Hersey – Page 21 – The Suffolk Sky

Dusting Off the Old Celestron 6″ SCT

February 15, 2022 by Hersey

Last night I swapped out the AT66ED with the Celestron 6″ SCT. I purchased this Celestron 6″ SCT OTA second hand back in 2009 or so. The Celestron C6 SCT has an aperture of 6″ (152 mm) and a focal length of…

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EAA – 02/11/2022 – Galaxies and more galaxies…

February 12, 2022 by Hersey

Was a nice night last night. Clear and warm, in the low 50’s, with a little bit of a breeze. The Moon was pretty bright, about 80% waxing, but still a nice night to EAA observe. I did some testing early in…

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EAA – 02/09/2022 – Just a quick look…

February 10, 2022 by Hersey

Mostly clear skies and upper 30’s. I uncovered the scopes to do a little EAA on a school night. Had a peek at some of the more challenging objects on the CloudyNight’s February EAA Observing Challenge and a couple of interesting galaxies,…

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EAA – 02/05/2022 – The CN EAA Challenge and More Messiers…

February 6, 2022 by Hersey

A nice clear night. A little cool in the lower 30’s. There is a little bit of a breeze and an occasional gust. Great night for some EAA. I was able to EAA observer several objects listed on the CloudNights February 2022…

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EAA – 02/01/2022 – Couple M81 Group Galaxies and CN Challenge

February 2, 2022 by Hersey

Weather is suppose to be decent for the near future and we should have a few clear nights over the next week or so. The telescope is set back up in the drive way and I took advantage of a mostly clear…

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New Azimuth Knobs for the CG5

February 2, 2022 by Hersey

Weather was pretty crappy last weekend. I put the scopes away due to the winds and we did get a bit of snow. I spent a lot of time checking out the new annotation feature in the latest SharpCap release, I also…

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SharpCap Live Stack Deep Sky Annotation

January 29, 2022 by Hersey

We got 4″ about of snow last night, yuck. Since it is cold and cloudy I am messing around with a neat new SharpCap feature: Deep Sky Image Annotation. In SharpCap Pro you can now see what other little faint fuzzies you…

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Learning KStars/Ekos – Polar Alignment – What, Why, How…

January 29, 2022 by Hersey

This post covers polar alignment (What and Why) and the process I use (How) to accurately polar align my Celestron Advanced GT equatorial mount using Ekos for EAA observing. The details of the process will vary for different mounts and different EAA…

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EAA – 01/27/2022 – Few Galaxies and Orion

January 28, 2022 by Hersey

Another winter storm is on the way and snow is expected Friday and Saturday. I had not planned to observe, but the sky was clear and it may be several days before that happens again. It was a cold night, 28 degress,…

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EAA – 01/26/2022 – Flame, Horsehead, and a Couple Galaxies

January 27, 2022 by Hersey

Skies were nice and clear. It’s a school night so can’t be out too late but wanted to do some looking. I am working on writing up a blog how I use KStars/Ekos to get a good polar alignment. Part of this…

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