2019 September 15
Deep Sky Update – September 2019
I had an enjoyable weekend in Ireland at the BAA Autumn Weekend Meeting in Armagh. I think I knew but had to really realised that Dreyer compiled the New General Catalogue whilst at Armagh, and used telescopes there and at Birr to resolve some of the problems with Herschel’s GC.
The actual pictures shown in the exhibitor at the National Maritime Museum have a fantastic quality of reproduction – so it’s really worth while going to have a look at them ‘in-the-flesh’. I understand the exhibition will tour round the UK after a stint at the NMM, though I don’t know of any tour locations or dates.
The 2020 competition will open before too long – so if you would like to enter, it might be worth thinking about some targets now and prepare to image over the next few months. The organisers are dropping the Remote Telescope category for 2020 and introducing a new category for images created from open source data, the Annie Maunder Award, so this might be ideal for getting your creative juices going…
Filters for one-shot colour imaging
Any experiences members have with any of these filters plus images would be appreciated.
Star party season
The Autumn star party season will soon be on its way, with folk off to Kelling Heath and Astrocamp in Wales at the new Moon of September. I hope you get good observing weather if you are heading off to any of these events – and as always would be pleased to receive reports.
Newsletter
Still in preparation… But some progress has been made.
Clear dark skies,
Callum
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