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, …
Large Solar Prominence
A long solar prominence showing evolution and disappearance over the course of two and half hours. Scope: Lunt LS60PTHa/B1200CPT Camera: ZWO ASI174MM, FireCapture Mount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Capture: 97 frames, 3000 frames per capture using best 25% Processing: AutoStakkert! 3, PIPP, PixInsight 1.8 Date: 31st Jul 2020, 13:57UTC – 16:36UTC
Heart & Soul Nebulae in HSO
The Heart Nebula (IC 1805, left) and Soul Nebula (right) are emission nebulae in the constellation of Cassiopeia at a distance of c. 7,500 light years. 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 …
Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) 11th & 13th July 2020
Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), 11th to 13th July 2020. Unfortunately the comet was not well placed to be imaged telescopically from my observatory, so I had to make do with my DSLR and small lenses. Acquisition: Canon EOS 500D, Pentax 28mm manual lens at F2.8 Mount/Guiding: Static Tripod Processing: Affinity Photo Date: 02:22UT, Jul. 11, …
The Pleiades (M45)
The Pleiades (M45, The Seven Sisters or Subaru) is a star cluster in the constellation of Taurus. Acquisition: Skywatcher ED80 DS Pro, Skywatcher 0.86x 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 Pro Processing: PixInsight 1.8 Dates: Dec. 26th 2017 Lights: L …