I managed to grab a few 5-minute subs of this comet as it passed close to Epsilon Cassiopeiae on the evening of 22/08/2014 and the morning of 23/08/2014.

Sky90/M26C on the mini-WASP array, 21 x 5-minute subs – processed and stacked using SUM.

The comet was rapidly approaching Caldwell 8 when these sub-exposures were taken.

Last night was a very rare night.  Clear, Moonless, and the Milky Way like I’ve never seen it before from the New Forest Observatory – magic 🙂

I used the 200mm Canon lens with the M26C OSC CCD on the mini-WASP array to capture Kemble’s Cascade.

31 subs at 5-minutes per sub with a 52mm IDAS filter on the front of the 72mm lens (so the diffraction spikes are artificial).

We’ve recently had  a few clear Moonless nights, rare events, great for imaging.

I piggy-backed a Canon 5D MkII DSLR and a Canon 200mm lens on the C11 and chose as my target the constellation Delphinus.  Reason – the imaging combo has a field of view of 10 x 7 degrees which will cover this small constellation.

29 sub exposures at 4-minutes per sub, ISO400 and f#4 were the parameters – below is the result 🙂

I managed to get some imaging done a few nights ago.  Clear sky and no Moon 🙂  Used the south dome with the Canon 5D MkII and the Canon 200mm prime lens piggy-backed on the C11.  Captured the main stars of Aquila, Altair the bright one in the middle, Tarazed above it with the associated dark nebula Barnard’s “E”, and below Altair we have Alshain.  And all this with a stunning Milky Way background.

This is a Hyperstar III image of the recent supernova in galaxy M82.

15 subs at 4-minutes per sub taken on January 25th 2014 during a short break between all the clouds and rain.

Using the Canon 200mm prime lens at f#4.5 and the M25C 6-Megapixel one shot colour CCD.  Only 6 x 15-minute subs for this one, clearly I need to get a LOT more data on this when it comes round again next year.  I have now moved the 200mm lens onto the top plate of the mini-WASP array and have fitted one of the 10-Megapixel M26C cameras to the back.  Just need to get the chip flattened to the lens and then I’ll be ready for the winter goodies – weather permitting.

Not had the opportunity to image this one yet (non-stop rain) but here is an asterism the bears a strong resemblance to the Greek letter Lambda.

Will grab this one with the mini-WASP array at the first opportunity – until then it’ll be this DSS2 data 🙂