Monday 20th November, 2017

Observing Report 17th-18th November 2017 (Leonid meteors session 2)

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Over 650 pics... plenty of clouds and more than a few planes, but only two Leonid meteors.
I'll post separate pics of them later, but for now here's a time-lapse of 45-second frames compiled to play at 2fps.
Leonid meteors at UTC 03:05:12 and at UTC 05:00:15
It's best viewed in full-screen after it has finished buffering.

Canon 1000D, 10-18mm zoom @ 10mm, F5.6, ISO 800, captured with APT v 3.33 (http://www.ideiki.com/astro/)
Post-processing with PS CS3, Irfanview, K3CCDTools3 and VDub.

 

Sunday 19th November, 2017

Observing Report 16th-17th November 2017 (Leonid meteors session 1)

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Over 650 pics... more than a few planes, but few meteors.
I'll post separate pics of them later, but for now here's a time-lapse of 60-second frames compiled to play at 2fps.
One Leonid at 02:33:24 and one sporadic at 06:26:04
It's best viewed in full-screen after it has finished buffering.

Canon 1000D, 10-18mm zoom @ 10mm, F5.6, ISO 800, captured with APT v 3.33 (http://www.ideiki.com/astro/)
Post-processing with PS CS3, Irfanview, K3CCDTools3 and VDub.

 

Monday 6th November, 2017

Where once there was a big tree…

Posted by at 4:19 pm in In the garden.
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... there are now small forests:

 

 

Saturday 4th November, 2017

confused@november.uk

Posted by at 2:19 pm in In the garden.
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Some of this autumn's new strawberry plants, grown from this summer's runners, have decided that it's already springtime:

 

 

Thursday 2nd November, 2017

Astro Imaging – Works in Progress from October 2017 Observing Sessions

Posted by at 1:47 am in Astrostuff, Pics.

I've managed to get out for a few observing/imaging sessions recently. So far I've only stacked four sets of sub-frames in DeepSkyStacker, I've yet to throw any Photoshop Actions at them.

Here's what I'll be fiddling with when there's nobody looking:

 

The Horsehead and Flame Nebulae in Orion.

 

The Double Cluster in Perseus.

 

IC1848 Soul Nebula in Cassiopeia.

 

M45 Pleiades in Taurus.

 

I'll post the finished articles as and when.

 

Monday 30th October, 2017

A sign of the times

Posted by at 5:21 pm in LMAO!, Lost in translation.
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Looks like I've fallen behind again. There's plenty to post about, but not always plenty of time to post.

I'll start at the stagnant end of the gene-pool and work my way across to cleaner waters.

Here's your starter for ten:

 

 

 

It's heartening to see that someone else tried to apply a suitable spelling correction.