I purchased a good quality microscope for those (many) evenings that are unsuitable for deep-space imaging. The idea is to fit the Canon 40D to the microscope’s third eyepiece (it is a trinocular microscope) and take some photomicrographs – using … Continue reading
It is the first clear day in ages – makes a great change from the dull, dark, grey, completely overcast days we have been experiencing for quite a while now. This is the view towards the West from the New … Continue reading
There hasn’t been a huge amount of progress since the last report. The only change to the array is that I’ve now added the second Sky 90 to the frame as I now use the lightweight Celestron 80mm refractor to … Continue reading
Last night there were some breaks in the cloud and it was also unusually mild. So I took the 40D outside on the tripod (I should have taken the TT320 as well but I wasn’t thinking straight yesterday for reasons … Continue reading
I have security alarms, and a fire extinguisher handy for the observatory – but it took a recent catastrophic failure of a PSU to make me think about putting a smoke alarm in there! Fortunately I had two battery operated … Continue reading
It is just as well I don’t have the funds available to proceed with the mini-WASP concept as it has given me time to think about the whole system. Since coming up with the idea of multiple imaging scopes to effectively … Continue reading
Noel reprocessed the Veil nebula data making the stars less obtrusive and sharpening up the nebulosity a little to emphasize the filaments. It’s a personal choice as to which version you prefer – I like the down-played stars myself.
Today is a landmark day for the New Forest Observatory. After a marathon processing session involving a lot of blood, sweat, tears, and a hallucination-inducing lack of sleep – Noel Carboni has just finished processing the Summer 2007 mega-project, the … Continue reading
The last few days Noel has been working right through the night to get the images sorted for Star Vistas. As I write this, Noel is working on the mammoth Veil Nebula data set. In a previous post you can … Continue reading
The mini-WASP framework was delivered to the New Forest Observatory by the CEO of NTE Poole, Eric Kennedy, on Wednesday 5th December 2007. If you have just joined us then make sure you read all about the mini-Wasp Array Project from … Continue reading
