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Categories: Imaging sessions Posted on July 31, 2020July 31, 2020

ngc 7380 – wizard Nebula

We’ve had pretty consistent cloudy weather for a while now, but had an opening last night to get the telescope back out. I captured 5hrs of Ha, SII, OIII data on the wizard nebula. After processing the data a bit, its obvious more SII and … continue readingngc 7380 – wizard Nebula

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Categories: Imaging sessions Posted on July 19, 2020July 19, 2020

ngc6992 eastern veil nebula

I captured 50 – 5 minute subframes of each Ha and Oiii. I also captured some Sii data, but ran into cloudy weather and decided to come back to a SHO version later. I wanted to try the red and blue version I have seen … continue readingngc6992 eastern veil nebula

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Categories: Imaging sessions Posted on July 11, 2020July 19, 2020

sh2-49: eagle nebula

I decided to image the eagle nebula next. I was able to get about an hour of Ha data last night as I wrapped up the elephant trunk nebula. I had a couple clear nights in a row and was able to capture 50 300s … continue readingsh2-49: eagle nebula

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Categories: Imaging sessions Posted on July 11, 2020July 15, 2020

sh2-131: elephant trunk nebula

Here is my SHO processed image of the elephant trunk nebula. It took me over two weeks to capture this due to an unusually large dust cloud that crossed the atlantic from the sahara desert and then a series of storms in the southeast USA. … continue readingsh2-131: elephant trunk nebula

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Categories: gear Posted on July 5, 2020July 6, 2020

summer 2020 gear update

I’ve made a few equipment changes for the summer season. Everything in my current kit is listed below: imaging telescope explore scientific ed102 apo flattener/reducer stellarvue sffr102-2 focuser stock 2” + zwo eaf filter wheel zwo efw 8 x 1.25” filters optolong 1.25 ha, sii, … continue readingsummer 2020 gear update

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Categories: gear, Imaging sessions Posted on July 1, 2020July 19, 2020

first light ZWO ASI 1600MM PRO

Several new items finally arrived this week. I ordered the 1600MM Pro and ZWO 8 position 1.25″ electronic filter wheel from optcorp.com. I also ordered the optolong 1.25″ narrowband set and l-pro filter from highpointscientific.com. Setting up this camera was simple in part because ZWO … continue readingfirst light ZWO ASI 1600MM PRO

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