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 | Jan 22, 2022 | Uncategorized, Big Amateur Telescope
Finally we’ve had some clear nights and the data is rolling in. Here is some of the data members have submitted for our current crop of targets; M82- the Cigar Galaxy – it’ll be interesting to see if lucky imaging can boost the resolution of this...
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 | Nov 19, 2021 | Big Amateur Telescope, hubble's variable nebula
This fantastic animation was shot by Tom Polakis back in 2016. Its a baby star going bat crazy in a big bag of gas. A small group of very talented amateur astrophotographers ( all members of BIG AMATEUR TELESCOPE) are shooting Hubble’s Variable Nebula again this...
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...
