10 and 15 Virginis

 

Mono Star field in the constellation Virgo. Widefield Astrograph - Pip Stakkert

"  As the sky was clear over the Observatory, Pip decided to put the new widefield astrograph through its paces. The above black and white image was created with a stack of 16 x 2minute light exposures, 10 darks and 10 flats. We have decided that in future we will keep the light exposures to less than 2 minutes but increase the gain on the camera. The QHY5l-ii mono camera is a versatile video camera but we noticed that 2 minute exposures were noisy and showed some vertical banding" - Kurt Thrust current Director of the Jodrell Plank Observatory.

" Congratulations to NASA and JPL on the first flight of the Ingenuity Helicopter in the Jezero Crater on Mars - What a magnificent scientific and engineering achievement!" - Joel Cairo CEO of the Jodrell Plank Observatory.