Arp214 (NGC 3718) and a pile of other galaxies in Ursa Major

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Greg Parker
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Only 13 x 5-minute subs on the Hyperstar III on the C11 with the Trius 814C OSC CCD, so quite noisy. Arp214 and friends in Ursa Major.

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M51 and galaxy friends

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Greg Parker
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Managed to get out last night with a clear, Moonless night, but lots of water vapour.

Grabbed 20 x 5-minute subs with the Hyperstar III on a C11 with the Trius 814C OSC CCD. Also added a similar amount of original Hyperstar data to this plus some star spikes.

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Supernova SN 2020 fqv in the Siamese Twins

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Greg Parker
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Getting a bit faint now, supernova SN 2020 fqv in the Siamese Twins (a galaxy pair in Virgo), imaged last night using the HyperstarIII on the C11 using the Trius 814C OSC CCD and 19 x 300-second subs. At least I got it before it disappeared.

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EPOD – Earth Science Picture of the Day

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Greg Parker

Got today’s EPOD with “Superluminous Quasar” a very bright quasar in the constellation Lynx. Thank you Jim Foster at EPOD for continuing to publish my work.

 

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Last night’s outing with the Hyperstar III and C11

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Greg Parker
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Last night’s effort. 20 x 10-minute subs using the Hyperstar III on a C11 with a Trius 814C and Lodestar guider. Galaxy M101. Bit disappointed as I thought it might turn out a lot deeper than this. Now realising my skies have deteriorated a LOT since I first started imaging in Autumn 2004.

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The Double Cluster in perspective

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Greg Parker
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I have put together a number of 200mm lens + Trius M26C OSC CCD images of the Double Cluster region to create this 2-frame mosaic/composite image of the region. Total number of imaging hours approximately 12.

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The Perseus Double Cluster – YET AGAIN!!

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Greg Parker
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Still yet another clear, Moonless night, on 24th March 2020 (and it could be yet another one tonight!!) and the target this time (as it has been dozens of times before) was the Double Cluster – I guess I just can’t help returning to this one. 20 subs at 10-minutes per sub using the Canon 200mm lenses and the Trius M26C OSC CCDs. Glorious evening. If tonight is clear once again, I think I might try the Leo trio with both the 200mm lenses AND the Hyperstar.

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NGC 7822

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Greg Parker
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Got out again on 23rd March 2020 with yet another clear, Moonless night. Target this time was NGC 7822 (the question mark nebula), turned out to be much bigger than I was expecting. Canon 200mm lenses and the Trius M26C OSC CCDs got this one with 11 x 15-minute subs.

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M101 in perspective

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Greg Parker
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Got out on 16th March 2020 with a clear Moonless sky to grab M101 with the 200mm lenses and the Trius M26C OSC CCDs. Managed to get 7 x 15-minute subs giving the above result. Not too bad considering how long it’s been since I’ve been able to get out and fire up the kit.

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That was a bit unexpected!

Posted on January 18, 2020 by Greg Parker

Clear AND Moonless last night, so I managed to get out and image the Pi Geminorum region for an American lady who wanted a piccie of that area. Very surprised to find the equipment still worked after all that time off.

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