Integration time (running total):
* OSC 5 X 120s (600s)
* Total: 10m
Notes
3rd July 2024
Still no sign of brightening. I have made a number of exposures since April with none showing any sign of activity at T CrB.
'Star, star teach me how to shine, shine'
Integration time (running total):
* OSC 5 X 120s (600s)
* Total: 10m
Still no sign of brightening. I have made a number of exposures since April with none showing any sign of activity at T CrB.
Integration time (running total):
* OSC 54 X 120s (108m)
* Total: 1h48m
Seeing index: OK (3)
Jet stream: OK (12 m/s)
Transparency: Good (4)
Moon: 92%
Integration time (running total):
* OSC 21 X 300s (105m)
* Total: 1h45m
Integration time target
* Target: 6 hours
* Progress: 29%
Seeing index: OK/Poor (3/2)
Jet stream: Average (11 m/s)
Transparency: OK (3)
Integration time (running total):
* OSC 37 X 120s (74m)
* Total: 1h14m
Integration time target
* Target: 6 hours
* Progress: 25%
Seeing index: OK (3)
Transparency: Good (4)
A visual comparison of five clusters in the Messier list
Integration time (running total):
* OSC Between 30 and 60 X 60s per image
Seeing index: Poor (2)
Jet stream: Ave/Good (12 m/s)
Transparency: Good (4)
Seeing index: OK (3)
Transparency: Average (3)
Integration time (running total):
* OSC 75 X 120s (150m)
* Total: 2h30m
Seeing index: Poor/average (1/2)
Jet stream: Poor (30 m/s)
Transparency: Average (3)
Visual observing during Bortle 3 dark sky trip
Seeing index: OK (3)
Transparency: Poor/ave (2)
Integration time (running total):
* OSC 139 X 60s (139m)
* Total: 2h19m
Seeing index: OK (3)
Jet stream: Good (7 m/s)
Transparency: Good (4)
The beautiful chain of galaxies in Virgo
Integration time (running total):
* OSC 130 X 180s (390m)
* Total: 6h30m
Integration time target
* Target: 6 hours
* Progress: 100%
Thursday 18th January
Integration time (running total):
* OSC 307 X 180s (921m)
* Total: 15h21m
January has been a better month for clear skies making astro imaging possible once again. Hooray! M78 in Orion is a reflection nebula approx 1600 light years from Earth with NGC2071 to its North. Also visible is part of the H-Alpha cloud known as Barnard’s Loop which encircles the left-hand/East side of the constellation. Barely visible on following the line of the dark lane in the centre of M78…