Finally, some clear skies again and no moonlight pollution. Pleased with this re-visit to M13 – a globular cluster of[…]
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Narrowband imaging
Since the start of the year I’ve spent endless hours trying to get the hang of my specialist astrophotography camera[…]
Read moreStargazing with binoculars.
After endless cloudy nights, including disappointingly for the flyby of asteroid DA-14, the clouds parted at midnight last night. Too[…]
Read moreThe Great Orion Nebula – 5th Dec 2012
Thought I would have a go at imaging this again, almost a year on from last time. There was snow[…]
Read moreM33 Triangulum Galaxy
The long cold nights are here again, and winter (!) is being signalled by Orion the hunter rising in the[…]
Read moreThe Big Switch Off
I thought this was interesting – I was sifting through a sequence of photos taken, all much the same, and[…]
Read moreLeo the lion – 16th April 2012
From the star charts and books I knew Leo provided at least one opportunity to see two, may be galaxies[…]
Read moreIris Nebula in Cepheus – 11th April
Well it’s been a miserable few weeks weatherwise, so time to write up some observations I’ve not got around to[…]
Read moreGlobular clusters in the Milky Way
Every so often something in the telescope makes me say “wow” out loud. In this case I’d spent quite a[…]
Read moreObservation log, 28th March 2012
Crescent moon, waxing to first quarter, dipping into the west. Clear and cool. M34 Open Cluster, Perseus Very elusive, although[…]
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