Monthly Archives: September 2012

Season of Mist and Mellow Fruitfulness

It seems that after a no-show Summer, Autumn is forcing its way onto the scene already. This was the scene from one of my windows a couple of days ago, first thing in the morning (look at the lengths of … Continue reading

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Solar Imaging with the 127 Mak

Someone was asking about the set-up of a solar imaging system, so I took these photos of mine “in action”. There’s really nothing special here other than the motor focuser that I cobbled onto the back of the Mak. The … Continue reading

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Stacking Canon RAW CR2 Files For Solar and Lunar Imaging

I use Deep Sky Stacker for stacking images from my 450D for wide field shots of the night sky, but I’ve struggled getting anything to work for solar and lunar images. Some people I’ve discussed it with have found no … Continue reading

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Solar PV Generation Update, September 2012

We have reached the end of the first year with out solar PV installation and quite an odd one it has been, too. We had one of the mildest winters and generated far more in the first six months than … Continue reading

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10″ Dob First Light

Unbelievably it’s actually six weeks since I managed this, but I got around to writing it up in the end… Very unexpectedly, having finished my dob build the day before, around midnight there was a break in the cloud and … Continue reading

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Filtering Light Pollution for Wide Field Star Images

I’ve been taking some wide field images of the night sky with my Canon 450D recently and whilst we have very little light pollution here compared with most places in the UK, even a small amount bleeds into longer exposure … Continue reading

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