Sun in Hydrogen Alpha April 2022
Sun in Hydrogen Alpha. Scope: Lunt LS60PTHa/B1200CPTCamera: ZWO ASI174MM, FireCaptureMount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6Processing: AutoStakkert! 3, PixInsight 1.8Date: 24th April 2022
Full Disk September 2021
Full disk in Hydrogen Alpha. Scope: Lunt LS60PTHa/B1200CPTCamera: ZWO ASI174MM, FireCaptureMount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6Capture: 1,417 frames using best 25%Processing: AutoStakkert! 3, PixInsight 1.8Date: 5th September 2021 14:18UTC
Full Disk October 2021
Full disk in Hydrogen Alpha. Scope: Lunt LS60PTHa/B1200CPTCamera: ZWO ASI174MM, FireCaptureMount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6Capture: 1,331 using best 70%Processing: AutoStakkert! 3, PixInsight 1.8Date: 3rd October 2021 13:32UTC
CED 214 / NGC 7822 In Cepheus
CED 214 / NGC 7822 is an emission nebula and star forming region approximately 2,600 light-years away. Acquisition: William Optics GT81, WO Flat 6AIII 0.8x reducer, ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool, Atik EFW2, Astronomik Ha, OIII, SII 1.25″Mount/Guiding: Orion ST80, QHY 5, PHD2, Sky-Watcher NEQ6, EQMod, Sequence Generator ProProcessing: PixInsight 1.8Dates: 30th – 31st March 2021, 10th December 2021, 5th January …
Meteors April 2021
Meteors captured during April 2021. Acquisition: Raspberry Pi 4, Pi HQ Camera, Fisheye LensProcessing: Allsky Camera (https://github.com/thomasjacquin/allsky)Exposure: 60 seconds
Nova V1405 Cas
Acquisition: William Optics GT81, WO Flat 6AIII 0.8x reducer, ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool, Atik EFW2, Astronomik R, G, B 1.25″Mount/Guiding: Orion ST80, QHY 5, PHD2, Sky-Watcher NEQ6, EQMod, Sequence Generator ProProcessing: PixInsight 1.8Dates: March 30th 2021Lights: R 5 x 60s, G 5 x 60s, B 5 x 60s, Unity Gain, -15CDarks: 300Flats: 30 per filter
Fresh New Look for the Web Site
I’ve spent the past month updating the site with a new look and feel. All in, it’s taken a couple of hundred hours of effort to complete but I hope you like it. The highlights are: Less minimalist design with a layout more suited to larger / high resolution displays. The site should still be …
Radio Meteor Scatter – Improved Spectrum Lab Conditional Actions V8
Following on from my original post about radio meteor detection, I have produced a new set of conditional actions with additional features and improvements: Works with current versions of Spectrum Lab (tested with 2.96 b2). Bandpass filtering now works properly. Second spectrogram display now configured. Conditional actions can automatically upload image captures and log files …
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Meteors Feb-March 2021
Meteors captured during late February and early March 2021. Acquisition: Raspberry Pi 4, Pi HQ Camera, Fisheye LensProcessing: Allsky Camera (https://github.com/thomasjacquin/allsky)Exposure: 60 seconds
The Iris Nebula In Cepheus
The Iris Nebula ( NGC 7023) is a reflection nebula where dust in our galaxy is being illuminated by a hot blue star at the centre of the image. It is approximately 1,300 light-years away and six light-years across. Acquisition: William Optics GT81, WO Flat 6AIII 0.8x reducer, ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool, Atik EFW2, Astronomik L, R, G, …