Macastronomer

Thanks for posting. Looking up it was pretty good. I could see all the stars in the Little Dipper and a lot more within that I normally can’t see. But that was looking most upward. Looking at the northern horizon was hazy (see pic).

Looking east and west, all but the brightest stars disappeared.

Great sky while looking upward, but the lower you…[Read more]

The Blaze Star is probably going to saturate on my camera… I’m going to keep working it out and see if I can figure out how to get the whole light curve. I don’t think my camera can get the whole 8 magnitudes in the same exposure setting. It will be interesting. I’m glad it hasn’t blown yet.

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Love it! We should start a new thread to share images. Seeing what everybody is doing is wonderful—and inspiring! Keep ’em comin’!

Nice pics. How many subs and how long? What’d you use to process?

Keep’em coming. I’m jumping into the game astrophoto game soon and it’s great to see what others are doing.

Until I save up and get a scope and astro-camera, I’m planning on putting my Canon R50 (not an ideal astro-camera but it will do) on my EQ6-R Pro and see what it can do.…[Read more]

Nice. Thanks.

For clarity:

NELM = Naked Eye Limiting Magnitude
MPSAS = Magnitude per square Arc-Second

I think I’ll make a chart using the info on that link and see if I can look at the sky and get the same result.

<p style=”text-align: left;”>I’d like to get set up before dark (9:00-ish), but I don’t always get out when I think I will. Regardless, it won’t be long after.</p>

Can’t make the public outreach, but I am planning on hitting Root River to do some observing.

If anybody wants to join me, I’d be happy to have the company.

Duane

Thanks Jeff! It’s great to have for journaling.

Duane

Thanks for sharing about the dark sky meter. I’m eager to see what we get out of it over the year.

A friend of mine liked this photo better, and I have to agree—so I’m posting it as well.