Session Data Date: 11/5/2024 Time: 23:17 – 00:50 UT Seeing: II. Good – Slight Transparency: III. Clear with slight haze. Temp: 12 C, Air Pressure: 1016mb Humidity: 85% Dew Point: 9C Wind Speed: 8mph Average Seeing: 3.9 FWHM Average SQM: 20.21 magn/arcsec^2 Scope: TMB 80 f/6 Camera: ZWO ASI 183MM Pro, No Filter. No Darks or Flats taken. Session Notes: I was hoping to see the Aurora this evening, but apart from a very faint…
EAA Observing Session: 11, January
Session Data Date: 11/1/2024 Time: 20:23 – 23:36 UT Seeing: II. Good – Slight Transparency: II. Clear with some cloud Temp: 0.8 C, Air Pressure: 1039mb, Humidity: 87%, Dew Point: -2.8C, Wind Speed: 6mph Average FWHM: 3.5 Average SQM: 19.69 magn/arcsec^2 Scope: Altair 250mm RC f/5.3 Camera: ZWO ASI 183MM Pro, No Filter. Dark subtracted and Flat fielded. Session Notes: All images are North up and East to the left. Click the image for full size…
EAA Observing Session: 10, January
Session Data Date: 10/1/2024 Time: 20:44 – 00:15 UT Seeing: II. Good – Slight Transparency: II. Clear with some cloud Temp: 0 C, Air Pressure: 1030mb, Humidity: 84%, Dew Point: -2.2C, Wind Speed: 7mph Average FWHM: 3.34 Average SQM: 20.16 magn/arcsec^2 Scope: Altair 250mm RC f/5.3 Camera: ZWO ASI 183MM Pro, No Filter. Dark subtracted and Flat fielded. Session Notes: All images are North up and East to the left. Click the image for full size…
EAA Observing Session: 7, January
Session Data Date: 07/1/2024 Time: 19:29 – 00:05 UT Seeing: III: OK – Moderate Transparency: III. Clear with slight haze Temp: 0.6 C, Air Pressure: 1031mb, Humidity: 81%, Dew Point: -2.2C, Wind Speed: 6mph Average FWHM: 4.68 Average SQM: 20.16 magn/arcsec^2 Scope: Altair 250mm RC f/5.3 Camera: ZWO ASI 183MM Pro, No Filter. Dark subtracted and Flat fielded. Session Notes: First image of the night and something appears to be off. the stars are really oval…
Astronomy Overview of 2023
The most exciting thing this year has been the discovery of EAA ( Electronic Assisted Astronomy). For me, it feels just like doing astronomy when looking through an eyepiece. I get the same experience that you get after you have been staring at the object for a priod of time. When you start, everything is faint and ill defined. but as the stack grows, more and more is revealed. I find that you don’t…
….and another New Toy
Well this Fuji GW670III is not exactly new, as I acquired it in November of 2022, but it’s been a while since I updated the toy section. You may have noticed the last two cameras added to my collection were rangefinders. While this technology has been around since the 1930’s, they fell out of favour in the 1970’s when SLR’s became all the rage. The Mk3 version of this lineup of huge neg rangefinders…