Exploring the Suffolk Virginia Night Sky – Astronomy, Astrophotography, Telescopes, EAA – Planets and Stars and Nebula and Galaxies – Looking, Learning, Sharing…
It was a nice clear night and even though it was a school night I decided to set up for a bit to try out using the Ekos Scheduler to kick off all the different tasks for an imaging session. I have…
I have had my new Sky Watcher EQ6-R Pro mount set up in the office since it arrived Monday. Testing connectivity and learning the operations with Ekos and the INDI EQMod driver. Friday night was suppose to be nice and clear so…
Wow! Three nice clear nights in a row. Temperatures were warmer for this session, 55 F and clear at dark. Temperatures dropped a bit during the session but never below freezing. The Moon was up and waxing at about 50%. I decided…
The first night out in nearly a month and it was a good one. A very nice clear sky and my gear work great. I observed a few objects from the CloudyNights’ December 2022 Monthly EAA Observing Challenge. Then had fun just…
Skies were nice and clear. It’s a school night so can’t be out too late but wanted to do some looking. I am working on writing up a blog how I use KStars/Ekos to get a good polar alignment. Part of this…