At this time of the year many of us do not enjoy the short days and cold weather. But, these winter months can bring clear winter night skies and plenty of fascinating sights for stargazers and is an ideal time to observe the cosmos. Longer nights provide more opportunity to spot the celestial wonders overhead. Colder temperatures means that the atmosphere is a little more steady which improves visibility and provides better conditions for…
7, December 2023: Trevarrian
The next meeting of Kernow Astronomers is on Thursday 7, December at Trevarrian Holiday Park. Gather at 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start. Tonight, we will be giving you an introduction to imaging Deep Sky, Planetary and Lunar targets and explaining the different challenges involved in each discipline. Barry, Dean and Nick will be covering their respective topics, showing best practice to give you a practical kickstart into the world of imaging. Why not come…
New Pixinsight Processing Workflows
We have two images for you today. Both were processed, by one of our members Dean – you’ve seen his work here before. The image is of two objects, one embedded within the other. The coloured clouds of dust and gas is IC410 a diffuse nebula being illuminated (ionised) by hot bright young stars and NGC1893, known as an open star cluster – basically a close grouping of stars at the centre of the…
Sun & Stars 5, October
The last of this years Sun & Stars events. The forecast is for this afternoon and evening is not looking at all promising. 25mph winds – gusting 40mph, lots of cloud with possibly a few clear gaps in between. A few of us will be there from about 15:30 if you fancy a lucky dip on the off chance there are a few gaps in the cloud. Click the link below for full location…
It’s Dark, that’s what’s the Matter!
Two of the most distant galaxies seen to date are captured in these Webb pictures of the outer regions of the giant galaxy cluster Abell 2744. cience credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, and Tiger Hsiao (Johns Hopkins University). Image processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI). As astronomers we are always looking for clear dark skies so we can better see the stars, planets, moons, comets, nebulae, galaxies and any other weird and wonderful things and stuff…