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Planets, the Moon, the Sun, Comets, and other things floating around in our Solar System

09/03/2023 – 2.5 Hours of The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula
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09/03/2023 – 2.5 Hours of The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula

September 4, 2023 by Hersey

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…

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Last Night’s Moon…
Solar System 

Last Night’s Moon…

September 3, 2023 by Hersey

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…

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Solar Filter on the SV503… First Light…
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Solar Filter on the SV503… First Light…

August 27, 2023 by Hersey

There were a few thin clouds this morning but I wanted to at least give my Spectrum Telescope 5″ Glass Solar Filter (ST500G) I picked up from AgenaAstro last week a try. After adding a couple of the included felt pads the…

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Using Python to Create an Animated Planet Map
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Using Python to Create an Animated Planet Map

February 16, 2023 by Hersey

This was a neat little project I came up with while working on improving my RaspAstro Web application. It started with plotting the current position of the planets using matplotlib. Once I was able to get a map with accurate plots of…

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01/27/2023 – AP – NGC 2403 and a Comet
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01/27/2023 – AP – NGC 2403 and a Comet

January 29, 2023 by Hersey

Nice clear night with temperatures starting in the mid-40s and dropping down to about freezing as the night went on. The Moon was up but is only about 43%, so not as bright as will be in a few more days. The…

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From the Archives – Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars…
Solar System 

From the Archives – Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars…

January 16, 2022 by Hersey

Clouds and crappy weather for the next day or so, I actually packed away the telescope since the wind is suppose to whip up this afternoon. It has been set up in the back driveway since early December. I was digging through…

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The Moon
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The Moon

December 18, 2021 by Hersey

Just a quick picture of the Moon taken early evening 12/17/2021 before the clouds moved in. One night before the full Moon. I can almost get the entire Moon in the SV305‘s field of view through my AstroTech AT66. More to come…

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