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 →
Category Archives: Astronomy
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 →
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 →
Astronomy Report 12-21-21 – IC_1805 – First imaging run in almost six weeks that worked.
I’ve only managed to set up twice in the last six weeks, it’s been cloudy and rainy. Both times had issues. Mostly with focusing but that should be resolved now. Continue Reading →