Category Archives: mini-WASP Array

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

A third imaging system for the mini-WASP array is being prepared

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Greg Parker

First off a big thank you to Tom How for patiently walking me through how to configure his fantastic “synch” program to accommodate a second “slave” camera.  Tom has written some very useful code that works with Maxim DL that … Continue reading →

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The mini-WASP continues to fight back – this is now getting personal!

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Greg Parker

O.K. so last night I put a friend’s Sky 90 in place of the Sky 90 that continues to defy all my attempts at collimation and unbelievably it was clear at 9:00 p.m.  Brilliant, too early to start imaging, but just … Continue reading →

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See and hear the mini-WASP in action

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Greg Parker

On YouTube. See the Paramount ME casually throw around over 90 pounds of kit as if it were weightless 🙂  

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Vega region – 3.26 x 4.24 degrees, both M26C cameras – mini-WASP array

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Greg Parker

Took this test image of the Vega region using both Sky 90s and both M26C cameras on the mini-WASP array.  One camera is not as well set up (collimation, chip flatness) as the other, but I just wanted to see … Continue reading →

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Kappa Cassiopeia with NGC 146 and NGC 133

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Greg Parker

Whilst working on the mini-WASP array last night I took a quick image of a reasonably bright star with the one good scope and camera.  The central star is Kappa Cassiopeia and the two open clusters above it are NGC … Continue reading →

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Further adventures with the mini-WASP array

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Greg Parker

Took a look outside around 11:00 p.m. to see that we had really nice clear skies – that was unexpected.  Can’t let a clear sky go to waste so I went out for an evening’s work tuning up the mini-WASP … Continue reading →

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Downloaded PEMPro from CCDWare for 60-day free evaluation

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Greg Parker

I have just downloaded the 60-day trial version of PEMPro from CCDWare (I already use their brilliant CCDInspector software) for evalutaion.  PEMPro allows you to polar align and train the PEC for your mount.  As I want to be able … Continue reading →

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Little steps

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Greg Parker

A couple of nights ago I had an hour to continue setting up the mini-WASP array before in came the cloud.  I was working on collimating camera 1 to scope 1 (camera 2 is well-collimated to scope 2 and giving … Continue reading →

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Vega – mini-WASP test shot

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Greg Parker

While I was collimating camera 1 to scope 1 I took some 3-minute subs of Vega using the well-tuned camera 2 and scope 2.  This is literally a 2-second process of the data just to see what I had taken … Continue reading →

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Re-collimation of second imaging Sky 90 successful :)

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Greg Parker

Much to my great relief my attempt to re-collimate the second Sky 90 (which had somehow lost its good collimation) was successful.  And on top of that we had clear skies last night for me to test the imaging results … Continue reading →

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