Category Archives: Projects

Projects undertaken at New Forest Observatory

Noel Carboni process of the Mu Cephei mini-WASP dataset

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Greg Parker

Noel applied his talents to last night’s Mu Cephei data taken using 3 scopes + cameras on the mini-WASP array.  Unfortunately, as I hadn’t taken any flats Noel was not able to properly flatten this data, but even so, he … Continue reading →

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Mu Cephei – the Garnet star in Cepheus.

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Greg Parker

Managed to grab a quick hour and a half between the clouds tonight on the mini-WASP array using all 3 imagers.  Got the Garnet star in Cepheus which lies on the edge of the huge emission nebula IC1396.  If you … Continue reading →

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The mini-WASP array is fully functional :)

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Greg Parker

Last night (29/11/2012) I managed to get all 3 scopes and cameras working as one system on the mini-WASP array for the first time 🙂  Up until last night there was always (at least) one scope and camera not playing … Continue reading →

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The Coathanger cluster in Vulpecula courtesy of the mini-WASP array

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Greg Parker

While I was tuning one of the scope/cameras on the mini-WASP array I used the other 2 scopes/cameras to do a quick capture of the Coathanger cluster in Vulpecula.  24 subs at 5-minutes per sub gave this nice result.

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The Double Cluster and the Stock 2 open cluster in Perseus

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Greg Parker

I added the recent Double Cluster data to older Stock 2 data using the magic program Registar 🙂

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Star field in Perseus

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Greg Parker

While I was tuning up the second Sky 90, I used the first Sky 90 to take some subs in Perseus.  Using just the IDAS light pollution filter this image is the result of 20 x 5-minute sub exposures.  You … Continue reading →

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Flattening the M26C APS-sized chip with a Takahashi collimator

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Greg Parker

I have three M26C one shot colour CCDs on the mini-WASP array, and for some reason one of these cameras was proving difficult to flatten precisely. My usual technique for getting the chip flat to the optical plane is to … Continue reading →

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Greg’s Charm Bracelet – the Double Cluster in Perseus is the “charm”

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Greg Parker

If you look at the Double Cluster with a pair of binoculars or a low power telescope, there is something that immediately strikes you.  There is a group of very bright stars forming a large ring that emanates from the … Continue reading →

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Hyperstar III and mini-WASP array images from the same night.

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Greg Parker

    The same night I got the California nebula data with the mini-WASP array, I also got some earlier Double Cluster data with the array, and, some M33 deep data with the Hyperstar III.  The Hyperstar was using 20-minute … Continue reading →

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The latest images from the mini-WASP array

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Greg Parker

    We’ve been very fortunate to have a couple of clear Moonless nights recently and I’ve been able to fire up the mini-WASP array, and the Hyperstar III. The Double Cluster was taken using an imaging time of just one … Continue reading →

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