Category Archives: Projects

Projects undertaken at New Forest Observatory

Carbon star VX Andromedae

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Greg Parker

I only managed to get 4 x 15-minute subs before the cloud rolled in (one of the 3 scopes was out of focus) – but hey, at least it’s another one off the list.

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The mini-WASP does the business on 23/11/2014

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Greg Parker

Last night, 23/11/2014 was the first clear night in a month – and it was Moonless too 🙂 🙂 Gave the mini-WASP a good run, but packed up at midnight, which was actually a stupid thing to do – I … Continue reading →

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Mirach and “Ghost” in Andromeda from the mini-WASP array

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Greg Parker

Here is the bright star Mirach and the nearby galaxy named the “Ghost”.  A zoomed-in view of Mirach and the Ghost is shown in the insert top-left.

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The latest incarnation of the mini-WASP array 2014

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Greg Parker

This is what the latest incarnation of the mini-WASP array looks like – and it will look like this for some time to come. There are 4 imaging systems on the array and one guider: 1)  Sky 90, filter-wheel with … Continue reading →

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Second light for the mini-WASP array

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Greg Parker

Here is second light for the 3 x Sky 90 mini-WASP parallel imaging array.  This is open cluster NGC7789 near Caph in Cassiopeia. The image is 18 x 15-minute subs or a total data time of 4 and a half … Continue reading →

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First light for the 3 x Sky 90 mini-WASP imaging array

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Greg Parker

On the evening of the 27th October 2014 I spent the first two hours of darkness aligning the 3 Sky 90s to look at the same region of sky, and then focus training Sky 90(2) and Sky 90(3). After the … Continue reading →

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Giant Sunspot AR12192 taken on 21/10/2014

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Greg Parker

The missus kindly held up a piece of A4 paper this lunch time outside in a howling gale so I could project an image of the Sun onto it. An 80mm refractor with a 5X Barlow was used.  Yes the … Continue reading →

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Statrep on the mini-WASP array

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Greg Parker

The 3rd (and final) Sky 90 has been fitted to the mini-WASP array 🙂 I will now be able to get 12-hours of data at f#4.5 in a typical 4-hour imaging session. Provided that I get 4-hours of clear Moonless … Continue reading →

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UY Andromedae a Carbon star in Andromeda

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Greg Parker

There are 5 very nice Carbon stars in Andromeda that I would like to bag this month and this is the first I’ve caught – UY Andromedae with some nice faint fuzzies, and a couple of not so faint fuzzies. … Continue reading →

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Gamma Cassiopeiae and Navi region

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Greg Parker

The mini-WASP array was again put into commission taking half hour subs of the Navi region of Cassiopeia – Navi is the central star in this image.  Nearby lies Gamma Cassiopeiae and its associated nebulosity.

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