This is another frame to add to the mega-mosaic that is the Markarian Chain region on the Coma/Virgo border. Just processed by Noel this is the region just to the right (West) of M87 and will make up one of … Continue reading
Managed to get the second frame done last night in the mini-M87 mosaic I need to collect in order to complete the mega-Markarian Chain mosaic. Just one frame to go!! Am I going to be lucky this year at long … Continue reading
Last one for today – a 9-microsecond ultra high speed flash shot of an air rifle pellet interacting with an apple. Used the beautiful little 50mm Canon lens on this – pin sharp and costs around £85, excellent value for … Continue reading
As the weather is not going to play ball for deep-sky imaging I had planned on taking the definitive shot of an egg meeting an air rifle pellet. However – I had forgotten just how messy this business is, so … Continue reading
Today the CEO of NTE Poole Ltd. Eric Kennedy – brought me the all Aluminium pier for the mini-WASP! The usual beautiful craftsmanship and Aluminium-welding which are the hallmarks of NTE Poole Ltd. The wall thickness of that vertical tube is 1″ … Continue reading
I have a new all-Aluminium connector designed and built for connecting an SXM26C (or H18 mono) CCD at the correct metal-back distance to the focal reducer on the Sky 90 refractor. I am just getting a further 3 of these … Continue reading
So what does it look like in the NFO Control Room with the 3-screen system running a high-resolution Hubble image screensaver?
Here is a fish eye view of my three-screen system up and running. Three superb Iiyama 24″ letterbox screens driven by an ATI Radeon 5770 card and one screen with a Sapphire (active) display port adapter from Overclockers U.K. I … Continue reading
I opened up the pinhole cameras a couple of days early just in case they were set in the wrong position, and also to check if the wettest November on record had made its mark. One pinhole camera unfortunately DID … Continue reading
