Category Archives: Projects

Projects undertaken at New Forest Observatory

It’s a clear Moonless night

And I’m imaging M52, the bubble nebula, NGC 7538 and NGC 7510 with a single mini-WASP frame.

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The story so far – SAO 84015

Flitting through a planetarium program I stumbled upon a nice bright Carbon star in Corona Borealis.  Designated SAO 84015 at magnitude 6 this should look really great!  So a couple of nights ago I fired up the mini-WASP to grab … Continue reading

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The mini-WASP array captures globular cluster M10 in Ophiucus on 09/07/2013

Another object bagged by the mini-WASP array during the recent period of clear Moonless nights.  This time it is the Globular Cluster M10 in the constellation Ophiucus.  7 x 10-minute sub-exposures on all 3 cameras.

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The mini-WASP array captures the NGC663 region in Cassiopeia

Lovely clear night again last night, but with a blazing Moon in the south it meant imaging towards the north.  Decided on a cluster rich region close to Ruchbah in Cassiopeia as the target.  Mini-WASP array, all 3 cameras firing, … Continue reading

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Made in Heaven

It’s 11:30 p.m. – I’m in the NFO control room.   Queen is on BBC4 and “Hammer to Fall” is blasting out, expecting the ASBO to be delivered any second.  All 4 computers monitors on, I’m imaging 7 clusters and … Continue reading

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Two Carbon stars in Sagitta

Lovely clear evening last night, but there was an annoying Moon hanging around for most of the imaging session.  Never mind, the Moon isn’t too much of a problem when you’re taking star shots. The one frame has caught two … Continue reading

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M11 in the Scutum star cloud all 3 data sets

All three data sets added together using Registar.    

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The mini-WASP arrays grabs Carbon star V Aquilae

Another dense Milky Way shot, this time with a Carbon star in the centre of the FOV, V Aquilae, in the constellation Aquila. How many clear Moonless nights in a row are we going to get??

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Hyperstar III deep 2-framer of the Tulip nebula region in Cygnus

I recently took a very deep Hyperstar III 2-framer of the Tulip nebula region in Cygnus and Noel Carboni processed the two frame together to give this image 🙂

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

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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