While I was doing my weekly shopping, my wife sent me two photos via Whatsapp of a tortoise which my daughter had found crossing the road near where we live. We are unaware of whose pet it is, but have brought it indoors to prevent it becoming the victim of a passing vehicle. Continue reading Escaping tortoise
Monthly Archives: June 2016
ZWO ASI1600MM-cool + Samyang 135mm F2.0 – daytime test
As the skies are cloudy and my new telescope mount is still not fixed onto the telescope pier – because I still need to work on the adapter for it, I thought I would try the ZWO ASI1600MM-cool with the Samyang 135mm F2.0 in daylight to answer a few further questions I had. Continue reading ZWO ASI1600MM-cool + Samyang 135mm F2.0 – daytime test
Village Park – new play facilities
Throughout the UK, there are developments in place to improve the facilities to benefit the local community. One such development was the play facilities in our village park. Yesterday was the first time that the new play area was officially unveiled and the barriers removed for the children and family to access it. Continue reading Village Park – new play facilities
Cone nebula – reprocessed with Pixinsight
Recently with my Celestron CGEM removed from the telescope pier to allow for the fitting of the adapter plate for my new telescope mount (post to come soon), the wet weather that we have been experiencing, and work commitments, I have not had a chance to do any Deep Sky imaging. Hence it is great that I have plenty of data to work with and get even more experienced with using Pixinsight. This time round, I worked on the data I had for the Cone nebula. Continue reading Cone nebula – reprocessed with Pixinsight
Soul nebula – reprocessed with Pixinsight
Having spent a fair bit of time perfecting my workflow for narrowband images using Pixinsight, I think I’ve pretty much found the sequence that work for my system. Hence I have reprocessed the many narrowband subs of the Soul nebula, to produce the images below. Continue reading Soul nebula – reprocessed with Pixinsight