Well as the weather is not allowing me to take outer-space images, it’s back to some inner space work again. This time an opalescent beetle leg gets photomicrographed using a 23-frame focus stack put together using the Helicon Focus software. … Continue reading
The Golden Ratio (and the closely associated Fibonacci series) makes many appearances in the “living world” – here’s my question – not including Mathematics and man-made objects, does the Golden Ratio appear naturally in any inorganic systems? There is a … Continue reading
It will not have been mentioned before in this blog, but I like certain aspects of pure mathematics as much as I like deep-sky imaging. I think most people will have heard of the Golden-Section, or the Golden-Ratio, and how … Continue reading
Clear last night (although with a nearly full Moon) and managed to get a very seldom imaged iridescent reflection nebula appropriately named “The Butterfly nebula” in Orion. O.K. it’s a picture of the Morpho Rhetenor butterfly wing (structural colour) but … Continue reading
Great day today (no – not the weather!) – put the side panels on the mini-WASP array, and Brian May sent me a copy of his new book “A Village Lost & Found”. This is a beautiful publication and you … Continue reading
I bolted the mini-WASP telescope frame to the Paramount versa-plate to get a feel what the finished system will look like. The funny-looking device sticking out the front of the frame is a counterbalance arm for the weight of all … Continue reading
Just had two new publications for 2010 come through the post this morning – the Astronomy Now 2010 Yearbook & Patrick Moore’s 2010 Yearbook of Astronomy. Why? Because Noel & I managed to get an “Astronomy Now readers’ pictures of … Continue reading
I have just spent the WHOLE of today resurrecting an old computer which will be the main computer for the mini-WASP array. Lots of silly little things have fought back hard and it’s only just started to give in now … Continue reading
I have just unpacked the beast – it is the most solid piece of engineering I’ve come across in the field of astronomy – I just hope I can put it to full use. I think a fully-loaded mini-WASP head … Continue reading
UPS have just delivered the Paramount 🙂 Will now unpack – taking piccies as I go. It’s come all the way from Germany!!
