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It's been a LONG time....

24/4/2020

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I've had a severe loss of interest over the last 6 months or so..... but I hope to get back into it...... I've been busy over the last week or so....
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A new FT focuser put on the TMB........
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A new Boss II autofocuser put on the rig.........
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And a new image published....... Data from 2019, but I think I'll be back soon with new data and new images......

Watch this space and stay tuned ......

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NGC6820

20/10/2018

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Check out NGC6820 - Taken with the dual Takahashi rig, this has a total of 56 hours and 30 minutes of integration time. I have deliberately left the green in the image as without it there was a real lack of depth.

You can see the full image and information here
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M78 mosaic

3/7/2018

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This is a 2 pane mosaic of M78, some of Barnards loop and LDN1622. There's masses of data here, mixed from the TMB and the dual Taks as well as 2017 and 2018 data.
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Webb Deep Sky society talk

31/5/2018

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Travelling to the UK tomorrow to give a talk to the Webb Deep Sky Society ........... Looking forward to it immensely. 
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So the metal begins .....

9/5/2018

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The roof rails have been fitted and the observatory door. The rest of the roof is pencilled in for Tuesday.
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Day 6......

27/4/2018

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This is looking the business now...... I am really pleased with how it's looking. Now I am awaiting a quote for the roof and also the door for the observatory.
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End of Day 4

24/4/2018

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Really making progress now ... The metal man came this morning to measure up and look at what I wanted for the roof.
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End of Day 1

20/4/2018

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What has been done at the end of Day 1?
  • The obs has been knocked down apart from leaving the front wall in place
  • The roof of the under-building has been taken down giving a level floor for the observatory
  • The floor of the obs has been concreted
  • The storage areas have been knocked down and will be rebuilt on the same floor plan

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Observatory extension.... ready to begin

18/4/2018

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Follow the observatory extension on my blog and on the website page 

Today has been the day to empty it all out ready for work to progress , It looks very bare! But when it;s done the dual rig will have a new home in the extended build.
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M78, LDN1622 and Barnards loop

10/3/2018

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I am desperate to get 4.5 hours more and complete this data set..... I've wanted to do this for a few years, Once pane of the mosaic is from last year and the other from this year ..... 

This is the luminance so far ....... Just the remaining blue to get
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  • Recent images
  • Images Gallery
    • Interesting images
  • About me
    • Star People article
  • My Blog
  • Latest Dual rig adventure
  • Astro Pixel Processor tutorials
  • Asteroids and me.....
    • How to find asteroids
    • How to create an asteroid time lapse
  • My observatory
    • The observatory rebuild
    • Equipment
    • Light pollution and astro darkness
  • My guide to image capture
    • Real world comparison - Kodak / Sony chip
    • Dual imaging set up
    • Creating an inset in Photoshop
    • Artistic one channel processing
    • Rubbish in, Rubbish out - you decide
    • Image process tutorials
    • Start / finish - Processing is THE key
    • Building a mosaic >
      • SGPro - Creating a mosaic in software
    • The difference in RGB and Ha light
    • The benefits of extra subs in graphics
    • Narrowband information
    • To bin or not to bin...
  • Equipment reviews
    • PrimaLuceLab Eagle S
    • All things ODK 10
    • PrimaLuceLab PLUS mounting system
    • Avalon linear guide settings
    • Starting out with the Avalon StarGO - Fitting and connecting to a PC
    • Avalon StarGO - Setting a custom park
    • Mallincam All Sky
    • Aviosys IP Power 9258 4 port
    • Avalon M-Tre mount
  • My published images
  • Links
    • Other Astrophotographers
  • Useful books
  • Write in my Guestbook
    • Contact me