Category Archives: Projects

Projects undertaken at New Forest Observatory

mini-WASP Array Project – Part 2 – A Likely Solution

Posted on August 7, 2007 by Greg Parker

In my last post I was at the point of deciding which refractors and CCD cameras to use.  I think I’ve now solved that dilemma! Having gone through many combinations and permutations I am thinking the best solution for me is … Continue reading →

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mini-WASP Array Project – Part 1 – The Problem

Posted on August 2, 2007 by Greg Parker

As I said in the project announcement, living in the UK we have a major problem to contend with trying to pursue our hobby – the weather!  There are very few good clear Moonless nights to take those perfect images.  … Continue reading →

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mini-WASP Array Project

Posted on July 10, 2007 by Greg Parker

The name for this project comes from the Wide Angle Search for Planets or SuperWASP project.   As you can guess it is used for hunting exo-planets.   If you look at the SuperWASP site you will see an impressive imaging array comprising … Continue reading →

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Summer 2007 Imaging Project: The Veil Nebula in Cygnus

Posted on January 11, 2007 by Greg Parker

I’m thinking ahead about the deep-sky object that I will concentrate on for the short summer nights.  I am really impressed with the image of the Veil nebula on Davide de Martin’s Skyfactory site where he has processed this superb image … Continue reading →

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Silent at Last!

Posted on January 16, 2005 by Greg Parker

Finally!  I have managed to eradicate the one minus point of having the Nexstar and motor drives in the dome! I upgraded the motor drives from version 30.30 to version 40.40 (download available from the Celestron site).  Amongst the many … Continue reading →

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