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Don't worry Tej... I'm also the blame... I've got "new" equipment as well... albeit a secondhand Skywatcher Esprit 80ED and a secondhand Astrotrac! S...

Oops! Didn’t think of that! Sorry! Ha! The law of unintended consequences... So, I log on to Amazon this morning, and what a I greeted with? Sugges...

OK. I'm going to be really controversial here. Bias frames are a complete waste of time if you are using a DSLR. Any bias is present in the dark imag...

Arrrrrggghhh! He's done it again! Romney cancelled tonight for sure now ;)

Wow! Thanks Christina... how cool is that!? At the football with the family, and we've all had a good laugh at that. Many thanks!

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...how much money and how many jobs depend on the search for... Could say that that a whole host of scientific theories that have a "consensus" view....

Fascinating stuff. More details can be found in this paper. However, I note from this paper that: To determine if the observed new phenomenon is...

I cropped it more and gave it a monochromatic gradient Works for me, Tej. Gives the image a beautiful ethereal quality. The light gradient in the sky...

Not this one, no? B*st*rd... no, not that one. :) Ackroyd's retelling of The Canterbury Tales.... great fun. Great cake, by the way... I want one!

Thanks all. Much appreciated. Had a lovely lunch at Buenos Aires in Blackheath (highly recommended by the way), and now having an unusually relaxing a...

I wonder if I had taken flats, would that have helped No, it wouldn't I'm afraid. Flats only correct for dust, vignetting and uneven brightness. What...

Hi Tej, Just had a quick look at these pictures again on Flickr. Could I suggest that you invest in a field flattener for your Equinox 80? The stars...

I found out today that Flikr Explore featured my Andromeda image! How the hell that happened, I have no idea I've given up trying to work out how im...