Backyard Stargazing and Amateur Astronomy in Suffolk, Virginia USA
Observations from Friday, December 11, 2009 Friday night was very cold and fairly clear – just a few high thin clouds passing through every so often. I was out for a few hours and had the chance to take a few images with my new AT66ED scope that I picked up a month or so [...]
Clear, dark, and cold. Nice night for stargazing. Got a pretty good image of the Andromeda Galaxy. Five 2 minute exposures at ISO800 and 5 dark frames. I actually took 20 2 minute exposures but only 5 turned out nice enough to stack. I think it looks pretty nice. Here’s a wide field shot of [...]
Scope: NexStar 60 SLT Refractor Eyepieces: 32mm Plossl, 20mm Plossl, 15mm Plossl Date Time: 1/12/2009 6:45 – 8:00 PM Objects: M31, M33, Venus, M43 Tonight was just a quick look. The weather was calling for a mostly clear sky and I just wanted to take advantage of it, even if it was only for a [...]
Just a few pictures from tonight. The moon was bright and clouds started to roll in a little after 10 PM. My plan tonight was to take a series of images of M31 to stack them and I was able to do that. View the full size image and you can see some of the [...]
Last night it was cold and a bit cloudy, but I really wanted to get out and try out my new piggy back mount with my Nikon D60. Neat stuff! It is really amazing how much the camera sees that you cannot see with your eye. The frost got to the scope lens pretty quick [...]
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