Category Archives: Deep Sky

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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Better Imaging Of Orion Nebula M42/43 With Canon 1000D

You may know by now, I have a new “toy”.  It’s a Canon 1000D dslr camera (also known as a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS) and I got it as a Christmas present to myself! It produced a lovely astro … Continue reading

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Help.. Black Hole Confirmed At Center Of OUR Galaxy. And It's BIG..

  It’s been suspected for some time..   The stuff of Einstein, the stuff of  Science Fiction and the stuff of Nothing.. sort of.  It’s a region of empty space, sorta kinda.. German astronomers have spent 16 years, studying the … Continue reading

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