Tag: NGC5194

Imaging Session: Galaxy NGC5194 M51

03/04/2020
Astronomy

Session Data Date:  02/04/2020   Time:  21:40 – 23:44 UT Seeing: II Mostly Stable,  Transparency: Clear,  Temp:3.9C, Air Pressure: 1020mb,  Humidity: 88%,  Dew Point: 3.9C,  Wind Speed: 5mph Scope: TMB 80mm APO Refractor at f/4.8  Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro,  No filter, Dark subtracted and Flat fielded. Still more testing tonight. A stack of 53 x 60 sec lights. I didn’t shoot any flats at the time, but realising that I had not touched…

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Observing Session: 14, April

23/04/2015
Astronomy

Another long spell without cloud. Well that’s not exactly true, as there have been a few clear nights in batches. One forecasted and gave cloudless skies, but with a full moon and lots of high thin stuff, i didn’t even bother to venture out. The other a few weeks later didn’t look to bad, but with lots of early  morning starts, I’ve not been able to stay awake long enough to do anything useful….

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