Hersey – Page 17 – The Suffolk Sky

Some Cool Captures from the INDI All Sky Camera…

June 1, 2022 by Hersey

My INDI All Sky Camera Project has been up and running for over a month now. I finally got around to building a home for the all sky camera to get it out of the center of the driveway. Just a simple…

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EAA – 05/29/2022 – A Few More Messiers…

May 30, 2022 by Hersey

Another warm, clear night. Temperatures were in the mid to lower 70’s and it was a little less humid than the night before. My plan was to try to pick up a few more of the Messiers over in the area of…

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EAA – 05/28/2022 – Just Looking Around…

May 29, 2022 by Hersey

A warm, humid, clear night. Temperatures in the mid-70’s and lots of mosquitos. If it was not for EAA I probably would have been eaten alive. I started out the night with not much of a plan, but I did want to…

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EAA – 05/20/2022 – Lots of Globulars, a Couple Nebula, and a Comet…

May 21, 2022 by Hersey

A warm day and a warm, in the upper 70s, clear night. I set up to capture a few globular clusters for my Messier Log and I ended up observing a total of 8 Messier globular clusters, a couple of nebula, and…

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Logging my Observing Sessions

May 19, 2022 by Hersey

I keep a log book of all my observing sessions. Some of my logs are more detailed than others, but I always keep a log. There are a number of different astronomy log books out there, but my log books are just…

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EAA – 05/17/2022 – First Light for the SV503 – Galaxies, Globulars, and more…

May 18, 2022 by Hersey

Last night we had the first clear skies in a very long time. I think it has been 10 days or so since the last nice clear night. Clear skies, mild temperatures in the lower 70s, and just a bit of humidity…

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New OTA… SV503 102ED F/7 Refractor

May 13, 2022 by Hersey

The nights have been cloudy for over a week now, and the weather has been cold, wet, and windy. This is probably mostly my fault as I ordered a new optical tube assembly (OTA), a SVBONY SV503 102ED F/7 Refractor. I have…

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EAA – 04/24/2022 – Supernova in NGC 4647

April 25, 2022 by Hersey

Last night was another nice warm and clear night. Earlier in the day I had read a CloudyNight’s post about EAA capturing a supernova in the galaxy NGC4647 which was discovered on April 16, 2022. This was the only target I had…

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EAA – 04/23/2022 – A Few Wide Field Galaxy Groups

April 24, 2022 by Hersey

Another warm, lower 70s, dry, and clear night. I decided to change out the Celestron C6 SCT for the Astro-Tech 66mm Refractor and hunt out some wide field galaxy groups. Enjoyed EAA observing of the Leo Triplet, a piece of the Virgo…

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EAA – 04/22/2022 – CN April Challenge, a Messier, and a Galaxy or two…

April 23, 2022 by Hersey

First night I have been able to do a bit of EAA since the beginning of the month. Clouds, work, grandkids, and just life in general has kept the cover on the scope for the past few weeks. Last night was mostly…

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