Hersey – Page 19 – The Suffolk Sky

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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INDI-AllSky SV305 Gain and Color Setting

April 21, 2022 by Hersey

I have been tinkering with using a Raspberry Pi and my SV305 as an indi-allsky camera over the last week or so. In this post I am just documenting the different configuration settings I have been trying to get the most out…

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Weather Resistant Enclosure for the INDI-AllSky Camera

April 10, 2022 by Hersey

Recently I started tinkering with setting up an INDI AllSky Camera with a SVBONY SV305 and a Raspberry Pi 3B. It is a cool project and since I was able to get it working I wanted to enclose it to make it…

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Capturing Images with Ekos and EAA Live Stacking in SharpCap Pro

April 6, 2022 by Hersey

I have had a few folks reach out and ask me about my workflow for capturing images with KStars/Ekos/INDI and then live stacking them using SharpCap for EAA. I am using Ekos to capture and save the FITS files to my local…

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INDI AllSky Camera Project with the SV305 and a Raspberry Pi

April 4, 2022 by Hersey

I have the SVBONY SV305 camera which I have not used much since I picked up the ZWO ASI294MC Pro. I also have a Raspberry Pi 3B which was just sitting idle. I decided to try to use the SV305, the Raspberry…

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EAA – 04/01/2022 – Galaxies and Globulars

April 2, 2022 by Hersey

The sky was nice and clear. Breezy with gusty winds at times during the early evening, but the wind died down as it got later. The temps were cool in the mid to upper 40s F. Had a great night EAA observing…

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EAA Black Box 2.0 – Storing all the gear…

March 29, 2022 by Hersey

I am collecting more and more gear for EAA… cameras, focus masks, dew heaters, power cords, cables, filters, tools, light box, extension tubes… As my gear collection grows I want to be able to keep it protected, organized, easy to move, easy…

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EAA – 03/26/2022 – Messier Galaxies

March 27, 2022 by Hersey

It was suppose to be cloudy. The weather reports said it would clear up around midnight, but at 7:30 PM it looked like it might be pretty clear so I decided to set up. I am glad I did! Nice clear night…

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EAA – 03/25/2022 – CN March Challenge Objects

March 27, 2022 by Hersey

First time I have been able to do some EAA observing since the beginning of March. It was cloudy most of the day, but it mostly cleared as the Sun went down. I set up the scope, balanced everything, and did a…

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