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Lion Nebula
Not one I was familiar with until I saw a rendition of this on Cosgrove's Cosmos (I recommend not just for the images but for the detail...
Oct 10, 20221 min read
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Two Nights of Soul
2 Nights of imaging of the Soul Nebula in Cassiopia
Oct 7, 20221 min read
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Heart Nebula (IC1805)
It is a standard for us northern hemisphere photographers to grab this beautiful emission nebula in the constellation of Cassiopia, a...
Sep 23, 20222 min read
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Life & Weather
It has been ages since I have posted on here. As with most of us amateur astro photographers with a family and a day job there are times...
May 4, 20221 min read
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Switching to Green Swamp Server
My imaging so far has used the EQMod software with EQ Direct usb cable to my HEQ5 Pro’s Hand controller port. This has worked well,...
Feb 11, 20225 min read
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More Jellyfish!
As per my last post the Jellyfish I think required more than the 9h data I’d collected so far. The opportunity arose last night to grab...
Jan 28, 20222 min read
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Adding Data to Rosette and JellyFish
On the night of Jan 21, 2022 I’d scheduled 2 targets, as with other evening this is not a case of being too greedy but rather a necessity...
Jan 26, 20222 min read
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Orion followed by California Nebula (M42, NGC1499)
You might not believe it but because I do not have a great southern view of the sky I have not turned my current rig on the most famous...
Jan 20, 20222 min read
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Mosiac Improvement – Heart and Soul Nebula
A really famous combination and if I had a scope with a wider field of view then this would have been an excellent and fairly...
Jan 17, 20222 min read
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A First Mosaic Attempt
This is going to be a stretch. So tonight we have another clear sky, 3 in a row in the UK this is getting to be something of a freak...
Jan 12, 20223 min read
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North America and Soul Nebula
I’m writing this halfway through the night of January 11th 2022. Weather forecast looked good for the first half of the night so planned...
Jan 12, 20222 min read
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Andromeda and Pleiades
Tonight there was the opportunity for a full nights imaging again. I have quite a lot of data of Flaming Star and Horsehead gathered...
Jan 6, 20223 min read
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Horsehead in Orion & Rosette Nebula
Two targets imaged with Nina at the helm. Took decision to run Darks first – I think a good idea, the temperature held pretty steady all...
Jan 5, 20223 min read
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Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC1396)
This was the third night in a row with reasonable skies, some cloud cut the shoot short but I wasn’t confident in the weather to leave...
Nov 26, 20213 min read
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Second Imaging Session
Following what is considered to be a very successful First Trial Imaging Session I decided that more time on the same subject would be...
Nov 23, 20212 min read
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