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Oriented and re-processed NA/Pelican

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Sadr region with the Canon 200mm array

And from a couple of nights ago – here is the Sadr region with the Canon 200mm lens array using 10 x 15-minute subs. Should get some more time on this one and then try to grab the frame to … Continue reading

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Last night’s effort with the Canon 200mm lens array

Got the 2 x Trius M26C cameras VERY flat and very well focused last night before starting a run on the North America nebula region. Managed to get 17 x 20-minute subs before the Moon rose above the rooftops in … Continue reading

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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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