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ZWO ASI294MC Pro – Color Deep Space Camera – Cooled
Sunday night was nice and clear, and with setting the clocks back it was dark pretty early. I decided to get some more data on the Soap Bubble Nebula (PN G075.5+01.7). I collected 3 hours and 2 minutes (91 x 120 seconds)…
OK OK OK… So this is really cool… well at least I think so… so very cool. The other night when I was EAA observing the Crescent Nebula and broadcasting on Night Skies Network, a couple of the folks that joined the…
A cold and clear night. Temperatures in the low 40’s which is the coolest yet this fall. EAA is great cause my office was nice and toasty :). I had a plan to capture a few of the objects on the CloudyNights’…
A clear warm night with a very bright full Moon. I started a soon as the Sun went down hoping to get some views before the Moon was too high in the sky. I had a plan for three nebula, the Crescent…
Clear with temperatures in the mid/low 60s. A very nice night, other than the bright 89% waxing Moon. Still it has been a while so it was good to collect some light through the scope. My plan for the night was to…
This Astronomy 3D Print is a handy cable management bracket which fits on my ZWO ASI294MC Pro camera to keep the cables neat and under control. It also provides some stress relief on the cables which will help prevent damage to the…
I am tried something a little different here. I wanted to capture data of Messier 33 over a couple of nights to see what I could come up with. Mostly so I can get some post-processing practice in Siril. I collected 1…
During my EAA session on 09/02/2023 I observed the Elephant’s Trunk region of IC 1396, but it was not framed very well. Last night I decided to capture some more data centering on IC 1396A to frame the nebula better and to…
Before packing it in last night I took a 100 or so exposures of the Moon just to see what I might be able to do with it. The exposures were 0.000032 seconds which is the shortest exposure Ekos would allow me…
Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday weekend. Here in Southeastern Virginia Saturday was a beautiful day which gave way to a nice clear night. I uncovered the scope before dark and took a few sets of dark frames and a quick set…