by astrobiscuit | Sep 30, 2022 | Big Amateur Telescope, Uncategorized
Hey folks. The Andromeda’s monumentally powerful, light eating, time and space bending, supermassive black hole has created a weird formation in the galaxy’s nucleus. According to pictures taken by Hubble the singularity is encircled by a blue halo of fast orbiting...
by astrobiscuit | May 7, 2022 | Big Amateur Telescope, Uncategorized
This is a 5 month timelapse of Hubble’s variable nebula. Pretty astonishing innit! And a testament to the power of us AMATEURs when we band together. Well done BAT members. This makes me very proud. The video squeezes 5 months of the nebula’s...
by astrobiscuit | Apr 15, 2022 | Big Amateur Telescope, review
Summary: All round great cooled astrophotography camera; super sensitive, supersonically low read noise, no amp glow, no dew problems and much cheaper than its bigger brother the QHY268 because it has a smaller 1” sensor. Affiliate Link: $1159.00 from High Point...
by astrobiscuit | Dec 3, 2021 | Big Amateur Telescope, hubble's variable nebula
The Bad News!… Hubble’s variable nebula isn’t kicking off at the moment! The AMAZINGLY Good News is that what BAT members managed to catch from October 10th to November 27th 2021 is stunning. The light ripples in the BAT’s animation are clearer...
by astrobiscuit | Oct 16, 2021 | Big Amateur Telescope, hubble's variable nebula
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...