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Observing from the kitchen48 viewsControlling the telescope mount with ASCOM, the focus with a JMI MotoFocus, and captuing the images from the Toucam with Vega.
You can see an image of Mars on the screen, as well as the "virtual hand-control" for the telescope mount. The focus control is the black handset to the left of the PC.
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Spiral Galaxy M10618 viewsDiscovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781, M106 is a large bright galaxy located in Canes Venatici. It is one of the closest Seyfert galaxies to us at around 25 million light-years away. Seyfert galaxies have active galactic nuclei thought to powered by supermassive black holes at their centre - sort of a tame quasar! The companion galaxy is NGC 4217. DR
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The Black Eye Galaxy, M6420 viewsLast of my spring images - the observatory is currently shut for 3 months during the summer light nights.
A collision of two galaxies has created this unusual galaxy with a spectacular dark band of absorbing dust in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus, giving rise to its popular name of the "Black Eye" galaxy. A famous HST image reveals the dark band in all its glory but we get a hint of its turbulent motion here. DR
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Seyfert Galaxy NGC 415120 viewsAlthough the observatory is now enjoying its summer break there is still a backlog of images to process. NGC 4151 was one of the first Seyfert Galaxies to be discovered. The Seyferts are characterised by active galactic nuclei (AGN) which are very bright both in the optical and X-ray bands together with broad emission lines. They are powered by black holes at their centres and are believed to be similar to quasars but of somewhat lower energy. DR
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Solar transit45 viewsThis phenomenon takes place only twice every 182 years, and for once there wasn't a cloud in the sky!
This image shows "second contact", and the so-called "black-drop effect"
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