Monday, April 25, 2011

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Sunspot 1195 - 230411

Sunspot 1195 - 230411 by Mick Hyde
Sunspot 1195 - 230411, a photo by Mick Hyde on Flickr.

Sun 230411

Sun 230411 by Mick Hyde
Sun 230411, a photo by Mick Hyde on Flickr.

Friday, April 22, 2011

ISS pass 220411

ISS pass 220411 by Mick Hyde
ISS pass 220411, a photo by Mick Hyde on Flickr.

Four 15second exposures, blended together in Photoshop.

The Good Friday Sun 220411

The Good Friday Sun 220411 by Mick Hyde
The Good Friday Sun 220411, a photo by Mick Hyde on Flickr.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

The Sun 190411 - 0858UT

The Sun 190411 - 0858UT by Mick Hyde
The Sun 190411 - 0858UT, a photo by Mick Hyde on Flickr.

Monday, April 18, 2011

Full Moon 190411

Full Moon 190411 by Mick Hyde
Full Moon 190411, a photo by Mick Hyde on Flickr.

New PC time.

I've upgraded my PC to a 'Barebones' system from Novatech. It has an Intel Core i7 2600K processor (eight cores @ 3.40GHz each), ASUS P8P67 Motherboard, 8G of RAM and 128Gb SSD drive by Crucial (Solid State Drive, no moving parts). The OS is now Windows 7 64bit. So it can take full advantage of all the memory. I also have a 1Tb HDD for data. (along with countless others with data that get plugged in as and when).
This machine is incredibly fast. The processor is on of the highest speed processors on the market along with the SSD drive.
In theory the processor can be over-clocked to 5Ghz/core.



Wednesday, April 13, 2011

M13 widefield view.

M13 by Mick Hyde
M13, a photo by Mick Hyde on Flickr.

1hour 13mins of subs @ISO800

The Leo Triplett

The Leo Triplett by Mick Hyde
The Leo Triplett, a photo by Mick Hyde on Flickr.

4hours of subs, darks & bias applied, ISO800. Processed in DSS & PS.

NGC4565 080411

NGC4565 080411 by Mick Hyde
NGC4565 080411, a photo by Mick Hyde on Flickr.

Needle galaxy, 58 x 1min subs. It's a start.

Blue sky Moon 120411

Blue sky Moon 120411 by Mick Hyde
Blue sky Moon 120411, a photo by Mick Hyde on Flickr.

Shot about 16:30 in the afternoon against a pure blue background (apart from the clouds that I had to dodge).

Copernicus, Stadius & Eratosthenes 120411

6 image mosaic.

From Hadley Rille to Plato 120411

6 image mosaic, average seeing. Apollo 15 landing site to the lower right.

Thursday, April 07, 2011

Monday, April 04, 2011

The Leo Triplett

Just over 1 hour of subs, it needs about 4 hours. It's a start.