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
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
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
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.
Several hour’s worth of half hour subs resulted in this deep view of the PacMan nebula and nearby bright star Schedar in Cassiopeia courtesy of the mini-WASP array. The array is due for an upgrade at the end of this … Continue reading
I recently discovered that Takahashi have discontinued making the Sky 90 – mad decision IMO. And this comes at a time when I was looking to replace the TS80 with a Sky 90 giving me a mini-WASP array with 3 … Continue reading
Put the 5D MkII on the back of a TS80 refractor together with a 5X Barlow (not really called a Barlow then, but the name sticks). Took 17 subs at 1/200th second and ISO800 which I stacked in Maxim. This … Continue reading
Managed to capture a few 5-minute subs of comet Jacques when it was close to Epsilon Cassiopeiae on the evening of 22nd August 2014.
Second upgrade for the week that required the earlier upgrade to go ahead 🙂 This time the in-storage Sky 90 and filter-wheel have gone back on. It was taken off over a year ago as I got terrible star shapes … Continue reading
A small upgrade was made to the mini-WASP array this week – can you spot it??
