Big Amateur Telescope
We bagged RIPPLES IN SPACE!
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 life into a few seconds. Those ripples are moving at the speed…
The all new QHY533M: 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. My affiliate link (You won’t find a better price) Affiliate Link: $1159.00 from High Point Scientific: INTRO I think the…
BAD NEWS! But Good News! – 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 than I managed with a 50cm remote scope from Chile (you can see…
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.…
