Category Archives: mini-WASP Array

The creation and use of the New Forest Observatory mini-WASP array

M45 – Noel Carboni process

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Greg Parker

And here’s what can be done with my data when Noel Carboni (Florida, U.S.A.) gets his hands on it. Sure hasn’t lost his touch!!

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Composited M45

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Greg Parker

I composited last night’s deeeep M45 data with some older shallower data with good colour and ended up with this result:

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Deeeeeep M45

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Greg Parker

Yet another beautiful clear Moonless night last night – and best positioned for some deeeeep imaging was M45, the Pleiades. Managed to grab 18 x 40-minute (yes that IS 40-minute!!) subs and very quickly processed (leaving in the plane trails) … Continue reading →

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Hind’s Variable nebula

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Greg Parker

Hind’s Variable nebula, Struve’s Lost nebula, Burnham’s nebula, NGC1555 – they’re all the same thing and it is the orange thing in the centre of this image. A beautiful clear night last night allowed me to grab 41 x 20-minutes … Continue reading →

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Taurus molecular cloud 2-framer

Posted on December 31, 2016 by Greg Parker

And here is a 2-frame mosaic combining the IC2087 and SAO76573 frames taken with the Canon 200mm prime lenses and M26C OSC CCDs.

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Taurus molecular clouds

Posted on December 31, 2016 by Greg Parker

Taken a couple of nights back, this is 10-hour’s worth of 20-minute subs centred on SAO67573 one frame to the right of IC2087 also taken with the Canon 200mm lenses and M26C OSC CCDs.   At the top/centre there is … Continue reading →

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Aldebaran and the Hyades

Posted on December 3, 2016 by Greg Parker

A rather “quick and dirty” image of the region.  I need to get a lot more, deeper, subs of this region if I can this winter.  

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The Full Monty

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Greg Parker

Unbelievably last night was the 3rd clear night in a row – Moonless too!! So – making best use of this gift I managed to grab the final left hand frame on the North America 3-pane mosaic. This is a … Continue reading →

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Composite of the IC2087 region

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Greg Parker

Got 6 x 20-minute subs with the Canon 200mm lens which I added to some earlier Sky 90 data.

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December 2016 Deep-Sky Image of the Month

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Greg Parker

Got the final bit of data on this one last night.  This is a 2-framer using the Canon 200mm prime lenses and Trius M26C OSC CCDs on top of the Paramount ME. Main North America frame is 9 hours and … Continue reading →

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