Category Archives: mini-WASP Array

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

The Double Cluster and the Stock 2 open cluster in Perseus

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Greg Parker

I added the recent Double Cluster data to older Stock 2 data using the magic program Registar 🙂

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Star field in Perseus

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Greg Parker

While I was tuning up the second Sky 90, I used the first Sky 90 to take some subs in Perseus.  Using just the IDAS light pollution filter this image is the result of 20 x 5-minute sub exposures.  You … Continue reading →

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Flattening the M26C APS-sized chip with a Takahashi collimator

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Greg Parker

I have three M26C one shot colour CCDs on the mini-WASP array, and for some reason one of these cameras was proving difficult to flatten precisely. My usual technique for getting the chip flat to the optical plane is to … Continue reading →

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Greg’s Charm Bracelet – the Double Cluster in Perseus is the “charm”

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Greg Parker

If you look at the Double Cluster with a pair of binoculars or a low power telescope, there is something that immediately strikes you.  There is a group of very bright stars forming a large ring that emanates from the … Continue reading →

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Hyperstar III and mini-WASP array images from the same night.

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Greg Parker

    The same night I got the California nebula data with the mini-WASP array, I also got some earlier Double Cluster data with the array, and, some M33 deep data with the Hyperstar III.  The Hyperstar was using 20-minute … Continue reading →

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The latest images from the mini-WASP array

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Greg Parker

    We’ve been very fortunate to have a couple of clear Moonless nights recently and I’ve been able to fire up the mini-WASP array, and the Hyperstar III. The Double Cluster was taken using an imaging time of just one … Continue reading →

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A clear night :)

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Greg Parker

Nice clear night (so far) tonight and I have both the mini-WASP array and the Hyperstar III grabbing data.  Took one of two frames with the mini-WASP and then moved onto the California nebula for some half-hour subs (that’ll be … Continue reading →

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The mini-WASP is up and running – of course it is a full Moon tonight!

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Greg Parker

As I write this entry in my study I have the other 3 screens showing me what is going on in the mini-WASP observatory.  All 3 scopes and cameras are currently imaging the Double Cluster, and later I am really … Continue reading →

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I call it Plug City

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Greg Parker

When you have three imaging scopes with CCDs, a filter wheel, a guide scope with guide camera, 3 Robofocus units, 3 computers with monitors, a Paramount ME, a Gigabit LAN hub, a light box, a dehumidifier, a lamp, a dome rotator, and … Continue reading →

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mini-WASP now fully populated and ready to go :)

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Greg Parker

The second TS 80mm triplet APO arrived today so I made up another Robofocus bracket and mounted the new scope in the mini-WASP frame.  So that’s it – I am not going to go any further with the hardware on … Continue reading →

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