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Tag: NGC 6888

10/08/2024 – NGC 6888 The Crescent Nebula
Astrophotography Deep Sky Nebula 

10/08/2024 – NGC 6888 The Crescent Nebula

October 9, 2024 by Hersey

Nice clear night. Still doing a lot of tinkering and testing with the AT66ED setup. The plan was to work on getting the focus configuration dialed in and I was able to do that. Then I decided to gather a couple hours…

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06/17/2024 – SeeStar EAA – Ring, Crescent, Veil
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06/17/2024 – SeeStar EAA – Ring, Crescent, Veil

June 18, 2024 by Hersey

Of course if we are going to have a nice clear night it has to have a very bright Moon. Waxing Full Moon about 86% full. Clear skies, maybe a few thin clouds with the temperature in the upper 70s with a…

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Processing Pelican Nebula and Crescent Nebula with Siril
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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
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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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08/19/2023 – EAA – A Few Nebula, a Galaxy, and a New Messier for the Log.
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08/19/2023 – EAA – A Few Nebula, a Galaxy, and a New Messier for the Log.

August 20, 2023 by Hersey

Saturday night was a very nice clear night with temperatures in the mid-70s and a the humidity was a bit lower than it has been. Just a nice night overall and the best clear night sky we have had in a very…

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07/03/2022 – EAA – Clouds
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07/03/2022 – EAA – Clouds

July 4, 2022 by Hersey

It has been a while since I have been able to get out with the scope. It looked like it might clear last night, but that was not the case. I set up the SV503 102ED scope, got everything cabled up, and…

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EAA – 06/18/2022 – Some Nebula in Cygnus and a few other things…
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EAA – 06/18/2022 – Some Nebula in Cygnus and a few other things…

June 19, 2022 by Hersey

Last night the sky was mostly clear. It was also a bit cooler than it has been in the last couple weeks, once the Sun went down it cooled to the low 70s pretty quick and was in the mid-60s when I…

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EAA – 06/04/2022 – CN June 2022 Observing Challenge…
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EAA – 06/04/2022 – CN June 2022 Observing Challenge…

June 5, 2022 by Hersey

I uncovered the scope in the late afternoon and hoped for the sky to clear, it mostly did. Mostly clear night, a few high thin clouds moving quickly across the sky, temperatures in the lower 70s. My plan was to hunt for…

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