Jazzistentialism http://jazzistentialism.com/blog astronomy, photography, discoveries Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:07:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 A pretty pair of galaxies http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=804 http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=804#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 06:10:57 +0000 admin http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=804 NGC 5078 and NGC 5101 appear in this two field mosaic.  The combined field is just under 40 arc minutes wide by 20 arc minutes high.

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]]> http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=804 0 December’s Total Lunar Eclipse http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=800 http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=800#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 04:30:53 +0000 admin http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=800 eclipse3

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]]> http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=800 0 NGC 253 http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=783 http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=783#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:41:48 +0000 admin http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=783 Continue reading →]]> NGC 253 imaged under light polluted and hazy (smoke filled) skies on October 31st.
A combination of 2 hours of luminance, combined with 30 minutes each of RGB. The image was hurriedly processed in PixInsight, and tweaked in Photoshop.

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]]> http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=783 0 Two great southern globulars … http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=771 http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=771#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 01:17:30 +0000 admin http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=771 Continue reading →]]> These two famous objects were targeted recently in order to test some of the features of the PixInsight image processing software.

47 Tuc (NGC 104) is comprised of several BVR sub frames using 60s exposures. Omega Centauri (NGC 5139) has been captured using photographic RGB filters.

The data for 47 Tuc was acquired at D22, and Omega Centauri here at D21.

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]]> http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=771 0 El Sombrero ! http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=776 http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=776#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:22:22 +0000 admin http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=776 This LRGB composite of the Sombrero galaxy (M 104) was created using the PixInsight image processing workflow from data captured under the light polluted skies of D21.

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]]> http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=776 0 Lunar Eclipse http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=748 http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=748#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:00:17 +0000 admin http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=748 Despite intermittent clouds and rain, some images of the June 16 Lunar Eclipse were successfully obtained at D21, using a 132mm refractor and a DSLR.

 

]]> http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=748 0 A record breaking month for D21, Shenton Park. http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=739 http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=739#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:22:47 +0000 admin http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=739 Continue reading →]]> The Minor Planet Center’s reports for August reveal a record breaking month for D21, Shenton Park.

From July 20 to August 8, we made 348 observations of 78 objects (previous best was 266 back in August 2007). Among the many submitted NEO recovery observations, D21 features on a number of special MPECs, including 2 faint NEOs recoveries (2002 AC9, 2002 NE71),  9 NEO confirmations, and 1 new main belt asteroid (2010 OE100).

Thanks as always must go my collaborator Dr Paulo Holvorcem, and his excellent pipeline.

]]> http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=739 0 Three more confirmations… http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=737 http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=737#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:10:48 +0000 admin http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=737 Three quick confirmations before the onset of bad weather. The MPECs for each can be found at 2010PM10, 2010PQ10, and 2010PR10.

]]> http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=737 0 D21 Shenton Park reaches 1000 published NEO observations! http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=733 http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=733#comments Sun, 08 Aug 2010 06:55:35 +0000 admin http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=733 Continue reading →]]> With the published observations of 2010 NR1, Luckas Observatory hits its 1000th published Near Earth Object observation. Together with this milestone, D21 also confirmed 2010 PM10 at magnitude 19.7. The MPEC can be found here, and D21′s full listing of 1000 NEO observations can be found here at NEODyS.

]]> http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=733 0 A record breaking night of NEO confirmations http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=729 http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=729#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 03:11:48 +0000 admin http://jazzistentialism.com/blog/?p=729 Continue reading →]]> Despite cloud interruptions, automation at D21 allowed the recovery of 7 NEOCP objects, 4 of which appear on special MPECs. The night began with confirmation attempts on 5 new LINEAR targets. D21 achieved two immediate recoveries, reducing the target uncertainties to zero.  Automated resumption after clouds allowed the recovery of the remaining LINEAR targets, including 2010 PL9 with a published magnitude of 19.7, and two new NEOs from our cousins at E12. The 4 confirmations that achieved MPECs are 2010 PH9, 2010PJ9, 2010PK9 and 2010PL9.

Thanks as always to Paulo’s uncanny targetting skills, and excellent pipeline.

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