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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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Saturn over five nights

Posted on May 3, 2013 by james

Now the weather looks like it’s about to turn I can collect together the images of Saturn from the last five nights. Sadly it’s a demonstration of ever degrading seeing. Perhaps we need a bit of wind and rain to … Continue reading →

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First Saturn of the Season

Posted on May 1, 2013 by james

After a late start, Saturn being past opposition already, I finally managed to capture my first images of the season two nights ago. Mostly I’m still using the same kit that I’ve always used for planetary imaging — a 127 … Continue reading →

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Lifecam Saturn Montage

Posted on May 16, 2012 by james

I spent some time last weekend capturing images of Saturn with my modded Lifecam using different SharpCap settings. This is a very different camera to use compared with the SPC900. There’s no direct control of gain, and the pixel size … Continue reading →

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Observation Report 7/3/2011

Posted on March 9, 2011 by james

It’s the 7th March. I received my first telescope — the ST80, for Christmas 2010. And tonight is the first really pin-sharp night sky we’ve had. I still haven’t sorted out the mount for the 127 Mak, so the ST102 … Continue reading →

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Observation report 15/2/2011

Posted on February 16, 2011 by james

After almost a full day of pouring rain, the skies cleared in the late evening and the seeing was excellent. The moon was bright enough to cast crisp shadows and to illuminate the smoke from one of our chimneys as … Continue reading →

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Observation Report 13/2/2011

Posted on February 14, 2011 by james

Around 11pm the sky eventually cleared after a day of heavy cloud and rain to show a sky mostly washed out by the moon. This was my first chance to try out my new (to me) Startravel 102 though, so … Continue reading →

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My First Astro Image

Posted on February 10, 2011 by james

I didn’t really know what I was doing when I took this — just put a webcam in the end of the diagonal and did my best with to get an image as it travelled across the camera. I know … Continue reading →

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