Hersey – The Suffolk Sky

ZWO ASI294MC Pro Cable Management Bracket

September 18, 2023 by Hersey

This Astronomy 3D Print is a handy cable management bracket which fits on my ZWO ASI294MC Pro camera to keep the cables neat and under control. It also provides some stress relief on the cables which will help prevent damage to the…

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M33 – Triangulum Galaxy – 09/15/2023 and 09/16/2023

September 17, 2023 by Hersey

I am tried something a little different here. I wanted to capture data of Messier 33 over a couple of nights to see what I could come up with. Mostly so I can get some post-processing practice in Siril. I collected 1…

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3D Printing Useful Astronomy Things…

September 11, 2023 by Hersey

I picked up a Ender 3 S1 Pro 3D Printer to tinker with. Just wanted to learn a bit more about 3D printing and see if I could make some useful stuff. Since I received the printer a few days ago it…

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09/03/2023 – 2.5 Hours of The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula

September 4, 2023 by Hersey

During my EAA session on 09/02/2023 I observed the Elephant’s Trunk region of IC 1396, but it was not framed very well. Last night I decided to capture some more data centering on IC 1396A to frame the nebula better and to…

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Last Night’s Moon…

September 3, 2023 by Hersey

Before 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…

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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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