Planets, Solar System
Taken with my Celestron 9.25″ telescope, ZWO ASI2600 MC Pro camera
Category: Planets
Planets, Solar System
Taken with my Celestron 9.25″ telescope, ZWO ASI2600 MC Pro camera
Planets, Solar System
I did not spend a lot of time taking this nor processing it in Pixinsight. Never the less, her is Saturn in all it’s glory. Taken 9/5/2024 around 11pm. This is one of those things when I see through an eye piece I get giddy. The planet has a way of me happy. This is … Read More “Saturn” »
Planets, Solar System
On the night of August 23, 2024, I was doing a lot of bouncing around. I saw Pluto was out. I did not change the ROI in SharpCap, I just kept the camera on 26 megapixels, and pointed to Pluto. I did not even bother centering it in the field of view. It is the … Read More “Pluto” »
Planets
Playing around with my son’s Cannon M50 Mark ii. Tonight was interesting. I started out trying (keyword trying) to get my Evolution 8″ aligned using Sky Safari on my phone. I gave up after the third failure. I got it aligned on the first try with Celetron’s Sky Portal on my phone. It was early … Read More “Venus – May 25 – 2023” »
Planets
It was a beautiful night. I got out early and set up my Celestron 8″ Dobsonian and my brand new SVBony SV205 camera. I got some great video and shots of the moon. I saw Venus and Jupiter were out and pointed towards them. Looking at Jupiter, I could clearly see it with 5 moons. … Read More “My First look at Venus” »
Planets
The sky finally cleared up a little. I ran out about 11:30 pm. I was able to view Sirius and Mars. Using the StarSense software I viewed Mars and saw with one moon. Looked at them with 7mm, 25mm, & 32mm. Used 2x with 32. As color blind as I am I could clearly see … Read More “My first look of Mars” »