Category Archives: Writing

First “proper” image of the season – IC348 in Perseus

First “proper” image of this season. 21 x 30-minute subs on IC348 (in Perseus) on the 3 x Sky 90 array. It clearly needs even more exposure time to both reduce the noise and bring out more of the brown … Continue reading

Posted in mini-WASP Array, Sky 90 and SXVF-M26C | Leave a comment

A Mega-Deep M45 Image

An extremely deep M45 image taken with the Sky 90s and M26C OSC CCDs. Over 25-hours total imaging time using 10, 20, and 30-minute sub-exposures. The image “cleaned-up” beautifully with Noel Carboni’s AstroFlat plugin.

Posted in mini-WASP Array, News | Leave a comment

M81 Zoom-In & Zoom-Out

Zoom-In – Single frame original Hyperstar on a C11 with an H9C OSC CCD. Zoom-Out – Single frame Sky 90 with an M25C OSC CCD.

Posted in News, Projects | Leave a comment

M78 Zoom-In & Zoom-Out

Zoom-In – Single frame original Hyperstar on a C11 with an H9C OSC CCD. Zoom-Out – Single frame Sky 90 with an M25C OSC CCD.

Posted in News, Projects | Leave a comment

NGC6914 Zoom-In & Zoom-Out

A nice region of blue in a sea of red – reflection nebula NGC6914 in Cygnus. Zoom-In – single frame original Hyperstar on a C11 with an H9C OSC CCD. Zoom-Out – single frame, Sky 90 array with M26C OSC … Continue reading

Posted in News, Projects | Leave a comment

Zoom-In & Zoom-Out on the Coma cluster of galaxies

Zoo-In – Original Hyperstar on a C11 with an H9C OSC CCD. Zoom-Out – Sky 90 with an M25C OSC CCD. Both are single frames.

Posted in News, Projects | Leave a comment

The Rosette nebula Zoomed In & Out

Zoom In – Original Hyperstar on C11 with H9C OSC CCD. Zoom Out – Sky 90 single frame with M26C OSC CCD.

Posted in News, Projects | Leave a comment

“The Propeller” in M13

I have very deep data of M13 and for the first time today I took a good look at the image to see if I could find “The Propeller”. And there it was!!

Posted in Hyperstar and SXVF-M25C, News, Projects | Leave a comment

Sky 90 4-frame mosaic of the Double Cluster/Stock 2 region in Perseus

I took this data a few years back.  It is a 4-frame mosaic of the Double Cluster/Stock 2 region in Perseus taken with the Sky 90s/M26Cs.  Each frame is 2-hours of 3-minute subs and North is to the right.  It … Continue reading

Posted in News, Projects | Leave a comment

North America nebula with the Canon 5D MkII and the Canon 200mm lens

Noel Carboni put some old Canon 5D MkII (unmodified) data through his new AstroFlat plug-in.  I am amazed at the amount of “red” he has managed to pull out from an unmodified DSLR camera!!

Posted in News, Projects | Leave a comment