The earlier images of Bellatrix, Polaris and Pollux re-processed using a new process step.
First off, a very Happy New Year to you all. Well – 2011 can’t be said to have been the best imaging year on record, in fact I think it is fair to say that it is the worst imaging … Continue reading
This image is a single frame from the mini-WASP and comprises 12 subs at 10-minutes per sub, so a 2-hour total exposure time (again well short of the 8 hours needed). The reason for only one frame is that due … Continue reading
It was a clear night last night (although the seeing was very poor) and it allowed me to iron out the last few bugs that were plaguing me with the mini-WASP array. Only got some short exposure times, but now … Continue reading
The final single star image from last night, 16 subs at 5-minutes per sub using the M26C/Sky90 on Pollox, Castor’s twin. A bit of colour in Pollux (unlike Castor) so I went for this one first.
Another one from last night – this time Polaris using 19 subs at 5-minutes per sub on the M26C/Sky 90. A few faint fuzzies in the background, but annoyingly just missed Polarissima Borealis. North is up and note that we … Continue reading
After the most abysmal day and plenty of rain it cleared to give the most beautiful evening of the year so far for imaging. I wanted to make the most of the good imaging conditions so went for quantity rather than … Continue reading
Here is a two-camera two-scope mini-WASP image taken a few nights ago. It is fairly poor overall mainly because this was only 4 sub-exposures (they were however 1,000 second subs). I can make a vast improvement to this image with … Continue reading
Opened up the pinhole camera today (the day before the Winter Solstice) after another 6-month exposure imaging the Sun crossing my southern horizon. This time I used a FLAT film in the camera (which was an old tea caddy) rather … Continue reading
