Category Archives: Projects

Projects undertaken at New Forest Observatory

My Nemesis – CTB1 – but with a ray of hope.

Posted on December 11, 2021 by Greg Parker

The faint red ring that you can hardly see in the centre of this image is supernova remnant CTB1 in Cassiopeia. I have tried imaging this one for years, and this is what I usually end up with. I thought … Continue reading →

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The Andromeda Galaxy, M31.

Posted on December 8, 2021 by Greg Parker

This is a composite image incorporating very recent Hyperstar 4 data with very old Sky90 data.

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Another 7-minute ISS pass from earlier in the month.

Posted on December 7, 2021 by Greg Parker

Here’s another long 7-minute pass of the International Space Station from earlier this month (I’ve only just got around to processing the 17 frames of data). Annoyingly, as you can see, I didn’t continue long enough off the right hand … Continue reading →

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Space station pass tonight 5 p.m.

Posted on December 6, 2021 by Greg Parker

A nice long 7-minute pass of the space station tonight. It has been good all week with long passes – but it has also been mostly clouded out.

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V1331 in Cygnus captured by the Sky90 array.

Posted on November 18, 2021 by Greg Parker

V1331 Cygni is a young star in the constellation Cygnus. V1331 Cyg is located in the dark nebula LDN 981. V1331 Cygni is most noted for having an arc-like reflection nebula surrounding it. This circumstellar disc is a great birthplace … Continue reading →

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The Milky Way up Close and Personal: The Stars Like Dust

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Greg Parker

This is a region of the Milky Way near the star Caph in Cassiopeia. It is a zoomed-in image taken using the 200mm Canon lenses and the Trius M26C OSC CCDs. We are used to seeing the zoomed-out images of … Continue reading →

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Out until 3:00 a.m. last night – the joy of astrophotography.

Posted on November 5, 2021 by Greg Parker

Well last night was an extremely rare, beautiful clear and Moonless night. I had 2 main things to get on with, one get the array in the North Dome polar aligned and all the cameras/scopes set up ready for imaging, … Continue reading →

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An hour’s worth of Hyperstar III imaging on 18/04/2021

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Greg Parker

Well I wasn’t expecting to get out imaging last night, but it was clear and the Moon was not directly intrusive so I fired up the Hyperstar III on the C11 with the Starlight Xpress 814C OSC CCS and Lodestar … Continue reading →

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Greg Parker

Well we have managed to survive 2020 and now await the developments of 2021. As per usual, this imaging season has been complete rubbish so far with only a couple of good nights since the beginning of October 2020 – … Continue reading →

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Supernova SN 2020 fqv in the Siamese Twins

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Greg Parker

Getting a bit faint now, supernova SN 2020 fqv in the Siamese Twins (a galaxy pair in Virgo), imaged last night using the HyperstarIII on the C11 using the Trius 814C OSC CCD and 19 x 300-second subs. At least … Continue reading →

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