Imaging Session: 14, May

Session Data Date:  14/5/2020 Time:  20:37 – 02:05 UT Seeing: Unknown Transparency: Unknown Temp: 7 C, Air Pressure: 1023mb Humidity: 82% Dew Point: 4C Wind Speed: 10mph Average Seeing:  Average SQM: Scope: TMB 80 f/4.8  Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro, No Filter. Darks and Flats applied. Image rotation 268 degrees A two for the price of one observation in that we get NGC4214 in the FOV as well. This is one of those forgotten…


Imaging Session: 31, March

Session Data Date:  31/03/2020   Time:  21:50 – 22:45 UT Seeing: II Mostly Stable,  Transparency: Mostly Clear,  Temp:3.1C, Air Pressure: 1028mb,  Humidity: 75%,  Dew Point: 0C,  Wind Speed: 8mph Scope: TMB 80mm APO Refractor at f/4.8  Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro,  No filter, Dark subtracted, No Flats. NGC 5457 – M101 I shot a total of 60 x 30 second subs, but by the time the time the rejects had been removed I had…


Imaging Session: 23, March

Session Data Date:  23/03/2020   Time:  20:53 – 23:22 UT Seeing: II Mostly Stable,  Transparency: Mostly Clear,  Temp:5.5C, Air Pressure: 1023mb,  Humidity: 85%, Dew Point: 3.5C,  Wind Speed: 8.5mph Scope: TMB 80mm APO Refractor at f/6  Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro,  No filter, Dark subtracted, No Flats. NGC 3031-M81 A total of 73 x 60sec light frames which have been dark subtracted. I wasn’t really worried how this turned out as this session was more…


First Light

Fist Light with the new ZWO 1600mm pro camera….


It’s on

Well I have coupled everything up. I’m not an amazing fan of OAG’s but I had one in the spares box and just thought it was simpler to try it out.  In the end it was all for nothing as I couldn’t get both the camera and guide camera into focus at the same time.   I should have got loads of spare spacers and adaptors when I got the camera so would have…


New Toy Time

Look what the postman has just delivered. Having seen how successful all my astro friends have been with their new One Shot Colour cameras, I decided to join the them. While the plan is not to use this for taking really deep sky images, but rather allow me to use it as an aid in my various visual projects, when I can’t be arsed go outside in the winter and freeze my tail off…