Category Archives: Projects

Projects undertaken at New Forest Observatory

The Rosette nebula Zoomed In & Out

Zoom In – Original Hyperstar on C11 with H9C OSC CCD. Zoom Out – Sky 90 single frame with M26C OSC CCD.

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“The Propeller” in M13

I have very deep data of M13 and for the first time today I took a good look at the image to see if I could find “The Propeller”. And there it was!!

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Sky 90 4-frame mosaic of the Double Cluster/Stock 2 region in Perseus

I took this data a few years back.  It is a 4-frame mosaic of the Double Cluster/Stock 2 region in Perseus taken with the Sky 90s/M26Cs.  Each frame is 2-hours of 3-minute subs and North is to the right.  It … Continue reading

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North America nebula with the Canon 5D MkII and the Canon 200mm lens

Noel Carboni put some old Canon 5D MkII (unmodified) data through his new AstroFlat plug-in.  I am amazed at the amount of “red” he has managed to pull out from an unmodified DSLR camera!!

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Carbon star SAO 77516 in Taurus

A Sky90 array image, 5 hours of 30-minute subs.

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Arcturus and Napoleon’s Hat

A slightly better Arcturus reprocess. Arcturus is the brightest star in the Northern Hemisphere.

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M11 – the Wild Duck Cluster

A Noel Carboni reprocess of old Sky 90 array data using AstroFlat.

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NGC 1555

Struve’s Lost Nebula, Burnham’s Nebula, Hind’s Variable Nebula, NGC 1555 – they are all the same object and it is in the centre of this image. 65 x 20-minute subs (almost 22 hours) went into this one using the Sky … Continue reading

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Mighty Merak

A rather oddly-framed 4-framer using the Sky 90 array of the Merak region.

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The Double Cluster in Perseus – the Full Monty

Sometimes it is good when someone else has a look at one of your images as they can immediately point out stuff which you miss (because you’ve been looking at the thing too long). Bud Guinn immediately saw some errors … Continue reading

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