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Suburban Skies: June 2009
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Tuesday, 16 June 2009. From my bedroom window looking towards the Thames Valley at around 11.15 this evening. By the time I'd dashed downstairs to get a tripod for my camera, the display of luminous blue streamers had all but dissipated. If these were indeed the noctilucent clouds I've heard rumour of (and they look like it from the photos of others), this is the first time I've seem them for real. Posted by Suburban Skies. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). My Eyes on the Sky. Registax (ver...
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Suburban Skies: M38 & NGC 1907
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Monday, 5 April 2010. M38 and NGC 1907. Click on image to enlarge. Messier 38 (NGC 1912) and NGC 1907. 4,200 light years (NGC 1907, 4.500 light years). SXV-H9, Vixen ED 114mm aperture f5.3 refractor, ATIK manual filter wheel, Astronomix LRGB filters. 20 x 60 seconds luminance (unbinned), 20 X 40 seconds each for red, green and blue channels (2x2 binned), 16 flats/flat darks in luminance only, calibrated and stacked in AIP4Win, tweaked in AstroArt and PSP7. This was my first imaging run for quite a while,...
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Suburban Skies: NLCs over Thames Valley...
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Monday, 13 July 2009. NLCs over Thames Valley. Click on image for larger view. Noctilucent clouds put on a great show last night (July 12th). This was the view from my drive at around 10.30 BST, looking north-west. I grabbed a series of shots through a Sony Cybershot on auto (camera on a tripod this time) and put two frames together in a mosaic to give the above panorama. Posted by Suburban Skies. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My Eyes on the Sky. Vixen 114mm f5.3 ED refractor. Astronomik 1.25' ...
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Suburban Skies: December 2008
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Monday, 29 December 2008. NGC 3628 (top), Messier 65 (NGC 3623, lower right), Messier 66 (NGC 3627, lower left). 25 million light years (NGC 3628), 24 million light years (M65), 21.5 million light years (M66). SXV-H9, Vixen ED114S (f.l. 600mm). 60 x 120 second 2x2 binned subframes, 16 darks, 16 flats/flat darks, calibrated and stacked in AIP4Win. Final processing in AstroArt and PSP7. Click on the image to enlarge. Posted by Suburban Skies. Links to this post. Monday, 22 December 2008. Links to this post.
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Suburban Skies: January 2009
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Thursday, 29 January 2009. Click on image to enlarge. IC 410 and IC 405 (The "Flaming Star" Nebula, Caldwell 31). 1,600 light years. SXV-H9, Zeiss 135mm telephoto lens @ f3.5 (40 mm aperture), ATIK filter wheel with Ha, G&B filters. 40 x 200s 2x2 binned subframes in H alpha, 12 x 200s 2x2 binned in G, 5 in B, 16 darks, 16 flats/flat darks in Ha, calibrated and stacked in AIP4Win. Final processing in AstroArt, Paint Shop Pro7 and NeatImage. Did quite a reasonable job in cleaning it up. From Greg Parker's ...
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Suburban Skies: September 2008
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Thursday, 25 September 2008. SXV-H9, Soligor 200mm telephoto lens. 20 x 180s subframes at full resolution, 16 darks, 16 flats/flat darks, calibrated and stacked in AIP4Win. The stars are rather bloated and I think it may be down to the lens really not being too good in terms of chromatic aberration (see Great Andromeda Nebula. And whilst some of the famed nebulosity is visible, there isn't as much of it as the experts. No nebulosity, but nice stars. Posted by Suburban Skies. Links to this post. At last, ...
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Suburban Skies: October 2008
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Friday, 31 October 2008. Messier 101, NGC 5457. 175 million light years. SXV-H9, Vixen ED114 refractor (f.l. 600mm). 60 x 90s 2x2 binned subframes, 16 darks, 16 flats/flat darks, calibrated and stacked in AIP4Win. My notes record that this wasn't the greatest night for imaging, as a high haze set in whilst I was setting up. Nevertheless, the brighter inner coils of this galaxy (whose full apparent diameter in the sky is nearly that of the full moon) can be seen quite well. Posted by Suburban Skies. 40 x ...
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Suburban Skies: May 2009
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Thursday, 28 May 2009. Click on image to enlarge. Messier 5 (NGC 5904). 24,500 light years. SXV-H9, Vixen ED 114mm aperture f5.3 refractor, ATIK manual filter wheel, Astronomix LRGB filters. 20 x 60 seconds luminance (2x2 binned), 12 X 40 seconds each for red, green and blue channels, 16 flats/flat darks in luminance only, calibrated and stacked in AIP4Win, tweaked in AstroArt and PSP7. With reference to my previous equipment glitch, David "Astroeyes" Moth. This was a single afocal frame using a Casio QV...
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