As it is the first of the month today – it is a good day to resurrect the Deep-Sky Image of the Month 🙂
Just taken recently, I have chosen the Sky 90/M26C 4-framer of Kemble’s Cascade taken just a few days ago. As I mentioned in the original post – I have wanted this FOV for something like 8-years, but it is only with the Mega-WASP array that it has now become possible to do a 4-framer in a single evening. Expect a lot more of these large field views in the coming months 🙂
Managed to get 50-minutes of imaging done on this region before a blazing Moon came up using the 3 x Sky 90s, so 150-minutes total using 10-minute subs. Needs a lot more on this region, including I think the frames above and below this one.
Beautiful clear evening last night and I put the Sky 90 array onto the Kemble’s Cascade region. For around 8 years I have wanted to get a 4-framer of this one but didn’t have the time to allocate to it. Now with the array I can do it in a single evening 🙂 So here I present a Kemble’s Cascade 4-frame mosaic taken using the Sky 90 array in just over 3 hours actual imaging time.
Further to my earlier post below, I have upgraded the spec as I will be using a different capacitor for these custom units.
The spec now reads:
The units are powered by a 12 Volt battery pack which is supplied with a charger and the flash unit. Estimated cost of flash unit, battery pack and charger is £2,000 plus VAT at 20% plus p&p.
Let me know if you have any interest in this type of equipment.
This was a test shot having removed camera 2 for re-flattening on the laser pen rig. Short gap in the clouds gave me half an hour’s imaging time on the M57 region in Lyra. But only half an hour means a respectable hour and a half with 3 x Sky 90s 🙂 So the image below is 9 x 10-minute subs taken using the 3 x Sky 90s and 3 x M26C OSC CCDs. This test shot led me to realise something else. As I can get a reasonable frame in just 30-minutes, I can put a Sky 90 4-framer together in just over 2-hours. So a project that would have been a multi-night effort can now be done in a single evening – now can’t wait to get the first Mega-WASP 4-framer 🙂
You will see from the new Title on the Main Page that the New Forest Observatory is now a Registered Trademark 🙂
I just found a folder full of Carbon stars that I had not loaded up to Flickr or the NFO site. Liked this one the best, and decided to make it the Image of the Month for September 2015 🙂
A beautiful pair of Carbon stars in the constellation Sagitta.
Only 9 x 10-minute subs from the Sky 90s and M26Cs went into this one – but as that is clearly enough – it has got me re-thinking how best to use the Mega-WASP array for my work.
Used the 3 x Sky 90s and M26Cs on the Mega-WASP array to image the Epsilon Cassiopeiae region together with Greg’s Lambda. Clear Moonless evening 🙂
A beautiful clear, Moonless night last night – and I think it lasted ALL night. However, as I had just a 5-hour return trip to Herstmonceaux to give a talk, I couldn’t manage imaging beyond midnight. Decided on Tarazed and Barnard’s “E” region with the 2 200mm Canon lenses and 2 x M26C OSC CCD cameras. Result of 22 x 10-minute subs is below 🙂
