Hersey – Page 12 – The Suffolk Sky

01/07/2023 – EAA – Under the Full Moon

January 9, 2023 by Hersey

Saturday night was a nice clear night. In the mid-40s when I started out, but temperatures fell to near freezing during the session. The Moon was near full, VERY bright, and right up in the middle of the sky. So that was…

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12/29/2022 – EAA – Filtered Nebula

December 31, 2022 by Hersey

Wow! Three nice clear nights in a row. Temperatures were warmer for this session, 55 F and clear at dark. Temperatures dropped a bit during the session but never below freezing. The Moon was up and waxing at about 50%. I decided…

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12/28/2022 – EAA – Just Some Open Clusters

December 29, 2022 by Hersey

Another nice clear night. A little bit warmer, mid-40’s at the start of the night and just about freezing when I covered up the scope. There were some high thin clouds but these cleared out just after dark. I was hunting open…

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12/27/2022 – EAA – New Nebula, Old Galaxy Friends, and a Comet…

December 28, 2022 by Hersey

Nice clear night. Started off in the mid-30s but the temperatures fell into the mid-20s pretty quick after dark. I am testing out a new Raspberry Pi Build and a few new techniques for connectivity and EAA observations. The Wifi network is…

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Hubble2 Raspberry Pi… INDI and VirtualHere

December 27, 2022 by Hersey

I have been wanting to test some other methods of connecting my to astronomy gear for EAA observing. My Astroberry Raspberry Pi is working great but just want to do some tinkering. Since the Pi I built with Astroberry is working great…

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12/24/2022 – EAA – Christmas Eve Observing

December 26, 2022 by Hersey

Christmas Eve was clear and cold. Temperature was ~23 degrees F at 6 PM and fell pretty quick the later it got. Still it was very clear and dry. No frost on any of the gear at all. Nice night to be…

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12/16/2022 – EAA – Flames, Horses, Monkeys, Christmas Trees, and More…

December 17, 2022 by Hersey

The first night out in nearly a month and it was a good one. A very nice clear sky and my gear work great. I observed a few objects from the CloudyNights’ December 2022 Monthly EAA Observing Challenge. Then had fun just…

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The Astroshed – Everything has a place… A place for everything…

December 12, 2022 by Hersey

No not an observatory… I wish. This is not really an astronomy post, but it was a neat project and the purpose of it is to support the hobby, so I figured I would share it. I have accumulated a lot of…

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Five Pieces of Gear You Should Have in Your Astronomy Kit

November 22, 2022 by Hersey

If you are into amateur visual astronomy, astrophotography, or EAA you likely have a telescope, a mount, finder scopes, cameras or eyepieces, and a plethora of other astronomy gear dedicated to observing. There are a number of other things you should look…

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Learning KStars/Ekos – Automating EAA Captures with the Ekos Scheduler

November 5, 2022 by Hersey

The Ekos Scheduler is primarily used for scheduling an automated Astrophotography session, but it can also help automate captures for EAA. This way you can spend less time setting up, or re-setting up, captures and more time observing and enjoying your live…

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