Category Archives: Projects

Projects undertaken at New Forest Observatory

The Double Cluster & Stock 2 with the Canon 200mm prime lens

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Greg Parker

One night before full Moon I managed to grab this with the 2 x 200mm and 2 x M26C OSC CCDs.  12 x 10-minute subs in all.  Came out much better than I was expecting so I must go back … Continue reading →

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The megaWASP array does Kemble’s Cascade

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Greg Parker

A very rare beautiful clear Moonless night last night so I put the 2 x Canon 200mm lenses on a favourite star region of mine – Kemble’s Cascade in Camelopardalis. Managed 2-hours worth of 10-minute subs with the array and … Continue reading →

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The North America and Pelican nebulae Mega-WASPed

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Greg Parker

Managed to get 8 x 30-minute subs last night with the 2 x 200mm Canons and the M26Cs, and I added this to earlier 19 x 15-minute data from the same rig using Registar.  This is the result.  I think … Continue reading →

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ISS pass 07/08/2015

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Greg Parker

Another nice long 6-minute ISS pass tonight at 10:04 p.m. As you can see, there was thin high cloud about which thickened considerably – so no imaging for me tonight 🙁

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This is a great week for long ISS passes

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Greg Parker

On the night of the blue supermoon (31st July) I looked out of the window to see the ISS passing over the Moon (so I missed a great photo-opportunity) around 10:00 p.m. I hadn’t been keeping an eye on the … Continue reading →

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The MegaWASP array does the Crescent region in Cygnus

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Greg Parker

Last night, for the first time since I put it together, I have been able to use the 2 x Canon 200mm lenses (and M26C Trius cameras) as intended. The whole idea with this rig was to get two horizontal … Continue reading →

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Cochrane’s of Oxford 12 base-pair DNA model kit

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Greg Parker

I have just assembled this DNA model that comes from Cochrane’s of Oxford.  It is extremely well thought out and the instructions for assembly are quite excellent given the complexity of the thing being put together.  When I first saw … Continue reading →

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North America nebula region with the Canon 200mm lens

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Greg Parker

Clear Moonless night last night and good seeing – BUT – only 3 days before the summer solstice meant that the sky never really got dark and it was perhaps a bit stupid to image a nebula rather than a … Continue reading →

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Astronomical Images on Flickr

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Greg Parker

Just a reminder that you can see most of my Astronomical images on Flickr.

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The megaWASP array does Arcturus

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Greg Parker

A couple of nights ago with a full Moon I took some Arcturus data with the 3 x Sky 90s. I combined the recent data with some taken a while back and came up with this result 🙂

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