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05/12/2024 – A Sunflower on Mother’s Day
Astrophotography Deep Sky Galaxies 

05/12/2024 – A Sunflower on Mother’s Day

May 13, 2024 by Hersey

After a couple weeks of a whole lot of clouds, Sunday was a nice night. Temperatures in the mid-50s, clear, and only a little sliver of a Moon. It has been a bit since I collected any light in the SV503 (been…

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Background Extraction and Noise Reduction using AI for Free
Astrophotography Image Processing 

Background Extraction and Noise Reduction using AI for Free

April 25, 2024 by Hersey

GraXpert is a free opensource tool which can use Artificial Intelligence (AI) models to perform background extraction (gradient removal) and denoising (noise removal) on astrophotography images. I have been tinkering with this tool using a FITS image saved from a live stack…

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04/13/2024 – Messier 51, The Whirlpool Galaxy
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04/13/2024 – Messier 51, The Whirlpool Galaxy

April 14, 2024 by Hersey

It is galaxy season! It was a nice night for observing. A crisp clear sky and temperatures in the mid-to-low 50s F. Not a lot of humidity in the air, so seeing was nice and dew was at a minimum. Last nights…

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04/07/2024- The Leo Triplet – M65, M66, and NGC 3628
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04/07/2024- The Leo Triplet – M65, M66, and NGC 3628

April 8, 2024 by Hersey

Nice clear night. A little cool, but still a nice clear Moonless night. I was setting up more to make sure everything was ready for the Solar Eclipse, but decided to have a quick go and capturing some light since it was…

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03/11/2024 – Headphone Nebula March 2024 TOTM
Astrophotography Deep Sky Nebula 

03/11/2024 – Headphone Nebula March 2024 TOTM

March 12, 2024 by Hersey

It’s been a bit since we have had a nice Moonless clear sky. Monday night, 3/11/2024, was a very nice night for looking up. Cool, but not too cold, with temperatures in the mid-to-low 40s. Very clear, no Moon, and only a…

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02/13/2024 – Couple of Favorites… The Horsehead and a Flame…
Astrophotography Deep Sky Nebula 

02/13/2024 – Couple of Favorites… The Horsehead and a Flame…

February 14, 2024 by Hersey

Earlier in the day it was windy, stormy, and we even lost power for a little over an hour, but as it got later in the afternoon the wind died down and the skies cleared up. It was a bit cooler than…

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02/07/2024 – More Time on a Couple of Planetary Nebulas
Astrophotography Nebula 

02/07/2024 – More Time on a Couple of Planetary Nebulas

February 8, 2024 by Hersey

A nice cool and very clear Moonless night. I was able to capture a little more than 3 1/2 hours of light from the planetary nebulas PK 136+05 and PN G136.1+04.9. The planetary nebula PK 136+05, aka Hechathorn-Fesen-Gull 1 of HFG1, is…

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02/05/2024 – Planetary Nebula PK 136+05 and PN G136.1+04.9
Astrophotography Deep Sky Nebula 

02/05/2024 – Planetary Nebula PK 136+05 and PN G136.1+04.9

February 6, 2024 by Hersey

Clear and cold night with no Moon! Great night to collect some light from Hechathorn-Fesen-Gull 1 (aka HFG1 or PK 136+05) a planetary nebula located in the constellation of Cassiopeia. HFG1 is the SkyWatcherUSA Target of the Month (TOTM) for February 2024….

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Automating Image Processing Using Siril Scripts…
Astrophotography Equipment Image Processing 

Automating Image Processing Using Siril Scripts…

January 28, 2024 by Hersey

Siril is a powerful freeware astronomical image processing tool. One of the features of Siril which I find very useful (and fun to tinker with) is the ability to automate image pre-processing and processing tasks using scripts. Automating things like creating master…

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01/21/2024 – More Light from the Dolphin Head Nebula
Astrophotography Deep Sky Nebula 

01/21/2024 – More Light from the Dolphin Head Nebula

January 22, 2024 by Hersey

Another very cold and clear night so I took the opportunity to capture some more light from the Dolphin Head Nebula (Sh2-308/LBN 1052) I was able to add just over an hour and half to the just over an hour and a…

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