EAA – 01/22/2022 – A Few Messiers and an Owl
January 23, 2022We got a fair bit of snow, especially for here, but the storm is gone and the sky is clear. I set the gear back up on the driveway for some EAA. It was cold, 21 F, after dark. When I set…
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Electronically Assisted Astronomy
My EAA Black Box…
January 20, 2022Some more winter weather is on the way and the scopes are still put away. I am testing some cameras and writing some posts waiting for clear skies. I am always looking for ways to simplify the process of moving and setting…
EAA – 01/14/2022 – Galaxies, Clusters, Planetary Nebula…
January 15, 2022It did not look good earlier in the day, but the forecast said it would clear so I set up the gear just before dark. The forecast was right! By 6:30 or so the skies were nice an clear. It was a…
Remote EAA with Astroberry Web Manager…
January 13, 2022I have been using my Raspberry Pi setup with Astroberry to remotely control my gear for a few EAA observing sessions now and it has been working out great. The clear nights have been cold and since I can access and control…
EAA – 01/11/2022 – Open Clusters and Some Tries…
January 12, 2022Clear and cold last night. Temperatures in the upper 20s. I uncovered the telescopes and set things up before dark. I started observing just after dark, about 6:30 PM. Good observing session, captured a few more open clusters, a galaxy, and tried…
EAA – 01/09/2022 – Open Clusters and a Flame…
January 9, 2022Last night was cold and clear. In the day light I rebalanced the mount. I started out my observing outside to get a proper polar alignment on the mount, it was way off. I used the Polar Alignment Tool in Ekos. It…
First Image… From My Desk!
January 8, 2022Tonight I tried some EAA observing from inside the house using the new Raspberry Pi Astroberry to control the telescope and camera. Spent a lot of time just messing and I have a lot of things to figure out, but it was…
Setting Up a Raspberry Pi for EAA…
January 5, 2022Several years ago I had set up a Raspberry Pi to allow me to control the telescope using Stellarium and image through the Raspberry Pi’s camera. I was tinkering with some EAA before EAA was EAA. It was completely self-contained in a…
EAA – 12/26/2021 – Crab Nebula, Bode’s Galaxy, Cigar Galaxy, and more…
December 27, 2021The weather was much warmer last night and the skies were clear. Had a good look at the Crab Nebula (M1), Bode’s Galaxy (M81), the Cigar Galaxy (M82), Triangulum Galaxy (M33), and the reflection nebula M78. Same setup I have been using…
EAA – 12/23/2021 – Andromeda Galaxy, Triangulum Galaxy, Orion Nebula
December 24, 2021Last night was cold but clear so I set out to try to catch a glimpse of the Andromeda Galaxy EAA style with the SV305 Camera. Same setup I have been using the past few nights, my Stellervue 80mm scope for visual…