Category Archives: mini-WASP Array

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

La Superba from 22/03/2015

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Greg Parker

I managed to get 4-hours worth of 10-minute subs on La Superba last night using the mini-WASP array.  I composited this with around another 4-hours of data from a Sky 90/M25C combo – so around 8-hours in total using 10-minutes … Continue reading →

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The Merak region in Ursa Major

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Greg Parker

I had one hour last night to get a 2-framer of the Merak region before thick heavy cloud came over.  As it was, many of these subs were taken through thin high cloud which put a great glow around Merak. … Continue reading →

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Coddington’s nebula & V Y Ursae Majoris

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Greg Parker

Last night I managed to get another 11 x 20-minute subs on this region to go with the 7 x 20-minute subs I got a few days ago.  This shows Coddington’s nebula – which is actually an irregular galaxy – … Continue reading →

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Gemini central

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Greg Parker

With the 200mm/M26C Trius combo in portrait mode I managed to grab 10 x 4-minutes of the Castor/Pollux region after 3-hours of setting up (focus mainly) in the freezing cold.  The chip turned out to be not flat for this … Continue reading →

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And here’s the M106 image from last night’s session

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Greg Parker

Not a lot of colour in M106 itself 🙁  But plenty in the stars 🙂  The Sky 90s always seem to be able to grab star colour very nicely. 24 x 20-minute subs using the mini-WASP array.  And yes – … Continue reading →

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An extremely rare clear Moonless night last night :)

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Greg Parker

The cloud didn’t finally shift until 9:00 p.m. last night – but when it did we were left with a pitch black, clear, Moonless night like I haven’t seen for about a year. After a couple of stalls where the … Continue reading →

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Carbon star SAO 77516

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Greg Parker

Managed to get the mini-WASP array set up early last night, imaging by 6:10 p.m., just as well as clouded out by 8:10 p.m. Set up on Carbon star SAO 77516 in Taurus, was going to do M1 but then … Continue reading →

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C W Leonis with insert

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Greg Parker

Here is the full frame C W Leonis image with a magnified insert.

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C W Leonis or IRC +10216

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Greg Parker

Managed to get 12 x 20-minute subs on this one from the mini-WASP array late last night. This is possibly the brightest star at 5um wavelength in the galaxy – so I wasn’t actually expecting to see ANYTHING at visible … Continue reading →

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Astronomy Now article on the mini-WASP array

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Greg Parker

There is a 4-page article in the February 2015 issue of Astronomy Now on the mini-WASP array at the New Forest Observatory. To save trawling through the last 2 years of development on this site, buy the Feb 2015 issue … Continue reading →

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