Category Archives: Projects

Projects undertaken at New Forest Observatory

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.

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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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The mini-WASP configuration 17/02/2013

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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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