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