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Category Archives: mini-WASP Array
Flaming Star nebula – composite image
This is last night’s Sky-Watcher data (2-hours) composited with the earlier Sky 90 data (11 and a half hours) – so 13 and a half hours total into this one so far 🙂
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The ED-100 quintuplet refractor does the Flaming Star nebula in Auriga
I managed to get 2-hours on the Flaming Star nebula in Auriga with the Sky-Watcher Esprit ED-100 quintuplet refractor last night. Once again, not long enough for a pretty picture, but long enough to check out its performance. This image … Continue reading
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First Light for the Sky-Watcher Esprit ED-100 quintuplet refractor
Very lucky to have some clear skies again last night 🙂 Managed to get some imaging done on the Merak region with the new Esprit ED-100 quintuplet refractor. Two frames here, only half an hour per frame using 3-minute subs, … Continue reading
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The Sky-Watcher Esprit ED-100 quintuplet is loaded and ready to go!
The utterly superb Sky-Watcher Esprit ED-100 quintuplet refractor is now mounted on the Paramount with the Megrez 80 guide scope piggy-backed above. I have a Robofocus connected to the ED-100 fine focus knob via a tiny timing belt and actually … Continue reading
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Pointer Star Dubhe in the constellation Ursa Major
Taken last night (2nd Feb 2012) in -3C temperatures with a blazing Moon overhead. Camera 1 on the mini-WASP, Dubhe, one of the two “pointer stars” in Ursa Major. A nice orange coloured star and another one for the “single … Continue reading
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Reprocess and crop to the Double Cluster and Stock 2
I guess it must be obvious that the weather hasn’t been too good recently and there’s no new data to work on. So I revisited the Double Cluster and Stock 2 data taken using the Sky 90s and M26Cs on … Continue reading
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Double cluster and Stock 2 reprocess
A reprocess of the Sky 90/M26C data with North to the right – cropped to a smaller field of view.
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Double Cluster sans spikes
A reprocess taking the ugly spikes off the Double Cluster itself!
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This is precisely the sort of image the mini-WASP array was designed to capture!
The Double Cluster and Stock 2 region in Perseus. Grabbed the last bit of this data last night. Also managed to get rain into the observatory as a solitary rain cloud passed over and chucked it down 🙁 All dried … Continue reading
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Some earlier Stock 2 data added to the mini-WASP Double Cluster image
When this is framed properly, and at least 3 hours worth of data taken, then this is going to look good 🙂
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