We've now got all of the bits, they're fitting together nicely:
Should be finished soon.
Archive for the 'Astrostuff' Category
Corner piece
"The moon is essentially gray, no color; looks like plaster of Paris or sort of a grayish beach sand."
James Lovell, Apollo 8, first transmission from first lunar orbit, 24 December 1968.
More of the jigsaw should follow soon.
Observing Report 17th April 2016 (Unexpected sunspots)
It's hard to believe that it's been over a year since I posted anything astronomy-related.
I'm not yet ready for full nights up in the obsy, but unexpectedly I was allowed out to play during the day.
Here are a couple of sunspot pics and a stitched image from a session a couple of weeks ago. Not my best work, but it was fun trying to remember which wires connect what to what, and which software settings are best for the conditions and the data.
Active Region 2529 (17/04/2016).
DMK mono camera with 2.25x Barlow on C80ED-R, Baader Solar Film filter.
Active Region 2532 (17/04/2016).
DMK mono camera with 2.25x Barlow on C80ED-R, Baader Solar Film filter.
Sun (17/04/2016).
Six stitched images from the DMK mono camera on C80ED-R, Baader Solar Film filter.
Not so Smug now, eh?
It's taken me 127 days to de-SmugMug this blog, but it's been worth it.
Maybe now I can get back to some serious blogging.
Or maybe some not-so-serious blogging.
(Late) Observing Report 13th-14th March 2014 (Another Moon Mosaic)
There's not much to report here, no stargazing was done - poor seeing and too much haze for visual observing of faint and/or fuzzy targets. The Moon was about the only thing worth pointing the scope at. Suffice to say that 26 slightly hazy .avi files were taken, stacked, trimmed and stitched to make this image:
Moon (13/03/2014 @ 22:00 approx). 26 panes stitched with iMerge. Each pane is ~300/~3000 stacked frames. DMK mono CCD camera on the GSRC6M.
Observing Report 14-15th November 2013 (doing a runner)
Like I said, there was a run of clear frosty nights. I managed to blag a pass to spend another one of them in the shed. No visual observing this time, I fancied a shot at imaging an intriguing bunch of nebulae - NGC 1973/5/7. I could have done better with more subs, so I might well grab some more and process the thing again some time, but for now here's the result:
NGC 1973/5/7, 15th November 2013.
Subs: 25 light @ 300s, 50 darks or bias frames, ISO800.
1000D on the 6" R-C, guided with PHD.
This trio of objects isn't called the "Running Man Nebula" without good reason!
