This is the first blog entry since August. The weather hasn't been brilliant for astronomy, and imaging has suffered. But I did manage to save some photons last week. When I together with hundreds of other keen astronomers. Attended the Norfolk Equinox Sky Camp at Kelling Heath. The skies there are very dark when compared to my milky suburban sky. One night we had m+5.6 skies. If you have never been to the EQSP. I would strongly recommend it. This evening. I am sitting in the Whirlpool Comand Centre imaging the Cocoon Nebula. IC5146 is an object that, I have wanted to image since last week. When I took a CCD image of it from Kelling Heath. I am imaging this large reflection nebula using the Atik 428 and my new Atik EWF2. I have a Baader 7nm Ha filter selected to show the Ha emission. The telescope is of cause - my lovely Altair Wave 115 EDT. Which is now my only imaging telescope. IC 5146 is a large nebula that is visible between the Summer constellations
Astronomy and thought's from somewhere in Cheshire