The utterly superb Sky-Watcher Esprit ED-100 quintuplet refractor is now mounted on the Paramount with the Megrez 80 guide scope piggy-backed above. I have a Robofocus connected to the ED-100 fine focus knob via a tiny timing belt and actually … Continue reading
Yipppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee – it’s Galaxy season once again – I love Galaxy season. Although I am working on a mega-sized mosaic of the Virgo/Coma region, the image I have chosen for this month is the well-known Leo Trio of Galaxies in … Continue reading
Taken last night (2nd Feb 2012) in -3C temperatures with a blazing Moon overhead. Camera 1 on the mini-WASP, Dubhe, one of the two “pointer stars” in Ursa Major. A nice orange coloured star and another one for the “single … Continue reading
I have gone for one of my “single bright star” images for this Month’s “Image of the Month”. This Month’s object is the star Procyon or 10-Alpha Canis Minoris in the constellation Canis Minor. Procyon shines brightly in this region … Continue reading
I guess it must be obvious that the weather hasn’t been too good recently and there’s no new data to work on. So I revisited the Double Cluster and Stock 2 data taken using the Sky 90s and M26Cs on … Continue reading
A reprocess of the Sky 90/M26C data with North to the right – cropped to a smaller field of view.
A reprocess taking the ugly spikes off the Double Cluster itself!
The Double Cluster and Stock 2 region in Perseus. Grabbed the last bit of this data last night. Also managed to get rain into the observatory as a solitary rain cloud passed over and chucked it down 🙁 All dried … Continue reading
When this is framed properly, and at least 3 hours worth of data taken, then this is going to look good 🙂
Managed to get half an hour on the Double Cluster with one camera before it all went pear-shaped with the weather last night. The Double Cluster and Stock 2 is one image that the mini-WASP array was actually designed for … Continue reading
