Hersey – Page 9 – The Suffolk Sky

09/02/2023 – EAA – Nothing but Nebula…

September 3, 2023 by Hersey

Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday weekend. Here in Southeastern Virginia Saturday was a beautiful day which gave way to a nice clear night. I uncovered the scope before dark and took a few sets of dark frames and a quick set…

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Solar Filter on the SV503… First Light…

August 27, 2023 by Hersey

There were a few thin clouds this morning but I wanted to at least give my Spectrum Telescope 5″ Glass Solar Filter (ST500G) I picked up from AgenaAstro last week a try. After adding a couple of the included felt pads the…

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08/19/2023 – EAA – A Few Nebula, a Galaxy, and a New Messier for the Log.

August 20, 2023 by Hersey

Saturday night was a very nice clear night with temperatures in the mid-70s and a the humidity was a bit lower than it has been. Just a nice night overall and the best clear night sky we have had in a very…

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08/18/2023 – A Mostly Clear Night to Test Out the UA Field Flattener

August 19, 2023 by Hersey

It has been a pretty good while, most of the summer, since the Suffolk Sky has seen a clear night on a night that was not a school night. The forecast looked decent for this Friday night, so I got everything set…

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Lightning on the All Sky Camera…

July 4, 2023 by Hersey

We had a pretty gnarly storm roll through in the early evening on July 3rd: lots of rain, high winds, and crazy lightning. It blew a bunch of tree limbs down and blew things around, but we escaped any serious damage. We…

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July 2023 EAA Observing Challenge…

July 3, 2023 by Hersey

The sky has not been clear in a good while… clouds, smoke, haze, the full Moon, and some work travel have not allowed me do do any EAA in the last few weeks, the last EAA session I had was back in…

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New Versions of INDI Server, KStars, and SharpCap…

June 14, 2023 by Hersey

The sky has not been cooperating much over the last couple weeks. Either fully clouded out, or high thin clouds, have kept the cover on the scope. Took the opportunity to update the astronomy software I use for observing on my Libre…

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Using Wikipedia for EAA Observing Session Planning….

June 4, 2023 by Hersey

There are a few different tools I use to plan an observing session. Most planetarium applications have some kind of “What’s up tonight” or similar tool which can help with planning out an observing session,. I often use KStar’s “What’s Up Tonight”…

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06/02/2023 – EAA – Globs and a Galaxy…

June 3, 2023 by Hersey

It finally stopped raining. The temperature was in the mid-70s and the sky was mostly clear. Of course the nearly full Moon rose just at dark. Even with the full Moon I wanted to take advantage of the clear sky to do…

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05/21/2023 – EAA – Supernova SN2023ixf in M101

May 22, 2023 by Hersey

I have captured a couple supernovas in the past; one back in 2011 SN2011dh in M51, and a another one in NGC 4647 just over a year ago. Just this past Friday (05/19/2023) a Type II Supernova designated 2023ixf was discovered in…

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