astrobiscuit
THE BIG CHEAP SCOPE SHOOT OUT
In this video the biscuit tests out a whole flotilla of under £100 telescopes and discovers that one of them is head and shoulders above the rest. The result was a SUPRISE. I don’t want to give too much away but the old school nerds really did know what they were talking about. More details…
Testing out modded PST
So I picked up a very biscuity cheap old coronado pst for £250 and have modded it and stuck it on the end of a 2nd hand £50 helios 90mm f10 refractor. I have to use my narrowband Ha filter and an extremely narrow band 0.15nm (i think) filter that I bought off ebay from…
Hubble’s Variable Nebula Active
Well Done @MrCRazyPhysicist for spotting some signs of activity on Hubble’s variable Nebula. Small shadow passing bottom left. The nebula is still very low on the horizon but its rising. I’m hoping we will be able to shoot it all through the winter and create a movie better than the one I did last year.…
