Monthly Archives: February 2009

Comet Lulin Images, Near Regulus In Leo

At last, the skies over Kent cleared last night for a few hours.  I was finally able to photograph Comet Lulin. This is something of a relief…   For the past three weeks, I’ve been making maps of Lulin’s projected … Continue reading →

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Image Processing My Orion Alnitak Flame Nebula Capture

I wrote yesterday about my remote imaging of the Orion Alnitak area.   Well, Robin Scagell read it and noticed my image of the Flame nebula.   I said in the post, the images were unprocessed – just straight downloads from the Canon … Continue reading →

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Astro Imaging Orion, From Inside My House!

Tonight, I tested the remote control facility, of my recently purchased Canon 1000D dslr camera.   I attached the camera to my refractor as before, but also connected it with the USB wire to my laptop PC in the sitting … Continue reading →

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