Category Archives: mini-WASP Array

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

Deneb region using one scope and camera on the mini-WASP array

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Greg Parker

Only 3 half-hour subs but I am extremely pleased with the result!!  No dither so full of hot pixels, but good quality stars corner to corner on an APS sized chip – the Sky 90 CAN deliver the goods, but … Continue reading →

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Statrep mini-WASP array

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Greg Parker

You will have seen the recent M57 image from one of the mini-WASP cameras and last night I took 3 x 30-minute subs of the Deneb region with the same camera just to check I could manage 30-minute subs with … Continue reading →

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M57 region camera 2 mini-WASP array 26/05/2012

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Greg Parker

This is the result of 7 x 20-minute subs with camera 2 on the mini-WASP array, camera 1 needs some fine collimation/chip flatness tweaking, camera 2 on the other hand is almost spot on!!  Reason for 20-minute subs was to … Continue reading →

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The New Forest Observatory control room

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Greg Parker

Last night was the most amazing beautiful clear night – and the Moon wasn’t too intrusive either (which is unusual on a clear night).  After a little extra “tuning” I set the two mini-WASP cameras off imaging a region around … Continue reading →

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Mini-WASP statrep 23/05/2012

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Greg Parker

Managed to polar align the mini-WASP array last night, while in parallel I was taking some LONG subs with the HSIII on M13 going for the faint stuff.  Now it really is just a few odds and ends to fine … Continue reading →

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Vega from the mini-WASP array

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Greg Parker

Testing out the re-collimated Sky 90s I took an image of the Vega region using both scopes and cameras.  This is a Registar combine of both sets of data.  There is some field rotation in all 4 corners of the … Continue reading →

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mini-WASP pier extender fitted

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Greg Parker

Eric Kennedy of NTE Poole Ltd. brought over the all-Aluminium pier extender for the mini-WASP on Sunday. Today (Tuesday) I have just spent all day completely disassembling the mini-WASP to fit the pier extender and then rebuilding the whole thing … Continue reading →

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The never ending collimation problem

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Greg Parker

Clear night last night so could see if my collimation efforts had any effect. The scope that always had reasonable collimation was still o.k. the scope that had poor collimation was still poor.  Now seeing how they looked pretty much … Continue reading →

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Sky 90 collimation statrep

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Greg Parker

I spent a couple of hours yesterday taking the imaging Sky 90s off the mini-WASP frame, collimating them with the Takahashi collimator, and then putting the whole thing back together again.  Well – as far as the collimator goes, both … Continue reading →

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Takahashi collimator delivered – mini-WASP fine-tuning good to go

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Greg Parker

Nick Hudson (True Technology) visited the New Forest Observatory yesterday and brought with him an essential piece of kit for tuning up the mini-WASP array.  Yes – the thing that has been halting any further progress on mini-WASP commissioning has … Continue reading →

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