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Time for a new white light solar filter

I’ve had a white light solar filter made from Baader ND5.0 film (two, in fact) for several years and one of them was starting to look rather tatty so I decided it was time to make another.  Baader’s instructions suggest … Continue reading

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First Light for Linux imaging application

It’s been a stupendous time coming thanks to the grim weather we’ve had over the last three months, but then if the weather hadn’t been grim I might not have got so far 😀 However, two nights ago I went … Continue reading

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A 127 Mak Galaxy

I’d tried and failed before, but I had to have another pop at M33. I wasn’t expecting too much as this is the sort of target for which the Mak is very poorly suited. This is 80 minutes of RGB … Continue reading

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A first visit to M71

I wasn’t sure I had this cluster in the field of view initially. It’s quite diffuse compared with the Messier clusters I’ve spent the summer imaging and against a fairly dense star field it wasn’t entirely obvious. It looks lovely … Continue reading

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A stunning globular cluster

I’ve not even got close to doing this justice, and it didn’t help that I lost my guide star after 30 subs or so thanks to the sky becoming hazy. I am going to have to come back and have … Continue reading

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Back into the ring

I had to revisit this before it disappeared from view for the winter. Sadly dew had other ideas (time to make some dew heaters…), but not before I’d managed almost two hours worth of subs. Only 90 seconds this time. … Continue reading

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Final M27 of the season

After starting to get to grips with guided imaging I had to give this planetary nebula one more crack before I move on to pastures new. So this is two and a half hours of RGB in two minute subs. … Continue reading

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Guiding for Boys

And girls, and indeed astroimagers of any other persuasion. I’ve finally assembled all the bits I need to start guided imaging. Whilst I have an ST80 that I plan to use eventually, for the moment I have a Skywatcher 50mm … Continue reading

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Another M27 attempt

Still unguided, this is seventy minutes worth of RGB exposures of 45 seconds each. I’m not displeased with it, but the outer reaches of the nebulae definitely show that much longer exposures are required.

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Dumbbell? Apple core?

Neither really does it for me, but this is an amazing object. Another planetary nebula, and one with so much to see. It looks small, but in fact it’s huge, dwarfing our entire solar system to the point where I … Continue reading

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