I just realised when explaining to someone how I fitted the two Robofocus units to the TS 80mm triplet APOs that I had not published an image of the setup here on the NFO site. So here it is 🙂
Here is a recent Noel Carboni process of another bright star in Orion – this time it is Bellatrix on Orion’s shoulder taken using the mini-WASP array.
Due to having received several requests – the New Forest Observatory now offers another course for astronomers. “Constructing an observatory for imaging or observing” is the latest course we have on offer – please check the “Courses” section for details.
We unexpectedly got a few clear hours (unfortunately not Moonless) on New Year’s Day 2013 – this is after a whole month of cloud and rain! We are now back to the cloud and rain again, so that one clear … Continue reading
Terrible sky conditions – but still managed to capture most of a long 4-minute pass of the International Space Station. If the rain will leave off in a couple of days there’s a mega 6-minute pass!!!!
A negative B&W DSLR image of the view to the south of the New Forest observatory in this one. Can you pick out Orion, the Pleiades, Jupiter, Aldebaran and the Hyades, Auriga, Procyon, Castor & Pollux, Perseus, and other stuff? … Continue reading
Saiph in Orion. Image acquired by Greg Parker at the New Forest Observatory and processed by Noel Carboni in Florida U.S.A.
A mini-WASP array image from a couple of nights back. Captured by Greg Parker at the New Forest Observatory and processed by Noel Carboni in Florida U.S.A.
Beautiful clear Moonless sky last night until just after midnight. Started imaging at 5:55 p.m. one of my earliest starts, so ended up with 7 hours of total imaging time on the mini-WASP array (which equates to 21 hours of … Continue reading
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
