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Image of the Month

Here is the New Forest Observatory Image of the Month – last bit of data acquired only last night. This is a 2-framer of the Heart nebula region taken using the Sky 90 array and the M26C OSC CCDs.  The … Continue reading

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Another adopter of the light box for flats

Peter Rusling has also used one of the Amazon supplied light panels for taking flats.  He says: “I’ve bought one of these excellent panels and thought I’d share that the light USB L4S version will mount safely on a £15 … Continue reading

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IOM – Image of the Month September 2016

I have decided that the image for this month is the one you can see below – the very deep Canon 200mm prime lens single-framer of Cassiopeia from the Gamma Cass nebula (IC59/63) all the way down to the PacMan … Continue reading

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From the Gamma Cass nebula to PacMan

From two  nights ago here is a single-framer using the 200mm lenses and the Trius M26Cs of the region in Cassiopeia running from the star Navi all the way down to the PacMan nebula.  This is 21 subs at 15-minutes … Continue reading

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The Canon 200mm prime lens does the Perseus Double Cluster

This is just 10 x 15-minute subs using the Canon 200mm prime lenses and the Trius M26C 10-megapixel OSC CCDs from last night (30/08/2016).

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Central Lyra with the Canon 200mm prime lenses

Last night I got the top 2 frames of an image I started last year.  This is the central region of Lyra taken using the Canon 200mm prime lenses and Trius M26C OSC CCDs.  I have deliberately accentuated the contrast … Continue reading

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Deep – Sky Image of the Week

A while back I asked for submissions to run a deep-sky image of the week from this site. The response was not good. In which case I will post up a deep-sky image of the week from my own collection. … Continue reading

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A rich star field in Lacerta – with a bonus object

Another clear night last night – what is going on??  Fired up the miniWASP array, this time using the 2 x Canon 200mm prime lenses and the Trius M26C 10-Megapixel OSC CCDs.  Target – the rich Milky Way region in … Continue reading

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Test shot on the Sky 90 array

Having swapped out the Master Computer and mucked around a bit with Sky 90(1) I had some clear sky last night to take some test shots to see what needs fine tuning.  This image is just 12 x 5-minute subs … Continue reading

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ISS pass 30/07/2016

Most of the 6-minute pass at 11:11 p.m. last night.

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