Last Night’s Moon…
September 3, 2023Before packing it in last night I took a 100 or so exposures of the Moon just to see what I might be able to do with it. The exposures were 0.000032 seconds which is the shortest exposure Ekos would allow me…
Tag: ZWO ASI294MC Pro
ZWO ASI294MC Pro – Color Deep Space Camera – Cooled
09/02/2023 – EAA – Nothing but Nebula…
September 3, 2023Hope 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…
08/19/2023 – EAA – A Few Nebula, a Galaxy, and a New Messier for the Log.
August 20, 2023Saturday 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…
08/18/2023 – A Mostly Clear Night to Test Out the UA Field Flattener
August 19, 2023It 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…
06/02/2023 – EAA – Globs and a Galaxy…
June 3, 2023It 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…
05/21/2023 – EAA – Supernova SN2023ixf in M101
May 22, 2023I 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…
05/10/2023 – EAA – A Couple Galaxy Views…
May 11, 2023Last night the sky was pretty clear, a little hazy but still the clearest it has been in a good while. I set up the scope in the early afternoon. It seemed like it took forever to get dark, it was after…
04/19/2023 – EAA – April 2023 CN Challenge Objects
April 20, 2023It’s been a bit since my last EAA session. Cloudy skies, bright Moon, and being sick for the last couple weeks I just have not been able to get out and observe. Not sure what kind of bug I had but I…
03/20/2023 – EAA – First Day of Spring Galaxies
March 21, 2023Clear night with temperatures in the low 40s. Little cool for the first day of Spring, but nice and clear. Spring welcomes in Galaxy season! Lots of faint fuzzy far off galaxies out there to enjoy. Which is one of the reasons…
03/15/2023 – EAA – Observing with an Old Friend…
March 16, 2023Last night was cool, temperatures in the low 40s, and clear. It was a school night, but it has been a bit since we have had a nice clear sky and I wanted to get some observing in. I decided the break…