Crescent Nebula in Hydrogen Alpha – 23/09/2018
This image was a nice side effect of an evening put aside to get plate solving working. Turns out that (for once), getting the plate solving sorted was so quick and easy that I...
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Finally, Things have Fallen Into Place…
Well… it’s taken it’s sweet time, but I think I’m finally there. Where, I hear you ask? Where is there? There, just so happens to be a point at which my imaging has finally...
Lunar Capture Shenanigans – 23/02/2018
A reasonably clear night (with some intermittent cloud, but nicely transparent in between), prompted me to get the 8″ LX90ACF out, and slap the ZWO ASI120MC in the back and capture some photons reflected...
The Horsehead and Flame Nebulae Revisited – 17/02/2018
After a long hiatus, I finally managed to get back out under the stars to capture some faint fuzzies again. Being the time of year where Orion is sitting high up in the South...
The Isle of Wight – A Few Images From the DDA Star Party 2014
Here are a few more images I took during the Disciples of the Dark Arts Isle of Wight star party 2014. Unfortunately, despite the darkest skies I’ve ever imaged under in the UK, the...
Jupiter – Colour and Mono comparison
A quick post to illustrate the differences between processing data from the same night from a Toucam Pro and a QHY5v Mono taken through my f/6 Newtonian with a 2x Barlow. The left pic...
Jupiter in Glorious Mono with the QHY5v – 13/02/2014
As well as the moon, I targeted Jupiter last night. Jupiter is currently in a very favourable position – nice and high in the sky, and closer to Earth than its been for a...
Planning an Imaging session with SkySafari
During last night’s imaging session, I got to try out a feature that I’ve wondered about since I started using SkySafari. One thing i always had trouble with previously was visualising exactly what I...
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