Category Archives: mini-WASP Array

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

X Cancri – Carbon star

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Greg Parker

Looking through this year’s captures I found one I hadn’t put up for viewing.  This is Carbon star X Cancri taken on 15th February 2015.

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The New Forest Observatory 05/05/2015 at 2:00 p.m.

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Greg Parker

A “Little Planet” shot taken this afternoon with the Canon 5D MkII and a 15mm Canon fish-eye lens.

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The mega-WASP upgrade has been completed

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Greg Parker

Nice way to start off a new month.  After 4 days of drilling, cutting, taping and wiring – the upgrade converting the mini-WASP array to the mega-WASP array is now complete. Additions to the top plate are another Canon 200mm … Continue reading →

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The mini-WASP array has now morphed into the mega-WASP array

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Greg Parker

After 3 days I have now finished all the metalwork, drilling and tapping, and reconfiguring the top plate of the mini-WASP array. The top plate will now accommodate 2 x Canon 200mm prime lenses, each with a Starlight Xpress M26C … Continue reading →

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Pac Man nebula reloaded

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Greg Parker

I composited some 4-hours of Hyperstar III data and some 6-hours of Sky 90 data to give the following deep image of NGC281 – the Pac Man nebula.

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Polaris with the mini-WASP array

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Greg Parker

A clear Moonless night last night so I put the mini-WASP array on Polaris. A total of 36 x 5-minute subs gave the result below which I’m pretty pleased with.

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13 Messier objects in one image

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Greg Parker

Last night I got the left hand frame in this Canon 200mm/M26C Trius 2-framer.  Bagged 13 Messier objects in one image with this one 🙂  The Virgo/Coma cluster of galaxies.  If the weather allows – I will go back and … Continue reading →

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Work in progress – the whole of the Virgo/Coma galaxy cluster

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Greg Parker

The first of 2-frames taken with the Canon 200mm lens and Starlight Xpress M26C Trius OSC CCD. Bit of a story to this one.  Had some strange streaks across the image which I thought had wrecked the whole imaging session. … Continue reading →

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Dyson Sphere around Polaris

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Greg Parker

Has anybody imaged the Polaris region recently?  Seems to have been a bit of mega-engineering going on out there courtesy of some highly advanced alien civilisation!

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The Virgo/Coma galaxy cluster region with the Canon 200mm f#1.8 lens

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Greg Parker

Blazing Moon last night so I spent a little time getting a good focus on the 200mm lens and then imaged both the Zosma region (with the Leo II dwarf galaxy) and the Virgo/Coma galaxy cluster region.  This was done … Continue reading →

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