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Projects undertaken at New Forest Observatory

New Forest Observatory – Image of the Month

A couple of nights ago I managed to grab 24 x 20-minute subs of the M52 region using the 2 x Canon 200mm prime lenses and 2 x Trius M26C 10-Megapixel OSC CCDs.  I had to shut down for an … Continue reading

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Oriented and re-processed NA/Pelican

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Sadr region with the Canon 200mm array

And from a couple of nights ago – here is the Sadr region with the Canon 200mm lens array using 10 x 15-minute subs. Should get some more time on this one and then try to grab the frame to … Continue reading

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Last night’s effort with the Canon 200mm lens array

Got the 2 x Trius M26C cameras VERY flat and very well focused last night before starting a run on the North America nebula region. Managed to get 17 x 20-minute subs before the Moon rose above the rooftops in … Continue reading

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Image of the Month

Here is the New Forest Observatory Image of the Month – last bit of data acquired only last night. This is a 2-framer of the Heart nebula region taken using the Sky 90 array and the M26C OSC CCDs.  The … Continue reading

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From the Gamma Cass nebula to PacMan

From two  nights ago here is a single-framer using the 200mm lenses and the Trius M26Cs of the region in Cassiopeia running from the star Navi all the way down to the PacMan nebula.  This is 21 subs at 15-minutes … Continue reading

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The Canon 200mm prime lens does the Perseus Double Cluster

This is just 10 x 15-minute subs using the Canon 200mm prime lenses and the Trius M26C 10-megapixel OSC CCDs from last night (30/08/2016).

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Central Lyra with the Canon 200mm prime lenses

Last night I got the top 2 frames of an image I started last year.  This is the central region of Lyra taken using the Canon 200mm prime lenses and Trius M26C OSC CCDs.  I have deliberately accentuated the contrast … Continue reading

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A rich star field in Lacerta – with a bonus object

Another clear night last night – what is going on??  Fired up the miniWASP array, this time using the 2 x Canon 200mm prime lenses and the Trius M26C 10-Megapixel OSC CCDs.  Target – the rich Milky Way region in … Continue reading

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Test shot on the Sky 90 array

Having swapped out the Master Computer and mucked around a bit with Sky 90(1) I had some clear sky last night to take some test shots to see what needs fine tuning.  This image is just 12 x 5-minute subs … Continue reading

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