Here is a 4-frame mosaic of the Kemble’s Cascade region taken with the Sky 90 array and M26C OSC CCDs. I have used the Akira Fujii effect to enhance the brighter stars. This actually means deliberately bloating the brighter stars … Continue reading
9th April 2016 was not a happy night for me. Two passes of the ISS and the Dragon supply vessel predicted, one at 8:40 p.m. and the other at 10:15 p.m. Sky clear!! Moon setting at 10:39 p.m. and small … Continue reading
The Sky 90 array was set on this object to see if I could pick up the 3 quasars near this galaxy. No sign!! A day later I put the Hyperstar III on the same region but only got 4 … Continue reading
A Sky90 image of the Rho Leonis region. Rho Leonis is a very blue star.
Here is a Sky 90 4-framer of the Merak region in Ursa Major. You can see the “broken engagement ring” the Owl nebula (M97) and M108 in this image.
As we are not creating scientific images here, but just “pretty pictures” we can do much as we want with the stars to give us what we think is the “prettiest” picture 🙂
Taken last night – 18 x 10-minute subs with the 3 x Sky 90s and 3 x M26C OSC CCDs. Carbon star T Cancri.
Here is an uncropped version of the earlier La Superba image, north is to the left. Akira Fujii effect only – no spikes. Canon 200mm lenses and Trius M26C OSC CCDs.
Learnt quite a bit with this image from last night. Don’t start taking images too low in the NE Southampton glow – it’s pointless. Wait until the object is nearer the Zenith. If you are going to image in the … Continue reading
