Hersey – Page 15 – The Suffolk Sky

09/16/2022 – EAA – A Great Night Looking Around Cassiopeia

September 17, 2022 by Hersey

A nice cool, in the mid-60s, and clear night. A bit hazy, but not too bad overall. My plan for this session was to revisit some of the objects on the CloudyNight’s September 2022 EAA Observing Challenge list and to see what…

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09/02/2022 – Observing Session – Finally a clear sky!

September 4, 2022 by Hersey

Finally after more than a month we had a clear night sky on Friday. It was warm and humid but clear. The Moon was about half full in the Southwest sky. In the late afternoon I uncovered the scope and connected the…

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CloudyNights September 2022 EAA Observing Challenge

September 1, 2022 by Hersey

I volunteered to create the September 2022 EAA Monthly Observing Challenge list for the CloudyNight’s EAA Forum. Each month a member of the forum creates a list of objects to be observed via Electronic Assisted Astronomy (EAA). The monthly EAA challenge list…

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Telegizmos 365 Telescope Cover

August 15, 2022 by Hersey

Still have not had a good clear sky this month 🙁 Over the last week the temperatures have been a bit cooler and the nights are getting a bit longer, but the clouds, and recently the full moon, have been keeping the…

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Fisheye Lens for the All Sky Camera…

August 8, 2022 by Hersey

I decided to replace the lens on the All Sky Camera with a Fisheye lens to try to get a bit more of the sky. I picked up an inexpensive 1.7mm F/2 fisheye lens for the All Sky Camera. The lens is…

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EAA – 07/23/2022 – Nebulas, Clusters, and a Famous Galaxy Quintet

July 24, 2022 by Hersey

It has been a while since I have been able to get out and observe. Mostly due to no clear weekend nights. It was hot with high thin clouds most of the day on 07/23/2022 but the sky mostly cleared after 8:30…

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07/03/2022 – EAA – Clouds

July 4, 2022 by Hersey

It has been a while since I have been able to get out with the scope. It looked like it might clear last night, but that was not the case. I set up the SV503 102ED scope, got everything cabled up, and…

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EAA – 06/18/2022 – Some Nebula in Cygnus and a few other things…

June 19, 2022 by Hersey

Last night the sky was mostly clear. It was also a bit cooler than it has been in the last couple weeks, once the Sun went down it cooled to the low 70s pretty quick and was in the mid-60s when I…

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Focal Reducer to Camera Spacing

June 9, 2022 by Hersey

I have made a lot of notes in my logs around spacing when using Focal Reducers with my SV305 and ZWO ASI294MC Pro cameras for EAA. This post is just to document I how set up the spacing for the focal reducers…

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EAA – 06/04/2022 – CN June 2022 Observing Challenge…

June 5, 2022 by Hersey

I uncovered the scope in the late afternoon and hoped for the sky to clear, it mostly did. Mostly clear night, a few high thin clouds moving quickly across the sky, temperatures in the lower 70s. My plan was to hunt for…

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