Last night our faithful old cactus once again flowered and I caught the action with the Canon 40D and TC-80N3 timer controller. So what is this doing on a deep-sky imaging web site? I hope to use the same process … Continue reading
I have just half-completed a very scary summer project! The Hyperstar III lens assembly is a fantastic technological achievement which turns an ultra-slow f#10 Schmidt-Cassegrain into an ultra-fast f#2 Schmidt-Camera. There is a slight problem though with all that glass … Continue reading
The four pinhole cameras I have had imaging the southern horizon for the past 6 months are due to be opened on June 21st 2010 in the evening. I will put new film in each camera and set them off … Continue reading
Noel Carboni is currently assembling the NFO Spring mega project of 2010. This is a massive mosaic of the Virgo/Coma galaxy cluster region centred on the famous Markarian Chain of galaxies. This mosaic is created from a number of frames … Continue reading
For those of you looking for my high speed flash photography site can I remind you that you will find ultra-fast Xenon flash images here.
Just under one month to go before I open up the 4 pinhole cameras that have been looking towards the south for the past 5 months. Time seems to pass at an ever accelerating rate – as Peter Landsberg said, … Continue reading
This is the central frame of a large mosaic being constructed of the galaxy-rich region at the Virgo/Coma border – hot off the press from Noel Carboni. We see Markarian Chain central and at the bottom M87 in this Hyperstar … Continue reading
I mentioned a while back that the HSF image of the shot egg went viral with something like 1700 hits on my Flick site – I clearly don’t know the definition of viral. The HSF image of the shot water-filled … Continue reading
Having just made a quick check of my Flickr site I see that another high-speed flash image is suddenly attracting a large number of hits. I have tracked down the link to the image which is pulling in the punters and it … Continue reading
The high speed flash image of the egg shot with an air rifle pellet: Has gone viral on my Flickr site with over 1700 hits and still increasing 🙂
