Hersey – The Suffolk Sky

11/18/2023 – EAA – A Few Galaxies and the Horsehead Nebula

November 19, 2023 by Hersey

A very nice clear night. Temperatures in the mid-to-low 50s and a 34% waxing Moon. Hunted a few galaxies, two of which I have visited before and a really interesting one I have not observed before. Orion was rising high enough in…

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11/06/2023 – More Soap Bubble Time from 11/05/2023…

November 6, 2023 by Hersey

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)…

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11/03/2023 – The Soap Bubble Nebula

November 4, 2023 by Hersey

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…

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11/02/2023 – EAA – Open Clusters and a Galaxy…

November 3, 2023 by Hersey

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’…

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Processing Pelican Nebula and Crescent Nebula with Siril

October 30, 2023 by Hersey

I captured an hours worth of data each of the Crescent Nebula, NGC 6888, and the Pelican Nebula, IC 5070, the night of 10/28/2023. I captured 30 x 120 second exposures each at 121 gain, 8 offset and bin 2×2. I used…

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10/28/2023 – EAA – More Nebula with the Duo-Band

October 29, 2023 by Hersey

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…

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10/25/2023 – EAA Duo-Band Broadcasted on the NSN

October 26, 2023 by Hersey

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…

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ZWO ASI294MC Pro Cable Management Bracket

September 18, 2023 by Hersey

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…

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M33 – Triangulum Galaxy – 09/15/2023 and 09/16/2023

September 17, 2023 by Hersey

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…

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3D Printing Useful Astronomy Things…

September 11, 2023 by Hersey

I picked up a Ender 3 S1 Pro 3D Printer to tinker with. Just wanted to learn a bit more about 3D printing and see if I could make some useful stuff. Since I received the printer a few days ago it…

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