Here ya go Dave some fainter less imaged objects for ya! :-) NGC 247 This galaxy in Sculptor is often over looked for it's much brighter nearby cousin NGC 253....
A reminder of these two occultations, that occur in the next week. Detailed finder charts and other details of these events are available at: October 4/5...
Just a friendly reminder of the asteroidal occultation at 4.03am. Details are at http://asteroidoccultation.com/2006_10/1004_754_11032.htm The star will be at...
Just to quickly report that I got a 2.53sec occultation by 754 Malabar 15 mins ago. This is a bit longer than the maximum predicted value of 2.4s. The time was...
While the weather isn't looking good - a reminder of the asteroidal occultation tomorrow morning - at 3h 40.3m +/- 10 secs. Details can be found at: ...
Tried the occultation by 564 Dudu. Weather - 6/8ths cloud - broken cloud with no rain... Star was clearly visible on the video 10 secs before the appointed ...
I got complete overcast all night until about 40 mins before the event. Then it started to break up, and by event time the eastern half of the sky was clear....
Albert Brakel
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Oct 9, 2006 10:42 am
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Imaged this galaxy NGC 1097 last night with the 6" refractor These links are to small jpegs so click on "original" under each image (not "on" the image) to see...
Thanks Steve It needed flats but the dust motes aren't too obvious in the final LRGB. I was going to wait until dawn but gave due to..?...impatience :-) Mike ...
Here's another shot taken with the 25 year old orange tube C8. The star images at the edge aren't ideal which I think is due to a slight misalignment of the...
For anyone interested I re-processed my NGC 613 shot to the extent that I think it looks significantly better. Might have been even better again if I had...
Thought I should mention the star of a relatively rare occurrence in a couple of days time.... And a challenge for planetary imagers. When Saturn is near to...
Hello everyone, Dr Charles Jenkins from Mt Stromlo Observatory will be talking on.... The Giant Magellan Telescope In April of this year, the ANU signed up to...
Kimberley Rawlings
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Oct 17, 2006 12:00 am
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Here is another shot with the old orange tube C8. This one is NGC 1300, a galaxy I've never imaged before. Not a great image I guess but probably okay for a...
That's great Steve - love the yellow colour of the centre to the bluish and magenta colour of the spiral arms and stellar forming regions. Wasn't this sent...
Morland, John
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Oct 19, 2006 6:26 am
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Thanks John. It's a weird looking galaxy which probably explains why it's photographed a lot. The one a few days ago was NGC 613. This one was only done last...
Sorry to do this but I felt I had to have one more go at NGC 1300. The version that I posted previously had a horrible unnatural look to it and was pretty...
Hi Steve, I think that it is a fantastic image the detail is quite amazing. I also have a C8 (1976 vintage) and have been wondering about my options with it. ...
Thanks David. The population I and II stars always make spiral galaxies pretty easy to colour balance. If you get that pale blue and pale yellow then you...
Hi to all Here is another image with the C8 of the galaxy NGC 7793, another that I've never imaged before. It's one of the weirdest looking spirals that I've...
People, This message was sent to the CAS webmaster last week...for those who might be interested in buying and sell astro gear... Andrew ... From: AstroBuySell...
People, Ian has been unexpectedly called away on family business and will not be able to attend the Deep Sky Night tonight at Michelago. As the weather looks...
Really nice galaxy that and nicely processed too. Looks like a small M33 and a bit like NGC 300. I recon your C8 image is better than Big Dan V's done with the...
Thanks Mike - I'm very flattered. I had a look at Daniel V's shot and I agree it wasn't one of his best. He must have been having an off night. Cheers Steve...
Hi all, CBET to announce the Co-discovery of the binary nature of MP 6244. Things have been a little lean over the last couple of months putting the "15% of...
Congrats. I'm sure selection effects will be floating around somewhere. The only question is - which way do they take you?! Dave Herald Canberra, Australia ......
