winter we get snow on April 6th!  Here’s a view of my garden this morning at 7.30 a.m.  Now [3.00 p.m.] it is sunny, warm, and the snow has almost completely disappeared.

Further to the Image of the Month below, I did in fact manage to get nearly 5 hours of 750-second subs on that third frame (to the left) for the Markarian Chain mosaic, just a couple of nights ago.  The … Continue reading →

  You will probably know that Leibniz and Newton, working independently, came up with that torment for schoolchildren and an invaluable aid for engineers, the infinitesimal Calculus.  However, did you realise that the formulation of the Calculus, at least that … Continue reading →

Well, we have just had the longest unbroken run of clear night skies that I can remember.  Tonight is the full Moon and every imager knows that a full Moon always means clear skies – but not tonight!  Why not?  … Continue reading →

It is currently believed that the primary source of the element Gold is supernova explosions.  It also seems that the Gold on planet Earth is around the same age as the Earth itself at some 4.6 billion years.  Therefore one … Continue reading →

I mentioned a little while back how I was using the Canon 40D to take mosaics of the local New Forest area.  The reasons for creating mosaics with a 10 megapixel camera include: