Category Archives: Projects

Projects undertaken at New Forest Observatory

The mini-WASP array grabs M11 in the Scutum star cloud

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Greg Parker

Yet ANOTHER clear Moonless night last night – and although feeling really sick with sleep deprivation – I went outside and fired up the beast. Really glad I did as the target was the open cluster M11 which sits in … Continue reading →

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The Stars Like Dust

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Greg Parker

Isaac Asimov had it right with this dense Milky Way region in Cygnus.  Captured last night with the mini-WASP array, 7 x 15-minute subs on all 3 scopes and M26C OSC cameras.

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The NGC 6871 region of Cygnus with the Sky 90 and M26C

Posted on July 6, 2013 by Greg Parker

Just the Sky 90 data on this one (I also have 2 datasets from the 2 TS 80s) showing the open cluster region around NGC 6871 and NGC 6883 in Cygnus.

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Clear night – no Moon

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Greg Parker

So I’m spending a couple of hours imaging in Cygnus with both the mini-WASP array and the Hyperstar III 🙂

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DSS data for the California nebula has been processed

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Greg Parker

You can see a full colour image of the California nebula processed from DSS2 data here. The nebula extends to quite a way below the leftmost part of the image – it’s VERY big!

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2 Carbon stars and nebulosity in Cygnus

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Greg Parker

Not having the day job has given me a new imaging experience – the ability to image during June 🙂  With the day job I used to give up imaging half way through May (if not earlier) due to the … Continue reading →

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NGC 6791 and Carbon star U Lyrae in the constellation Lyra

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Greg Parker

Managed to grab 7 x 10 minute subs on all 3 mini-WASP cameras before the cloud I had been watching finally arrived from France.  Glad really as it meant I could have an early 12:30 a.m. night. This is open … Continue reading →

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A beautiful pair of Carbon stars in Lyra

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Greg Parker

Last night it was beautifully clear and Moonless and was probably one of the best imaging runs I’ve ever had.  Apart from the highly anti-social hours of course as I couldn’t start imaging much before 11:00 p.m. which meant shutting … Continue reading →

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Sometimes rainy days are useful for getting jobs done

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Greg Parker

I had an electric focuser lying around so with a pulley and timing belt from Radiospares I put together an electric focuser rig for the Canon 5D MkII and the 100mm macro lens that took the mega-wide-field Virgo/Coma galaxies shot. … Continue reading →

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The Navigator’s companion

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Greg Parker

A recent Noel Carboni process of mostly mini-WASP test data (I used one scope for imaging whilst trying to set up the other two scopes).  This is Polaris the alpha star in Ursa Minor.  Although it looks like a single … Continue reading →

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