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EAA – 05/20/2022 – Lots of Globulars, a Couple Nebula, and a Comet…

EAA – 05/20/2022 – Lots of Globulars, a Couple Nebula, and a Comet…

May 21, 2022 by Hersey

A warm day and a warm, in the upper 70s, clear night. I set up to capture a few globular clusters for my Messier Log and I ended up observing a total of 8 Messier globular clusters, a couple of nebula, and…

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Logging my Observing Sessions

Logging my Observing Sessions

May 19, 2022 by Hersey

I keep a log book of all my observing sessions. Some of my logs are more detailed than others, but I always keep a log. There are a number of different astronomy log books out there, but my log books are just…

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EAA – 05/17/2022 – First Light for the SV503 – Galaxies, Globulars, and more…

EAA – 05/17/2022 – First Light for the SV503 – Galaxies, Globulars, and more…

May 18, 2022 by Hersey

Last night we had the first clear skies in a very long time. I think it has been 10 days or so since the last nice clear night. Clear skies, mild temperatures in the lower 70s, and just a bit of humidity…

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New OTA… SV503 102ED F/7 Refractor

New OTA… SV503 102ED F/7 Refractor

May 13, 2022 by Hersey

The nights have been cloudy for over a week now, and the weather has been cold, wet, and windy. This is probably mostly my fault as I ordered a new optical tube assembly (OTA), a SVBONY SV503 102ED F/7 Refractor. I have…

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EAA – 04/24/2022 – Supernova in NGC 4647

EAA – 04/24/2022 – Supernova in NGC 4647

April 25, 2022 by Hersey

Last night was another nice warm and clear night. Earlier in the day I had read a CloudyNight’s post about EAA capturing a supernova in the galaxy NGC4647 which was discovered on April 16, 2022. This was the only target I had…

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EAA – 04/23/2022 – A Few Wide Field Galaxy Groups

EAA – 04/23/2022 – A Few Wide Field Galaxy Groups

April 24, 2022 by Hersey

Another warm, lower 70s, dry, and clear night. I decided to change out the Celestron C6 SCT for the Astro-Tech 66mm Refractor and hunt out some wide field galaxy groups. Enjoyed EAA observing of the Leo Triplet, a piece of the Virgo…

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EAA – 04/22/2022 – CN April Challenge, a Messier, and a Galaxy or two…

EAA – 04/22/2022 – CN April Challenge, a Messier, and a Galaxy or two…

April 23, 2022 by Hersey

First night I have been able to do a bit of EAA since the beginning of the month. Clouds, work, grandkids, and just life in general has kept the cover on the scope for the past few weeks. Last night was mostly…

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INDI-AllSky SV305 Gain and Color Setting

INDI-AllSky SV305 Gain and Color Setting

April 21, 2022 by Hersey

I have been tinkering with using a Raspberry Pi and my SV305 as an indi-allsky camera over the last week or so. In this post I am just documenting the different configuration settings I have been trying to get the most out…

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Weather Resistant Enclosure for the INDI-AllSky Camera

Weather Resistant Enclosure for the INDI-AllSky Camera

April 10, 2022 by Hersey

Recently I started tinkering with setting up an INDI AllSky Camera with a SVBONY SV305 and a Raspberry Pi 3B. It is a cool project and since I was able to get it working I wanted to enclose it to make it…

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Capturing Images with Ekos and EAA Live Stacking in SharpCap Pro

Capturing Images with Ekos and EAA Live Stacking in SharpCap Pro

April 6, 2022 by Hersey

I have had a few folks reach out and ask me about my workflow for capturing images with KStars/Ekos/INDI and then live stacking them using SharpCap for EAA. I am using Ekos to capture and save the FITS files to my local…

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