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Exploring the Suffolk Virginia Night Sky

Astronomy, Astrophotography, EAA

Planets and Stars and Nebula and Galaxies

Looking, Learning, Sharing...

Let's see what we can see...

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Author: Hersey

Hersey

EAA – 01/09/2022 – Open Clusters and a Flame…

EAA – 01/09/2022 – Open Clusters and a Flame…

January 9, 2022 by Hersey

Last night was cold and clear. In the day light I rebalanced the mount. I started out my observing outside to get a proper polar alignment on the mount, it was way off. I used the Polar Alignment Tool in Ekos. It…

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First Image… From My Desk!

First Image… From My Desk!

January 8, 2022 by Hersey

Tonight I tried some EAA observing from inside the house using the new Raspberry Pi Astroberry to control the telescope and camera. Spent a lot of time just messing and I have a lot of things to figure out, but it was…

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Setting Up a GPS Module on the Astroberry

Setting Up a GPS Module on the Astroberry

January 6, 2022 by Hersey

I set up and tested my Raspberry Pi with Astroberry a few days ago. The GPS Module I ordered finally arrived and this post walks through how I set it up to get real-time GPS data for KStars. This is not really…

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Some Nebula from Back in the Day…

Some Nebula from Back in the Day…

January 5, 2022 by Hersey

It’s raining and cold. Since I can’t observe or capture any new images I figured I would share some images I captured of a few nebula from way back in the summer and fall of 2010. These were all captured with my…

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Setting Up a Raspberry Pi for EAA…

Setting Up a Raspberry Pi for EAA…

January 5, 2022 by Hersey

Several years ago I had set up a Raspberry Pi to allow me to control the telescope using Stellarium and image through the Raspberry Pi’s camera. I was tinkering with some EAA before EAA was EAA. It was completely self-contained in a…

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EAA – 12/26/2021 – Crab Nebula, Bode’s Galaxy, Cigar Galaxy, and more…

EAA – 12/26/2021 – Crab Nebula, Bode’s Galaxy, Cigar Galaxy, and more…

December 27, 2021 by Hersey

The weather was much warmer last night and the skies were clear. Had a good look at the Crab Nebula (M1), Bode’s Galaxy (M81), the Cigar Galaxy (M82), Triangulum Galaxy (M33), and the reflection nebula M78. Same setup I have been using…

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Scope Buggy Build Part 1…

Scope Buggy Build Part 1…

December 24, 2021 by Hersey

I am building a Scope Buggy so I can move my set up from the garage to the backyard without having to disassemble everything. Setting up my rig is not that hard but it takes several trips to the garage. First I…

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EAA – 12/23/2021 – Andromeda Galaxy, Triangulum Galaxy, Orion Nebula

EAA – 12/23/2021 – Andromeda Galaxy, Triangulum Galaxy, Orion Nebula

December 24, 2021 by Hersey

Last night was cold but clear so I set out to try to catch a glimpse of the Andromeda Galaxy EAA style with the SV305 Camera. Same setup I have been using the past few nights, my Stellervue 80mm scope for visual…

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EAA – 12/22/2021 – Owl Cluster, Double Cluster, M37, M15, and M42

EAA – 12/22/2021 – Owl Cluster, Double Cluster, M37, M15, and M42

December 23, 2021 by Hersey

Finally some clear skies, cold but clear. Just after dark I aligned the mount and started looking. Jupiter looked amazing and I spent a bit of time just admiring it and its moons. But I really wanted to give the SV305 Camera…

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Buy the beginner “department store” telescope…

December 23, 2021 by Hersey

I am just rambling and this post is a bit of a rant, but I really dislike it when I see or hear people give the advice… “whatever you do don’t buy a department store telescope.” Many people advise against the mass…

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