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09/16/2022 – EAA – A Great Night Looking Around Cassiopeia
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09/16/2022 – EAA – A Great Night Looking Around Cassiopeia

September 17, 2022 by Hersey

A nice cool, in the mid-60s, and clear night. A bit hazy, but not too bad overall. My plan for this session was to revisit some of the objects on the CloudyNight’s September 2022 EAA Observing Challenge list and to see what…

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09/02/2022 – Observing Session – Finally a clear sky!
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09/02/2022 – Observing Session – Finally a clear sky!

September 4, 2022 by Hersey

Finally after more than a month we had a clear night sky on Friday. It was warm and humid but clear. The Moon was about half full in the Southwest sky. In the late afternoon I uncovered the scope and connected the…

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CloudyNights September 2022 EAA Observing Challenge
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CloudyNights September 2022 EAA Observing Challenge

September 1, 2022 by Hersey

I volunteered to create the September 2022 EAA Monthly Observing Challenge list for the CloudyNight’s EAA Forum. Each month a member of the forum creates a list of objects to be observed via Electronic Assisted Astronomy (EAA). The monthly EAA challenge list…

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EAA – 07/23/2022 – Nebulas, Clusters, and a Famous Galaxy Quintet
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EAA – 07/23/2022 – Nebulas, Clusters, and a Famous Galaxy Quintet

July 24, 2022 by Hersey

It has been a while since I have been able to get out and observe. Mostly due to no clear weekend nights. It was hot with high thin clouds most of the day on 07/23/2022 but the sky mostly cleared after 8:30…

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07/03/2022 – EAA – Clouds
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07/03/2022 – EAA – Clouds

July 4, 2022 by Hersey

It has been a while since I have been able to get out with the scope. It looked like it might clear last night, but that was not the case. I set up the SV503 102ED scope, got everything cabled up, and…

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EAA – 06/18/2022 – Some Nebula in Cygnus and a few other things…
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EAA – 06/18/2022 – Some Nebula in Cygnus and a few other things…

June 19, 2022 by Hersey

Last night the sky was mostly clear. It was also a bit cooler than it has been in the last couple weeks, once the Sun went down it cooled to the low 70s pretty quick and was in the mid-60s when I…

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EAA – 06/04/2022 – CN June 2022 Observing Challenge…
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EAA – 06/04/2022 – CN June 2022 Observing Challenge…

June 5, 2022 by Hersey

I uncovered the scope in the late afternoon and hoped for the sky to clear, it mostly did. Mostly clear night, a few high thin clouds moving quickly across the sky, temperatures in the lower 70s. My plan was to hunt for…

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Some Cool Captures from the INDI All Sky Camera…
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Some Cool Captures from the INDI All Sky Camera…

June 1, 2022 by Hersey

My INDI All Sky Camera Project has been up and running for over a month now. I finally got around to building a home for the all sky camera to get it out of the center of the driveway. Just a simple…

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EAA – 05/29/2022 – A Few More Messiers…
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EAA – 05/29/2022 – A Few More Messiers…

May 30, 2022 by Hersey

Another warm, clear night. Temperatures were in the mid to lower 70’s and it was a little less humid than the night before. My plan was to try to pick up a few more of the Messiers over in the area of…

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EAA – 05/28/2022 – Just Looking Around…
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EAA – 05/28/2022 – Just Looking Around…

May 29, 2022 by Hersey

A warm, humid, clear night. Temperatures in the mid-70’s and lots of mosquitos. If it was not for EAA I probably would have been eaten alive. I started out the night with not much of a plan, but I did want to…

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