Cruise over the Moon
I’ve been testing a new planetary camera: the QHY5L-II. Two nights ago, I partnered it with my recently acquired 130mm APO to produce this mosaic… Read More »Cruise over the Moon
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A Close Encounter of the Rocky Kind!
There was a lot of media coverage of this event, much increased by the incredible Russian Meteorite fall. The Near-Earth Asteroid NEO 2012 DA14 made… Read More »A Close Encounter of the Rocky Kind!
First Light Horse-Head
I recently bought a new 130mm f/7 APO Refractor and have already posted one or two images from this new bit of kit. However, one… Read More »First Light Horse-Head
Cosmic Tadpoles
A Happy New Year to all! This is my first astro image of 2013, taken on New Years Day evening. It shows a nice emission… Read More »Cosmic Tadpoles
A Heart (but no Soul)
As the weather here in the UK is still terrible, I’m still messing about with older data. Here is a re-processed image of IC 1805… Read More »A Heart (but no Soul)
A Christmas Rose
Happy Winter Solstice to everyone! Here’s a Winter Rose. It’s the Rosette Nebula (Caldwell 49) taken in H-alpha. Also, click the thumbnail below to see… Read More »A Christmas Rose
A Busy Winter Night!
It’s been clear and frosty for a few nights here on the South Coast of England, and when it’s dark by 16:30 it’s a long night!… Read More »A Busy Winter Night!
The Pleiades – My last word!
In my last post, I presented a re-processed version of an image of M45 – The Pleiades that I took last year with a one-shot colour… Read More »The Pleiades – My last word!
An Old Favourite Reprocessed – The Pleiades
From time to time it becomes apparent that your image processing skills have improved to the point where you become convinced that it would be… Read More »An Old Favourite Reprocessed – The Pleiades
The Gamma Cas Nebula
What to do before taking images of Jupiter at about 10pm? It gets dark here at about 5pm so there’s plenty of time! I currently… Read More »The Gamma Cas Nebula