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Exploring the Suffolk Virginia Night Sky

Astronomy, Astrophotography, EAA

Planets and Stars and Nebula and Galaxies

Looking, Learning, Sharing...

Let's see what we can see...

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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch from 10/13/2025
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch from 10/13/2025

October 19, 2025 by Hersey

Not in the Suffolk Sky, but still pretty neat. We were down in Ormand Beach, FL for Biketoberfest. For the past 24 years or so we have road down to Biketoberfest and every year we check the launch schedule. We have been…

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SeeStar Tip: How many stacked frames?
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SeeStar Tip: How many stacked frames?

October 1, 2025 by Hersey

Short post, but a great SeeStar tip. During my last SeeStar session I was broadcasting on the Night Skies Network and chatting with Mark from Yowah Australia and he showed me this handy tip for seeing how many frames you are discarding…

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09/20/2025 – SeeStar EAA… Just Having Fun Looking Up.
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09/20/2025 – SeeStar EAA… Just Having Fun Looking Up.

September 20, 2025 by Hersey

Finally a mostly clear sky! It has been a few months since the Southeastern VA sky has been without clouds or a bright Moon. Since I have been traveling a bit the main scope is still packed up, so I put the…

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AllSky Camera 3D Printed Mount for the SV305
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AllSky Camera 3D Printed Mount for the SV305

August 10, 2025 by Hersey

I have tried a number of different ways to mount the SV305 into my All Sky Camera enclosure. This 3D printed bracket has been working well for the past year or so. I can’t remember where I found the original design… but…

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All Sky Camera – Image Overlay
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All Sky Camera – Image Overlay

August 6, 2025 by Hersey

It has been a minute, actually a lot of minutes. I have not captured any light from far away things since the end of April. The Suffolk VA skies have just been pretty terrible this summer… not to say there have not…

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04/27/2025 – Hickson 44 Galaxy Group
Astrophotography Deep Sky Galaxies 

04/27/2025 – Hickson 44 Galaxy Group

April 28, 2025 by Hersey

Wow! I did not realize it had been so long. I have not gathered any light through the scope in nearly 2 months. Glad we got a nice clear night to change that. I decided to try for Hickson 44 which is…

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RaspAstro Moon Forecast for Your Zip
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RaspAstro Moon Forecast for Your Zip

April 7, 2025 by Hersey

Nothing but clouds here lately 🙁 Spent a some time messing with my RaspAstroWeb python application running on my All Sky Camera Raspberry Pi. Added the ability to get the 30 day Moon forecast for a given US zip code.

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03/03/2025 – The Leo Triplet
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03/03/2025 – The Leo Triplet

March 4, 2025 by Hersey

Little warmer than last night, but still cool in the mid-to-upper 30s. Bit more of the waxing Crescent Moon, but not enough to be a bother. Earlier in the day I swapped out scopes on the mount, putting the SVBONY 102ED back…

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03/02/2025 – The Boogeyman Nebula
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03/02/2025 – The Boogeyman Nebula

March 3, 2025 by Hersey

Clear, cold (upper 20s F), night. Just a little sliver of the 15% waxing Crescent Moon in the SW sky. I uncovered the AT66ED to capture the March Sky-Watcher USA TOTM, LDN 1622 or the Boogeyman Nebula. The dark nebula LDN 1622…

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02/25/2025 – Some SeeStar EAA – Capturing a Few Messiers
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02/25/2025 – Some SeeStar EAA – Capturing a Few Messiers

February 26, 2025 by Hersey

Set the SeeStar up just before dark. Updated the app and the firmware, then adjusted the level. Nice clear night in the low 50s, dropping into the mid-40s as the Sun went down. I started capturing Messier objects just after 7 PM….

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