Testing out my all-sky imaging rig ready for next week’s maximum in the Perseid meteor shower. AstroTrac, Canon 5D MkII camera, Canon 15mm fish-eye lens and Canon electronic shutter controller. You might just make out a faint Perseid bottom left … Continue reading
Last night I managed to grab the frame to the right of the Cocoon nebula – whilst at the same time getting some ultra-wide-fields of the Perseids using the Canon 5D MkII, 15mm fish-eye lens and AstroTrac. Anyway – I … Continue reading
Imaging conditions steadily improve as we proceed through August and once again reasonably dark skies can be had in the late evening – the only problem being if you have a day job to get up early for the next … Continue reading
I am using a Bryan Mumford Time Machine and the high speed flash gear from http://www.highspeedflash.com/ to create some visually stunning images of water collisions – an example is here: Some spikes added to the highlights using Noel Carboni’s plug-in … Continue reading
Why is there so much cloud at night recently when it’s been relatively clear through most of the day? Well I have the AstroTrac ready and set up with the new Canon 5D MkII and the Canon 15mm fish-eye lens … Continue reading
I am just starting to read Cliff Pickover’s “The Loom of God” and it jogged my rapidly fading memory of my Professorial Inaugural lecture. Below I reproduce the last few minutes of the 2005 Inaugural lecture I presented at the … Continue reading
Einstein was pretty unhappy with the way Quantum Mechanics was developing – which was a bit odd seeing as he came up with the concept of the photon and an explanation of the photoelectric effect – but I digress. In trying … Continue reading
With virtually no imaging for the last 6-8 weeks we enter July where at least the skies start to get a little darker in the late evening. It is still not great conditions for imaging though and you will note … Continue reading
I also mounted two pinhole cameras outside the house on a south facing wall. These cameras were based on beer cans as the Ilford photographic paper fits very nicely inside a standard size aluminium beer can. Like the indoor cameras … Continue reading
I’ve just opened the pinhole camera in my study (one day early). This was behind the double glazing in a rectangular tea caddy tin box. You can see the NFO dome towards the right, and a neighbour’s house over the … Continue reading
