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Messier 3, NGC 5272 – “My God, it’s full of stars”
Hello all, The culmination of a long struggle to get to this point. New camera and ven though it’s nine months old, the C8’s first light imageWelcome to my Messier Continue Reading →
M5 – A Frustrating Journey
M5, a single sub @ 180 seconds, taken with SVBony SV405CC, (294 clone), using C8-A at 1565mm fl and UV_IR filter. No calibration frames of any kind, what you see is truly Continue Reading →
It’s been a while, but I’ve not been lazy…
We have a new member of the family; her name is Maggie. Pam rescued her from a couple of houses down from where I live. She’s pit bull and something. Continue Reading →
Astronomy Report 02-11-22 – First Light AZ-EQ5 in AZ mode
I struggled with the mount in the beginning. It wouldn’t slew to target from a basic alignment. I tried going to the moon and it decided it wanted to go Continue Reading →
Astronomy Report 12-22-22 – IC_1805 – Continuation
For the first time, everything went flawlessly. I had initial set up done in about 10 minutes, that’s become easy since I bundled the cabling and mounted the PC to Continue Reading →