Category Archives: mini-WASP Array

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

The Canon 200mm lenses and M26C OSC CCDs do the Twins

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Greg Parker

A beautiful clear Moonless sky last night and I put the MegaWASP array onto the Twins – Castor & Pollux. Castor frame was 20 x 10 minute subs and Pollux frame was 18 x 10 minute subs. Very pleased with … Continue reading →

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The Definitive Rosette nebula from the MegaWASP array

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Greg Parker

Recently the MegaWASP array grabbed 6 x 2500-second subs on the Rosette nebula.  Noel Carboni added this data together with everything else we had on this object and came up with the result below.  I now consider this one well … Continue reading →

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Caph region – brighter version

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Greg Parker
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The Caph region in Cassiopeia

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Greg Parker

Even with a blazing Moon, clouds, and everything wanting to go wrong – I managed to get enough data last night for the Caph right hand frame.  So the central star here is Caph in Cassiopeia, a 2-framer using the … Continue reading →

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The Ruchbah region with the Canon 200mm lenses

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Greg Parker

Clear last night 19/01/2016 but with a blazing Moon, so this didn’t turn out too badly considering. A 2-frame mosaic using the Canon 200mm lenses and M26C OSC CCDs.  Around 130-minutes of 10-minute subs per frame. Lots of open clusters, … Continue reading →

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IC2087 region

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Greg Parker

Due to a series of mishaps I only managed to get 15 x 20-minute subs on this one last night using the Sky 90s (should  have got 27 x 20-mins).  This is the IC2087 region in Taurus – and is … Continue reading →

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Twin Domes at the New Forest Observatory

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Greg Parker
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Aldebaran, the Hyades & NGC1647

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Greg Parker

A couple of clear  hours after a day of rain allowed me to grab a quick 2-framer of the Aldebaran & Hyades region with the 200mm lens.  5-minute subs and an hour on each frame.  Pleased just to be able … Continue reading →

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Unknown object near Aldebaran

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Greg Parker

About a year ago a German amateur imager contacted me about a faint object lying near Aldebaran.  It was visible (just) in an old image of mine which only had an hour of total exposure time.  Just woke up this … Continue reading →

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Aldebaran 2-framer

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Greg Parker

First clear night in 2 months last night – so I quickly grabbed this 2-framer of Aldebaran with the Sky 90 array.  2-minute subs and 1-hour per frame.

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