01/15/2026 – M81 and M82
January 16, 2026Very cool, fairly clear… a few thin clouds here and there early in the night, over all a very nice night to look up. Before dark I cooled the camera to -10 C and shot some new bin1 3 minute darks. Once…
Tag: Cigar Galaxy
Messier 82, M82
01/01/2025 – First Light of 2025 – Galaxies M 81 and M 82
January 2, 2025Happy New Year!!! First light captured in 2025 on a cold clear night. A thin waxing crescent Moon in the west set shortly after the Sun. For this session I swapped out the ZWO Duo-Band filter for the SVBONY SV240 Multi-Narrowband filter…
02/18/2023 – EAA – A Different Look…
February 19, 2023First bit of clear night sky in nearly a week. The forecast was calling for clouds around 9 PM but I set up to have a quick look. I did not do a polar alignment or shoot any calibration frames, I knew…
EAA – 04/23/2022 – A Few Wide Field Galaxy Groups
April 24, 2022Another warm, lower 70s, dry, and clear night. I decided to change out the Celestron C6 SCT for the Astro-Tech 66mm Refractor and hunt out some wide field galaxy groups. Enjoyed EAA observing of the Leo Triplet, a piece of the Virgo…
EAA – 12/26/2021 – Crab Nebula, Bode’s Galaxy, Cigar Galaxy, and more…
December 27, 2021The weather was much warmer last night and the skies were clear. Had a good look at the Crab Nebula (M1), Bode’s Galaxy (M81), the Cigar Galaxy (M82), Triangulum Galaxy (M33), and the reflection nebula M78. Same setup I have been using…