Monday, October 13, 2025

10/10/2025 Infrequently Imaged Globulars + Helix Nebula (NGC7293)

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The original plan for the night was to image infrequently or never imaged globular clusters that hover low near the southern horizon. Near t...
Thursday, September 18, 2025

Recovery from problematic experiment.

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Recently I experimented with acquiring light frames sans dark frames in SharpCap . The result was ugly.  For reasons still a mystery to this...
Sunday, August 31, 2025

08/31/2025: IC 4665, IC 5146, Messier 13, NGC 7635, Sharpless 140, Sharpless 142, Sharpless 155

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Celestron 8/AVX, Starizona Night Owl 0.4X Focal Reducer, ASI294MC Pro  Orion Mini Autoguider. Nebulae: 30x60s subs, IC4665: 30x15s subs,  Me...
Tuesday, August 26, 2025

08/26/2025 : M29, NGC6633, NGC6882, Sharpless 112

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SETUP: Celestron 8 / AVX, Starizona Night Owl 0.4X Focal Reducer, ASI294MC Pro.  EXPOSURES: see image. Processing: Autostakkert! (stack aver...
Sunday, July 20, 2025

07/21/2025: Messier 8, Messier 13, NGC6857

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Along with five of my favorite targets M8 and M13 this was my first attempt at imaging NGC6857. M16, M17 and M20 were imaged on 7/19/2025. I...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

06/24/2025 Globular Clusters

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Setup: Celestron 8/AVX, Starizona Night Owl 0.4X Focal Reducer, ASI294MC Pro. Acquisition and Processing: All objects imaged with 30x30s sub...

New Laptop and Orion Magnificent Mini Autoguider. Phew!

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It's been a while since I posted. Increased age related sensitivity to winter temps and a bit of laziness around imaging galaxies during...