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Pleiades and Jupiter/Venus

Astronomy, Dwarf3 last night I set up imaging for the Pleiades from 01:54 to 04:24

Astrophotography from the Flagstaff trip

Astronomy, Dwarf3, Vanlife

On the Flagstaff trip mentioned previously see (Some short term goals and Good to Stargaze), the skies were very clear and dark. I managed to get some photography done. The big challenge was the trees around our campsite. My solution was to “hide” the telescope near a trailhead that was near our campsite – yikes! It turned out okay, though.

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Some short term goals

Astronomy A message from Slack outlining August astronomy imaging targets

Good to Stargaze

Astronomy

Lots of trees here at our campsite, but if I can shoot through the gaps, this will be the best observing I’ve seen since Back Mesa in Oklahoma!

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Lobster Claw and Pelican

Astronomy, Dwarf3

Last night was a rare semi-clear night, so I tried for the Lobster Claw nebula. This was behind the neighbors’ house at first, so I started with the Pelican Nebula.

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Pelican Nebula

Astronomy, Dwarf3

I had wanted to image the Pelican Nebula from “monsters’ clubhouse”, but I couldn’t get polar aligned when I was ready for bed (too many clouds initially).

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Garnet Star (again) and Pleiades During Occultation

Astronomy, Dwarf3

On a rare clear night, I took another series on the Garnet Star, this time with the duo filter. The goal is to catch some nebulosity around the Garnet, and maybe bring this out via PixInsight or similar.

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Dumbbell Nebula

Astronomy, Dwarf3

After failing to get the Dumbbell Nebula, M 27, a few nights ago, I decided to put the telescope on top of the van and try again. I had recently taken some darks with the gain set to higher-than-60, so I decided to try 80. Here’s the dumbbell, 482 lights at 15 seconds, 80 gain.

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Garnet Star; Failed Dumbbell Nebula

Astronomy, Dwarf3

I got a decent picture of the Garnet Star in Cepheus last night. It was taken with the astro filter. I’d like to try it again with the duo filter, since there should be more nebulosity in the frame.

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Crescent Nebula

Astronomy, Dwarf3

Last night I got C 19, the Crescent Nebula. 224 stacked images, out of a possible ~300. Not sure if it was clouds or ground-based obstacles. I need to start looking at the subs to see what happened. 60 seconds, 60 gain, duo filter. Processed in Stellar Studio auto.

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