Exploring the Suffolk Virginia Night Sky – Astronomy, Astrophotography, Telescopes, EAA – Planets and Stars and Nebula and Galaxies – Looking, Learning, Sharing…
I am tried something a little different here. I wanted to capture data of Messier 33 over a couple of nights to see what I could come up with. Mostly so I can get some post-processing practice in Siril. I collected 1…
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…
Nice clear night with temperatures starting in the mid-40s and dropping down to about freezing as the night went on. The Moon was up but is only about 43%, so not as bright as will be in a few more days. The…
I did a little post-processing on the Horsehead data I captured earlier this week. Nothing fancy, just stacked the 40 x 180 second exposures using ASTAP, the Astrometric STAcking Program, applying darks and flats. After stacking the frames I exported the stacked…