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Thoughts and Observations
Finally some nice clear Moonless nights. Little cool, mid-50s at the start and low 40s in the mornings. The plan for the evening was some time on M31 through the SV555 and then to get grab Skywatcher USA November 2026 Target of…
Some pretty strong storms moved through Southeastern VA just after dark last night. Most of the heaviest wind and rain passed just south of us. Lots of lightning and thunder, a little wind, and some heavy rain. The SuffolkSky All Sky Camera…
The SuffolkSky.com INDI AllSky Camera provides a live view of the Suffolk, VA sky from my backyard. I have been running my indi-allsky camera for several years now. Over time I have updated the enclosure and tweaked the configs. The software has…
The temperature was cool, in the mid-30s and the sky was clear, but seeing was not great. The 85% waxing Moon was also nice and bright. Not the best conditions, but it has been a minute since I have been able to…
Not in the Suffolk Sky, but still pretty neat. We were down in Ormand Beach, FL for Biketoberfest. For the past 24 years or so we have road down to Biketoberfest and every year we check the launch schedule. We have been…
Finally a mostly clear sky! It has been a few months since the Southeastern VA sky has been without clouds or a bright Moon. Since I have been traveling a bit the main scope is still packed up, so I put the…
Set the SeeStar up just before dark. Updated the app and the firmware, then adjusted the level. Nice clear night in the low 50s, dropping into the mid-40s as the Sun went down. I started capturing Messier objects just after 7 PM….
Very cold, very clear, and a very bright 80% waxing Moon high in the sky. Didn’t want to fight the Moon with any long exposure light gathering so I decided to do a bit of EAA observing with the SeeStar S50 to…
It’s has been a bit since I have been able to look up into a clear night sky. Last night the weather was nice. Mostly clear, just a bit of haze, with temperatures in the low 60s. I set up the SeeStar…
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…