Exploring the Suffolk Virginia Night Sky – Astronomy, Astrophotography, Telescopes, EAA – Planets and Stars and Nebula and Galaxies – Looking, Learning, Sharing… Let's see what we can see…
Messier 81, Bode’s Galaxy
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…
It’s Monday and it is a holiday so no work today. While I was enjoying my coffee on a quiet morning I did a little tinkering with Gemini, an AI assistant from Google, wondering what kind of things it might tell me…
Very 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…
I have thought about picking up a SeeStar S50 a few times, it has made it into my AgenaAstro cart more than once. After seeing some of the images captured, and watching a NightSkiesNetwork.com broadcast, using the SeeStar S50 during the Solar…
Last night was cool, temperatures in the low 40s, and clear. It was a school night, but it has been a bit since we have had a nice clear sky and I wanted to get some observing in. I decided the break…
First 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…
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…
Nice clear night. Started off in the mid-30s but the temperatures fell into the mid-20s pretty quick after dark. I am testing out a new Raspberry Pi Build and a few new techniques for connectivity and EAA observations. The Wifi network is…
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…
Last night we had the first clear skies in a very long time. I think it has been 10 days or so since the last nice clear night. Clear skies, mild temperatures in the lower 70s, and just a bit of humidity…