Hersey – Page 3 – The Suffolk Sky

12/03/2024 – Two Nights of Tadpoles, a Spider, and a Fly

December 4, 2024 by Hersey

Continued collecting some more light from the Tadpole Nebula, the Spider Nebula, and the Fly Nebula through the AT66ED with the ZWO Duo-Band Filter. Ended up with 3 hours of light from 12/02 and 7 hours from 12/03. A total of 10…

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Quick Peek – Some Tadpoles, a Spider, and a Fly

December 3, 2024 by Hersey

Just wanted to share a quick peak at some light I collected from IC 410 (the Tadpole Nebula), IC 417 (the Spider Nebula), and NGC 1931 (the Fly Nebula) on 12/02/2024. I plan to collect more photons from these objects over the…

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Learning NINA – Custom Mount Park Position with GSServer

December 1, 2024 by Hersey

A buddy and fellow amateur astrophotographer suggested this method of parking the telescope with the OTA facing down to help keep dust, dew, and frost off the primary objective of the telescope. This can be accomplished by setting a custom park position…

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11/29/2024 – NGC 1499 The California Nebula

November 30, 2024 by Hersey

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. The day after Thanksgiving was partly/mostly cloudy most of the day but the Clear Outside Forecast was calling for the sky to clear up just after dark and it did, mostly. A few thin clouds here…

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11/24/2024 – Triangulum with the AT66 and SV240

November 25, 2024 by Hersey

Nice night to grab some light from a far away place. Cool in the low 40s (upper 30s by the end of the night), very nice an clear with no Moon. The plan for the night was to shoot a galaxy, something…

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11/05/2024 – More of the Heart Nebula

November 6, 2024 by Hersey

Nice clear night and the crescent Moon set early. I wanted to give the SVBONY SV193 0.8 Focal Reducer I have for the SV503 a try in the AT66ED. Wanted to see if I could get focus and if it helped flatten…

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11/02/2024 – The Heart Nebula with the SV240 Multi-Narrowband

November 3, 2024 by Hersey

A bit worried about a few clouds just before dark but it turned out to be a beautiful Moonless night. Been a few weeks since I have been able to set up and the plan was to try out the SVBONY SV240…

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The New SeeStar S30 is Available for Pre-Order…

November 1, 2024 by Hersey

The last few weeks there has been a lot of buzz in different forums about the impending release of the new SeeStar, the ZWO SeeStar S30. Last night the official details on the SeeStar S50’s little brother were finally released and the…

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Learning NINA – Gemini Focuser Autofocus Configuration

October 10, 2024 by Hersey

I picked up the Gemini Automatic Star Focuser Pro for the AT66ED so that I can change scopes between the SV503 102ED and the AT66ED without having to remove and refit the electronic focuser. I have used the focuser for a couple…

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10/08/2024 – NGC 6888 The Crescent Nebula

October 9, 2024 by Hersey

Nice clear night. Still doing a lot of tinkering and testing with the AT66ED setup. The plan was to work on getting the focus configuration dialed in and I was able to do that. Then I decided to gather a couple hours…

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