Exploring the Suffolk Virginia Night Sky – Astronomy, Astrophotography, Telescopes, EAA – Planets and Stars and Nebula and Galaxies – Looking, Learning, Sharing… Let's see what we can see…
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….
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…
Clear and cold… very cold. I uncovered the scope a in the late afternoon. One thing about the cold is it doesn’t take long for the camera to cool down 🙂 After dark I ran the Ekos Auto Focus and Polar Alignment….
It was clear and cool, mid-40’s when I started out and low-30’s by the end of the night. The Moon is new, so no issues there. I uncovered the scope early in the afternoon and was ready to start capturing light at…
A cold clear night. I uncovered the scope just before dark. I started my polar alignment as soon as it was dark enough to get enough stars to plate solve, which was just after 6 PM. I had the ZWO Duo-Band Filter…
The scope has been put away for the last couple weeks due to the weather and just all the stuff going on with Christmas and such. The forecast looked pretty good for Saturday night, even though the Moon was nearing full, so…
Another nice clear night. A little warmer (just a little) with temperatures in the mid-30s. I set out to capture a couple more hours of IC 2118, the Witch Head Nebula, to add to the data from my EAA session on 12/14….
Another clear and cold night, with no Moon. The last couple sessions I have been capturing data of the Drunken Dragon Nebula (LBN 762) for post-processing, for this session I decided to go back to doing some EAA. I uncovered the scope…
Last night was another cold clear night. I continued capturing data of the nebula LBN 762, also known as the Drunken Dragon Nebula. This nebula is an emission nebula located in the constellation of Aries. It is also the Skywatcher USA Target…
A couple nights ago I was tinkering around with the telescope and broadcasting on the Night Skies Network. Dave from West Virginia joined the broadcast and mentioned a dark nebula, LBN 762, and this target was the SkywatcherUSA Target of the Month…