Category Archives: Projects

Projects undertaken at New Forest Observatory

A nice imaging run with the Sky 90 array last night.

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Greg Parker

Had my eye on a big band of rain and cloud running right down the East coast last night – by some miracle it just kept clear of Hampshire.  So yet ANOTHER clear and Moonless night for imaging. Decided to … Continue reading →

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Bubble nebula region from last night

Posted on February 10, 2018 by Greg Parker

Beautiful clear Moonless sky last night – hard to know where to point the telescopes.  Decided on the Bubble nebula region and the 2 x Canon 200mm prime lenses together with the 2 x Trius M26C OSC CCDs.  “Claws” is … Continue reading →

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Asteroid 8 Flora plus an unknown

Posted on January 20, 2018 by Greg Parker

Managed to get some imaging in 2 nights ago (Jan 18th 2018) and got 30 x 10-minute subs on 8 Flora, middle of run at 21:32. You can see to the right and a little bit down from Flora there … Continue reading →

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The Belt of Orion

Posted on January 10, 2018 by Greg Parker

A couple of nights back we had an extremely rare clear, Moonless night.  Gremlins were at work as I have hardly used the kit in almost a year – never mind.  Managed to get 4 x 30-minute subs on the … Continue reading →

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NGC1999 region from 15/12/2017

Posted on December 16, 2017 by Greg Parker

Got just 9 x 20-minute subs on the NGC1999 region last night using the Sky 90 array. Forgot just how many geostationaries swarm through this region.

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First “proper” image of the season – IC348 in Perseus

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Greg Parker

First “proper” image of this season. 21 x 30-minute subs on IC348 (in Perseus) on the 3 x Sky 90 array. It clearly needs even more exposure time to both reduce the noise and bring out more of the brown … Continue reading →

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A Mega-Deep M45 Image

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Greg Parker

An extremely deep M45 image taken with the Sky 90s and M26C OSC CCDs. Over 25-hours total imaging time using 10, 20, and 30-minute sub-exposures. The image “cleaned-up” beautifully with Noel Carboni’s AstroFlat plugin.

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M81 Zoom-In & Zoom-Out

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Greg Parker

Zoom-In – Single frame original Hyperstar on a C11 with an H9C OSC CCD. Zoom-Out – Single frame Sky 90 with an M25C OSC CCD.

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M78 Zoom-In & Zoom-Out

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Greg Parker

Zoom-In – Single frame original Hyperstar on a C11 with an H9C OSC CCD. Zoom-Out – Single frame Sky 90 with an M25C OSC CCD.

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NGC6914 Zoom-In & Zoom-Out

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Greg Parker

A nice region of blue in a sea of red – reflection nebula NGC6914 in Cygnus. Zoom-In – single frame original Hyperstar on a C11 with an H9C OSC CCD. Zoom-Out – single frame, Sky 90 array with M26C OSC … Continue reading →

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