Here is the second marathon processing session by Noel. This time it’s the Belt region of Orion.
Taken over several years this image is a composite of Hyperstar I, Sky 90 and Hyperstar III data.
Panic over. It is not an alien race trying to get our attention (shame) – but an extremely variable, variable star! This little beauty is WY Cas lying just below the open cluster NGC7789 in Cassiopeia, and Noel created the … Continue reading
Noel has just processed a Sky 90/M25C image of an open cluster. We had already imaged the same cluster a couple of years earlier with the Hyperstar 1 and SXV-H9C. One very faint very red star of around magnitude 13 … Continue reading
In the December 2007 issue of Practical Astronomer the Editor (Eddie Guscott) interviews Greg Parker about his imaging from the New Forest Observatory and his collaboration with Noel Carboni via the Internet. This is a 6-page interview and makes the … Continue reading
We didn’t even know about this! Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) have chosen our image of the reflection nebulosity within the emission nebula in Cygnus. Here is what EPOD have to say: The constellation of Cygnus the Swan, … Continue reading
If you are a reader of The Express then you might have seen a half page article on page 23 of Bank Holida Monday’s Express. Ok, so the picture doesn’t do me any favours [thanks for the suggestions about supporting garments Noel!]. … Continue reading
No matter how many publications you have, a new publication is always exciting. The July 2007 issue of Sky at Night magazine is including our widefield M42 image on the cover CD-ROM. This image was taken with the Sky 90/SXVF-M25C combination. … Continue reading
Our picture of M51 appears on page 48 under the article heading “Beginner’s Challenge: The spiral arms of M51. Our image of M13 and M101 also appear on the Messier Challenge Poster – these are all single frame Hyperstar/SXV-H9C images.
Astronomy Now are printing one of our images of M31 in “the night sky” on page 51. It is certainly a dramatic image and one of our favourites. This is just the central core region of M31 taken with the … Continue reading
