Hersey – The Suffolk Sky

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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05/10/2023 – EAA – A Couple Galaxy Views…

May 11, 2023 by Hersey

Last 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…

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Customizing the Filename Format in the Ekos Capture Module

April 28, 2023 by Hersey

Been pretty cloudy recently, not only that I have been a bit under the weather. Feeling better now and looking forward to some clear skies. In one of the recent updates of KStars the way filename formatting is handled changed, in a…

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04/19/2023 – EAA – April 2023 CN Challenge Objects

April 20, 2023 by Hersey

It’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…

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Libre SBC and Armbian for Astronomy – INDI, KStars, RaspAstro…

March 26, 2023 by Hersey

I have been doing some more tinkering with the Libre Computer SBC that I picked up to test out as a Raspberry Pi alternative. I originally installed Raspbian OS on the 128 GB SD Card, but there were some quirks and I…

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03/20/2023 – EAA – First Day of Spring Galaxies

March 21, 2023 by Hersey

Clear 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…

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03/15/2023 – EAA – Observing with an Old Friend…

March 16, 2023 by Hersey

Last 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…

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Raspberry Pi Alternative SBC for Astronomy…

March 14, 2023 by Hersey

Raspberry Pis have been hard to come by and when you do find one the prices have been pretty steep. I decided to take a look at other single board computers (SBC) as an alternative to the Raspberrry Pi to see if…

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03/04/2023 – EAA – By the light of the Moon

March 5, 2023 by Hersey

A nice clear weekend night with mild temperatures in the low 60s. Oh and the Moon is 94% full 🙁 It seems like it has been forever since the last time I was able to observe so I set up the scope…

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02/18/2023 – EAA – A Different Look…

February 19, 2023 by Hersey

First bit of clear night sky in nearly a week. The forecast was calling for clouds around 9 PM but I set up to have a quick look. I did not do a polar alignment or shoot any calibration frames, I knew…

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