Hersey – Page 5 – The Suffolk Sky

07/28/2024 – SeeStar EAA Observing on Ocracoke Island

August 4, 2024 by Hersey

Sandy and I were on vacation on Ocracoke Island in North Carolina last week. I brought along the SeeStar S50 and was excited to get some views from the nice, very dark, Ocracoke sky. My plan was to EAA observe the remaining…

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Learning NINA – Imaging Dashboard

July 7, 2024 by Hersey

The NINA Imaging Dashboard provides a one stop display of command and control information for a NINA imaging session: gear connections, camera control, mount information, guiding statistics, image statistics and history, focus, sequence progress, and more. NINA’s Imaging Dashboard is also very…

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New Stuff on SuffolkSky…

June 21, 2024 by Hersey

Happy Friday! Looks like we might have some clear skies this weekend… of course it will be lit up by the light of the full Moon. In this Friday morning post I wanted to take a few minutes to introduce a couple…

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06/18/2024 – The Black Eye Galaxy

June 19, 2024 by Hersey

Mostly clear, highs in the upper 60s, and a light breeze. A nice night even with a very bright 91% Waxing Full Moon. Despite the Moon I really wanted to capture some light. 06/19 is a holiday, so I could stay up…

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06/18/2024 – SeeStar EAA – All kinds of great stuff…

June 19, 2024 by Hersey

Nice mostly clear night, but a very bright Moon. Just a few high thin clouds here and there. Temperatures were mild, in the upper 60s, with a slight breeze. Since tomorrow is a holiday stayed up a little late and had a…

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06/17/2024 – SeeStar EAA – Ring, Crescent, Veil

June 18, 2024 by Hersey

Of course if we are going to have a nice clear night it has to have a very bright Moon. Waxing Full Moon about 86% full. Clear skies, maybe a few thin clouds with the temperature in the upper 70s with a…

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Learning NINA – Weather Data from OpenWeatherMap

June 17, 2024 by Hersey

It is helpful to have current weather information during an observing session. I typically record the current temperature, humidity, and cloud cover in my observation session logs. Weather data can be obtained from a few different sources. In this post I am…

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06/07/2024 – Eyes of Frustration

June 8, 2024 by Hersey

The forecast for the night was not great, but it was fairly clear just before dark. The temperature was in the mid-70s and the humidity was not quite as bad as it has been. I uncovered the scope hoping to capture a…

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Very Neat Python Opensource Star Charting…

June 7, 2024 by Hersey

I was browsing the CloudyNights Astronomy Software & Computers forum and ran across this post about an interesting python script which generates sky charts. fchart3 is an opensource Python script to make beautiful Deep Sky finder charts and star maps in various…

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It’s Gonna Blow! T Coronae Borealis Nova Coming Soon… Maybe?

June 4, 2024 by Hersey

If you are into space or amateur astronomy you have probably heard news or seen some discussion of the impending nova of T Coronae Borealis, aka T CrB, aka HIP 78322, aka the “Blaze Star”. T Coronae Borealis is a recurrent nova…

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