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NGC 5457 – M101
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. I guess I’m safe to say that this is the first true first light image for the new camera setup. Clear skies, a bit of a breeze and a 7 days old Moon….
NGC5194 M51
Session Data Date: 02/04/2020 Time: 21:40 – 23:44 UTSeeing: 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 the camera for a few weeks, that…
C2019 Y4 ATLAS
Session Data Date: 31/03/2020 Time: 21:50 – 22:45 UTSeeing: 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. Just a quick hop over to see if I could pick up C2019 Y4 ATLAS. Managed to take 60 x 30sec lights. I kept the subs short as I didn’t want the Comet or…
NGC3031-M81
Session Data Date: 23/03/2020 Time: 20:53 – 23:22 UTSeeing: 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. 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 of a test of how PHD was performing….
First Light
Managed to get an evening before sunset with the Moon up, to really give the camera and focuser a good test. The biggest high of this whole session has been the electric focuser. You can do all this remotely and in the warm and I can’t believe how useful this bit of kit is. I’m reminded of the focusing sessions in the old DBO1, where I had to stand on a short ladder, while…
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 been…
New Toy Time hi
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…