Category Archives: Projects

Projects undertaken at New Forest Observatory

CCDInspector result

Here is a CCDInspector result from one of the 200mm lenses with an M26C Trius OSC CCD from last night:  

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R Coronae Borealis

Last night I used the two Canon 200mm lenses and M26C Trius OSC CCDs to image the left hand half of Corona Borealis – the idea eventually to make a 2-frame mosaic showing the whole of the constellation.  When I … Continue reading

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Almost set up

It was a beautiful clear Moonless night last night (we don’t get very many of those in a year) and instead of imaging I was setting up 🙁  These things unfortunately need to be done, shame it was under almost … Continue reading

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The latest incarnation of “The Beast”

Here is the latest state of play on the array now known as the “megawasp” array 🙂

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The BIG pinhole camera will be resurrected this Summer Solstice

I was looking at the pinhole camera image taken Winter Solstice 2013 – Summer Solstice 2014, and I realised there was an image I could take using the same kit that would be extremely interesting, and as far as I … Continue reading

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X Cancri – Carbon star

Looking through this year’s captures I found one I hadn’t put up for viewing.  This is Carbon star X Cancri taken on 15th February 2015.

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The New Forest Observatory 05/05/2015 at 2:00 p.m.

A “Little Planet” shot taken this afternoon with the Canon 5D MkII and a 15mm Canon fish-eye lens.

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The mega-WASP upgrade has been completed

Nice way to start off a new month.  After 4 days of drilling, cutting, taping and wiring – the upgrade converting the mini-WASP array to the mega-WASP array is now complete. Additions to the top plate are another Canon 200mm … Continue reading

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The mini-WASP array has now morphed into the mega-WASP array

After 3 days I have now finished all the metalwork, drilling and tapping, and reconfiguring the top plate of the mini-WASP array. The top plate will now accommodate 2 x Canon 200mm prime lenses, each with a Starlight Xpress M26C … Continue reading

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Pac Man nebula reloaded

I composited some 4-hours of Hyperstar III data and some 6-hours of Sky 90 data to give the following deep image of NGC281 – the Pac Man nebula.

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