Monthly Archives: October 2013

My last M13 (for a while), honest

Posted on October 15, 2013 by james

I think I’ve about done this to death now. I’ve decided that to get better results than this I firstly need to get very good polar alignment which really means a pier, which probably means an observatory. That should allow … Continue reading →

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Collimation cap for 127 Mak

Posted on October 15, 2013 by james

I was asked about my collimation cap recently, having referred to it a couple of times. It’s really very basic, but I just happened to find that it fitted over the rear thread of the baffle tube on my Mak … Continue reading →

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Frog Rescue

Posted on October 15, 2013 by james

These tiny little chaps appear to be all over the place in our garden. I assume they’ve left one of the nearby ponds and are looking for new homes. We’ve had to rescue quite a few from the patio to … Continue reading →

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M13 Reloaded

Posted on October 15, 2013 by james

It’s taken me a while to get used to all the new software for controlling my HEQ5, the new imaging applications, filter wheel control and so on, but here’s my first attempt at an RGB image of M13 using the … Continue reading →

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Solar prominences

Posted on October 15, 2013 by james

A revisit of one of my earlier images, but enhanced to show the prominences. In some ways they don’t look like much, until you consider that they dwarf our entire planet.

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A final image of Saturn

Posted on October 15, 2013 by james

My last image of Saturn for this apparition. I’ve not done one for some time, but it just happened to be in a convenient place for imaging and I didn’t particularly have any other plans this night, so thought I’d … Continue reading →

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Messier Globulars revisited

Posted on October 15, 2013 by james

Having moved to a new mount I thought I’d have a try with a new camera as well. Ok, so not quite a new camera. I’ve had it for a while because I picked it up at a discount when … Continue reading →

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More experiments in solar Ha

Posted on October 15, 2013 by james

Another couple of tries with the PST, taken in France on holiday. These ones I’ve managed to do as mosaics and add false colour. I’m still not very happy with them. A good deal of practice is going to be … Continue reading →

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Retiring the EQ3-2

Posted on October 15, 2013 by james

Having come to the conclusion that the EQ3-2 just wasn’t up to the demands I was making of it, I’ve finally bitten the bullet and bought a HEQ5 Pro. I’m hopeful this will allow me to make more progress with … Continue reading →

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My first Hydrogen Alpha image

Posted on October 15, 2013 by james

Having spent all this time modding my PST I really needed to do some imaging with it, so here’s my first attempt at a solar Ha image. It’s not brilliant, I’ll grant you, but it’s mine. I’m still experimenting with … Continue reading →

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