Category Archives: Projects

Taken last night (2nd Feb 2012) in -3C temperatures with a blazing Moon overhead.  Camera 1 on the mini-WASP, Dubhe, one of the two “pointer stars” in Ursa Major.  A nice orange coloured star and another one for the “single … Continue reading →

I guess it must be obvious that the weather hasn’t been too good recently and there’s no new data to work on.  So I revisited the Double Cluster and Stock 2 data taken using the Sky 90s and M26Cs on … Continue reading →

A reprocess of the Sky 90/M26C data with North to the right – cropped to a smaller field of view.

A reprocess taking the ugly spikes off the Double Cluster itself!

The Double Cluster and Stock 2 region in Perseus.  Grabbed the last bit of this data last night.  Also managed to get rain into the observatory as a solitary rain cloud passed over and chucked it down 🙁  All dried … Continue reading →

When this is framed properly, and at least 3 hours worth of data taken, then this is going to look good 🙂  

Managed to get half an hour on the Double Cluster with one camera before it all went pear-shaped with the weather last night.  The Double Cluster and Stock 2 is one image that the mini-WASP array was actually designed for … Continue reading →

The earlier images of Bellatrix, Polaris and Pollux re-processed using a new process step.

This image is a single frame from the mini-WASP and comprises 12 subs at 10-minutes per sub, so a 2-hour total exposure time (again well short of the 8 hours needed).  The reason for only one frame is that due … Continue reading →