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Near and far

Posted by Mark Ashley on Saturday, January 10, 2009, In : Miscellaneous 

My main interests in astro-imaging are deep-sky objects, particularly galaxies. You obviously need a dark sky for this, and the moon is usually a nuisance to me. However, with the moon high in the sky on these recent freezing nights, I felt the urge do some lunar imaging. I've not used my webcam for some months now, and with Saturn also rising earlier each night, I decided it was high time to dust off the webcam (an old Philips ToUcam Pro).

Yesterday (the 9th January) around 4pm but already -2...


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Projects for 2009

Posted by Mark Ashley on Thursday, January 1, 2009, In : Miscellaneous 
It was a cold but dull New Year's Eve, no chance of leaving my equipment imaging whilst we partied. So what do I want to have achieved this time next year? After a bit of thought, here's a list of 10 projects for 2009. Let's see how many I complete over the coming months. Happy New Year!

1. Capture Saturn's rings edge on

I've been constructing a montage of Saturn over the last few years as the rings close. In 2009 the rings finally close and I can add to that montage. In addition, as Saturn is ...

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Mark Ashley Avid amateur astro-imager and sportsman. I own an 8" Meade LX90 housed in a modest roll-off roof observatory in rural Dorset in the south-west of England. I've been astro-imaging since 2004 and particularly enjoy imaging galaxies.

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