The new Robofocus mounts were completed and tested today, all looks fine. Now I’m just waiting for a good friend to bring me his Sky 90 as the second imaging scope and I’ll be able to get on with the … Continue reading
Just making a couple of new Aluminium brackets to hold the Robofocus units to the Sky 90s. At present I mount the motors on a plate off the rack and pinion screws which on reflection is probably not the best … Continue reading
I thought I’d take a break from the usual Orion object this month and instead present just a single star image. This month’s object is the star Aldebaran, the eye of the Bull in Taurus. If you had a much … Continue reading
Here’s Aldebaran in the correct orientation (North is now up) and a touch of extra processing.
Clear night last night and no obtrusive Moon – only one Sky 90 operational at the moment (I’m taking 2 x Sky 90s to Steve Collingwood tomorrow to see if he can collimate them for me). Anyway – managed to … Continue reading
This month’s composition is a little different from the form I normally follow. I wanted to get a nice bright single star image, but I also wanted something else of interest in the field of view apart from other stars. … Continue reading
The white Aluminium box with 4 x HDD bays is my new “Icy Dock” attached storage unit for the mini-WASP data. Each evening’s imaging (if we ever see a clear sky again) will generate a lot of data from the … Continue reading
The sleep deprivation over this past week’s worth of clear Moonless nights hit harder than I thought. I have just found this data from 28th September – and I can’t remember taking it 🙂 Well if that isn’t a bonus … Continue reading
Last night I took a single frame using the M26C camera and the one collimated Sky 90 refractor to capture the very north of the North America nebula – an area I have not imaged properly before. Managed to get … Continue reading
We’re now well into some decent long dark evenings 🙂 This month’s object is rarely imaged it seems – I am going to look at the open cluster Stock 2 in Perseus this month. This is a beautiful, colourful open … Continue reading
