Messier 2
Continuing with my project to get images of every Messier object from the Bradford Robotic Telescope here’s M2:
Messier 27
I submitted a job request on the Bradford Robotic Telescope ages a go and happened to remember this afternoon to check to see if it had been completed – it had been!
Exposure time was 120000 ms, filter used was an OIII and I used the Galaxy Telescope. I didn’t do any processing myself because I [...]
Messier 13
Sketch Details
Object: Messier 13 (NGC 6205)
Date: 18/09/09
Time: 21:10
Telescope: Skywatcher 102mm F/4.9 Refractor
Eyepiece(s): Televue Nagler T4 12mm
Magnification: 41.7x
Field of View: 1.97°
Finally, a reasonably successful session!
Well, I checked the weather forecast at work this afternoon and saw it was clear so I decided to setup the telescope again when I got home.
I’d dug my Skywatcher 102mm Refractor out of the cupboard last week, and my batteries for the RDFs arrived earlier this week, so I was good to go for [...]
An Observing Session (of sorts)
After looking at the weather forecast Saturday morning I decided that in the evening I would set up the grab-n-go scope and try out the new Baader Hyperion Zoom eyepiece I bought a while back. It’s always a good idea to check that everything is in good working order before a session – but to [...]
Some Constellations
Image via Wikipedia
I remember the last time I did manage to get out with my telescope, which was sometime earlier in the year – maybe early spring, I didn’t really see a lot because I had no idea where or at what I was looking. It had been so long since I had been out [...]
