Category: Dwarf Smart Scope

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A selection of super images by member George Buckberry taken using a Dwarf smartscope using the new firmware update.

Note: 2 images have a cropped image too.

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Two super deep sky images by member Tina Bishop. Both images taken using a Dwarf3 smart scope.

M101 (The Pinwheel Galaxy)  - 3 sessions totalling 7 hours 56 mins - mega stacked in Dwarfs Stella Studio.

Hercules Globular Cluster (M13). - 1 session of 3 hours 37mins.

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A super image of the Moon taken by George Buckberry on the 21st June 2026.  The Moon was in the First Quarter phase with 51.59% illumination and 7.53 days old.

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Settling on the Astro filter; George Buckberry captured more data of the Markarian's chain on the 23rd April 2026 using his Dwarf3 smartscope. He then stacked the new data with data already acquired on the 18th April 2026 and this is the resulting fabulous image.

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Left is a labelled Markarian’s chain by Joe Renzetti from Sky & Telescope to help you identify the galaxies.

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Experimenting: Three images of Markarian's Chain taken by George Buckberry using different settings on his Dwarf3 smartscope. Which one do you like the best?

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The Moon taken on the 22nd April 2026 by Jim Burchell and George Buckberry.

Jim took his image using a Seestar S50 smartscope and George took his using a Dwarf3 smartscope.

On April 22, 2026, the moon was in a Waxing Crescent phase, with approximately 31 to 35% illumination and 5.5 days old after the New Moon.

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The Leo Triplet by George Buckberry taken on the 26th April 2026 using a Dwarf3 smartscope.

The Leo Triplet (also known as the M66 Group) is a small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo.  This galaxy group consists of the spiral galaxies M65 (bottom right), M66 (bottom left) and NGC 3628 (top).

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Here is a fantastic selection of images taken by new member Tina Bishop and new to astroimaging too.

All images were taken using a Dwarf3 smartscope.

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An absolutely fantastic image of the Markarian's Chain taken by George Buckberry using a Dwarf 3 smart scope last night.  It was George's 1st attempt at imaging the chain.

Markarian's Chain is stunning curved string of at least eight galaxies, located near the core of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster. It features prominent galaxies like M84, M86, and the interacting pair "The Eyes" (NGC 4435/4438). 

The chain starts with the large elliptical galaxies M84 and M86, and includes NGC 4435, NGC 4438, NGC 4461, NGC 4458, NGC 4473, and NGC 4477.

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Left is a labelled Markarian's chain by Joe Renzetti from Sky & Telescope to help you identify the galaxies.

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The Moon & Sun by member George Buckberry; both taken using a Dwarf 3 smart scope.

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