Triangulum Galaxy
Given I had my new UV/IR Cut filter in the scope and another moonless night in what was becoming an week of clear skies, I decided to...
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Jan 27, 20234 min read
Cackling Crone a.k.a. The Witch Head Nebula
Another one of the 4 nights clear run we had during the 3rd week of January 2023. I had the Witches Head Nebula on my bucket list for a...
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Jan 25, 20234 min read
Highly Dynamic Orion Nebula
I'm just catching up with the blog after a 4 clear night run where I was out every night. Actually my earlier posts of the Monkey Head...
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Jan 18, 20233 min read
Monkeying Around
Imaging the Money Head nebula from a back garden in the UK
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Jan 18, 20234 min read
Psychedelic Horsehead
The weather in my part of the UK, in fact I think this was the case across the whole country, finally cleared, 2 weeks of almost constant...
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Jan 6, 20235 min read
California Nebula with New Camera
NGC1499 California Nebula imaged from a back garden in the UK .
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Jan 4, 20235 min read
A Rather Flat Review
OR Why visual review of Flats is Important! As part of the calibration of your light frames I hope everyone appreciates that Flats are...
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Dec 20, 20222 min read
Elephant Trunk
Elephant Trunk nebular imaged early December from the UK
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Dec 19, 20224 min read
Merry Christmas with a Nebulous Tree
As December progresses the fabulous constellation of Orion and Monoceros become more accessible to my location in the UK. My southerly...
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Dec 19, 20222 min read
New Camera Install and Back Focus Fiddling
My new ZWO ASI 533 MC Pro camera arrived at the beginning of December. As I've previous mentioned its my first real astro camera and...
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Nov 26, 20223 min read
Second Session on Flame Grilled Tadpoles
Adding more data to previous sessions is something that becomes a regular occurrence, why start from scratch for each target? The key is...
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Nov 26, 202210 min read
Camera Decisions
A walkthrough of my selection of the dedicated Astro camera to replace my Canon DSLR.
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Nov 17, 20224 min read
Nebulosity around Sadr
Sadr and nebula image taken from my back-garden in the UK
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Nov 6, 20224 min read
Flame Grilled Tadpoles
A little early in the season at my latitude but could not resist this classic combination of the Flaming Star Nebula and the Tadpoles Nebula
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Nov 1, 20222 min read
Orion Nebula Revisited and Compared
Such was the success of my previous post where I reprocessed the California Nebula I decided to try a reprocess my Orion Nebula data. In...
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Nov 1, 20223 min read
California Revisited and Compared
The week started here with a grim weather forecast, rain, cloud and winds taking us from October to November. Not exactly a surprise...
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Oct 27, 20223 min read
Replicating an Image Capture
I had an interesting problem to solve before I could capturing the Bubble and Lobster. Problem Statement How do I setup a nights session...
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Oct 25, 20222 min read
Bubble and Lobster
The Bubble nebula (NGC 7635) and the Lobster Claw nebula, is based on a nights worth of data taken at the end of Sept 2022 and the...
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Oct 17, 20221 min read
Quick Look Under the Veil
A short imaging session on the Supernova Remanent in Cygnus
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