Monday, 5 April 2021

Nova V1405 Cas 2016 and 2021

Here is a picture combining an image of the area of the recent Nova in Cassiopeia.

The 2016 part was cropped from a image posted by Jakub K here

https://www.astrofotoblog.eu/?p=774

Thank you Jakub.

 

My 2021 image was taken 04/04/2012, compiled from about 45 x 120s exposures.

Scope:     Sky Watcher ED80 DS Pro
Mount:    Sky Watcher NEQ6
Camera:  Altair Astro Hypercam 183C

 



Sunday, 4 April 2021

Sun in Ha 30/03/2021

An impressive prominence, in height 7.5 times the diameter of the Earth.

Scope: Coronado PST

Imaging Camera: Altair Astro GP-CAM 3 178M

Mount: Sky Watcher NEQ6 Pro

Still image compiled from two images to show the prominences and surface.

 

Close up time-lapse video of the big prominence at the top of the above image