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Greg’s “3” asterism in Leo
A few weeks ago I was scrolling through the constellation Leo using “the Sky 6” planetarium program when an amazing numerical asterism flashed into view. It looked quite unreal and I wondered if it would look as impressive in the … Continue reading
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The Coathanger Cluster
Noel Carboni combined the Hyperstar III and mini-WASP data for this image.
You will be assimilated
Managed to get out for just a few minutes last night and as Leo was in a good position I focused up on Regulus and let the mini-WASP do its thing. Rather disturbing news when I processed the data this … Continue reading
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Tania Australis image – Noel Carboni process
Noel Carboni processed the recent Tania Australis data, and as you can see, he made a much better job of it than me 🙂
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Tania Australis and NGC3184 in Ursa Major
Managed a full half-hour of imaging using 3-minute subs and all three cameras on the mini-WASP array last night. Nice bright red star Tania Australis and nearby spiral galaxy NGC3184 in Ursa Major were the objects of attention. Need a … Continue reading
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Abell 1377 in Ursa Major
Using half-hour subs on the mini-WASP array this is the result of imaging the Abell 1377 region of Ursa Major – together with some advanced processing techniques courtesy of Noel Carboni. A negative B&W image is shown in order to … Continue reading
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The New Forest Observatory with an Orion background
Too much water vapour in the air tonight for any serious imaging – but you can still see the stars – so I took out the DSLR. Here are the two New Forest Observatories with an Orion background and plenty … Continue reading
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ISS pass tonight
So it was completely clear ALL DAY and I therefore had both observatories powered up and ready to go before dark. Soon as it gets dark we have wall-to-wall cloud. This is now well beyond any sort of joke. Anticipating … Continue reading
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Mini-WASP array bolt on goody
Although I cannot use the Altair finder as a guidescope as intended, I can still bolt it onto the top of the array with the video camera. I can then use this for the occasional polar alignment check, or to … Continue reading
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