Ford Fiesta Titanium 1.6.
It's nice and sporty... for us old duffers!
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
OT: New car time.
Bought a new car today. My old BMW needed too much work after a recent oil leak.
Ford Fiesta Titanium 1.6.
It's nice and sporty... for us old duffers!
Ford Fiesta Titanium 1.6.
It's nice and sporty... for us old duffers!
Monday, October 11, 2010
Imaging Comet Hartley 2 last night.
Takahashi piggy backed onto C9.25.
Shot with my HTC Desire phone.
Shot with my HTC Desire phone.
103P/Hartley 2 10th Oct 2010 re-processed.
Finally got the processing sorted with help from the guys on Yahoo DSS group.
Looks like a comet tail is appearing.
Looks like a comet tail is appearing.
103P/Hartley 2 10th Oct 2010
My stacking program is not working correctly at the moment, I was hoping to get a better image with trailing stars. Bear with me.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Thursday, October 07, 2010
Quick! it's clear...
well, it was last night.
Managed to bag a few deepsky objects using my Takahashi. Here is the first M45; 51Min worth of 30sec subs, darks,flats & bias applied. Processed in DSS and CS5:-
And here is the Perseus double open cluster NGC 884 & NGC 869.
Also NGC752, to the right are a high number of galaxies, but they wouldn't be seen in this almost test frame of only 17 x 30sec frames. Bah!
Managed to bag a few deepsky objects using my Takahashi. Here is the first M45; 51Min worth of 30sec subs, darks,flats & bias applied. Processed in DSS and CS5:-
And here is the Perseus double open cluster NGC 884 & NGC 869.
Also NGC752, to the right are a high number of galaxies, but they wouldn't be seen in this almost test frame of only 17 x 30sec frames. Bah!
Monday, October 04, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Sunday, September 05, 2010
I need to get out more!
I also need to get to some darker skies. Here in Wiltshire we have some very good dark sky locations.
I hope to get out a bit more now that I have a new powertank from Maplin.
My old Celestron powertank is knackered, It never charged very well using the supplied PSU that came with it and I haven't used it for over 3 years, hence the battery is completely flat. A naughty No No! when it comes to lead acid batteries.
I sourced trying to get the battery replaced but it would have cost about £30... the Maplin unit is only £34, so it's "a no brainer".
Handy for me Doh!
We're on holiday soon in darkest South Wales in a place called Amroth. I'll be taking my old AS-GT mount and Takahashi to have a go there. Only problem is there'll be a full Moon about, but it'll be interesting to see what I can get.
I must go to a star party one of these days, if I can just get over my anti-social tendencies.
The Iris Nebula NGC 7023 August 2010
Here's three lots taken at 800ISO, 2hours 58Min, 178 Frames of 1min. Processed in DSS and PS. Takahashi SKY-90, Canon 50D.
I was hoping for a bit more dust, but as usual I need more subs!
I was hoping for a bit more dust, but as usual I need more subs!
Friday, September 03, 2010
Milky way 4th Sept 2010
Taken with 18mm lens pointing almost straight up, 60x 1min exposures on CGE mount.
Thursday, September 02, 2010
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Jupiter & Io transit 2nd Sept 2010
The white dot just down from the centre is IO with its shadow to the right.
Not very good seeing tonight, hence the 2.5x Powermate.
Below are 3x Barlow versions.
Not very good seeing tonight, hence the 2.5x Powermate.
Below are 3x Barlow versions.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Jupiter IRRGB - 28th August 2010
Fair seeing last night, could have done with getting out of bed a bit earlier.
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