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…
ZWO ASI294MC Pro – Color Deep Space Camera – Cooled
First kind of clear night without a Moon since I really can’t remember when. Even though the sky was free of clouds, the humidity was very high and it was pretty hazy throughout the night. Still I was able to capture a…
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…
It has been a good while since the last time I was able to capture any far off photons with the SV503. I broke the scope down and stored it away in the Astro Shed just before we went down to Ocracoke…
Wow! I did not realize it had been so long. I have not gathered any light through the scope in nearly 2 months. Glad we got a nice clear night to change that. I decided to try for Hickson 44 which is…
Little warmer than last night, but still cool in the mid-to-upper 30s. Bit more of the waxing Crescent Moon, but not enough to be a bother. Earlier in the day I swapped out scopes on the mount, putting the SVBONY 102ED back…
Clear, cold (upper 20s F), night. Just a little sliver of the 15% waxing Crescent Moon in the SW sky. I uncovered the AT66ED to capture the March Sky-Watcher USA TOTM, LDN 1622 or the Boogeyman Nebula. The dark nebula LDN 1622…
The forecast was calling for a clear sky for most of the night so I set things up to capture the SkywatcherUSA TOTM for February 2025, LBN 777 the Baby Eagle Nebula or Vulture Head Nebula. The night started off clear, cool,…
Another nice clear cold dry night. The waxing Crescent Moon was up a bit longer in the West, but was not very bright. The sky was really stable and clear, a nice night for collecting some light. I framed up the Horsehead…
Another beautiful clear night. A bit cold with temperatures dropping down in the low 30s once the Sun set, but it did not seem to be as damp out as the night before. The Moon was just a small sliver and set…
Happy 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…