Hersey – Page 13 – The Suffolk Sky

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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July 2023 EAA Observing Challenge…

July 3, 2023 by Hersey

The sky has not been clear in a good while… clouds, smoke, haze, the full Moon, and some work travel have not allowed me do do any EAA in the last few weeks, the last EAA session I had was back in…

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New Versions of INDI Server, KStars, and SharpCap…

June 14, 2023 by Hersey

The sky has not been cooperating much over the last couple weeks. Either fully clouded out, or high thin clouds, have kept the cover on the scope. Took the opportunity to update the astronomy software I use for observing on my Libre…

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Using Wikipedia for EAA Observing Session Planning….

June 4, 2023 by Hersey

There are a few different tools I use to plan an observing session. Most planetarium applications have some kind of “What’s up tonight” or similar tool which can help with planning out an observing session,. I often use KStar’s “What’s Up Tonight”…

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