M63 – AP130EDT w/ ZWO ASI533MC and AP900GTO Mount
NGC 3521 – AP130EDT w/ ZWO ASI533MC and AP900GTO Mount
The Leo Triplet – AP92 with FF and ASI2600MC Duo and Juwei-17 Mount
Markarian’s Chain – AP92 with FF and ASI2600MC Duo and Juwei-17 Mount
Three nights with generally good conditions with the seemingly always present wildfire smoke.
IC 5146 – The Cocoon Nebula
SH2-88
NGC 6914 Reflection Nebula
TBD on some widefield DSLR shots
M78 / NGC 2068 Reflection nebula in Orion. FSQ-106ED with QHY268C
NGC 1333 – A Reflection nebula in Perseus. FSQ-106ED with QHY268C
NGC 2264 – The Christmas Tree / Cone Nebula in the constellation Monoceros. FSQ-106ED with QHY268C
M45 aka The Pleiades, The Seven Sisters, Subaru (ever noticed the Subaru car logo?) FSQ-106ED with QHY268C
Auriga: The Flaming Star, The Tadpoles, The Spider and Fly Nebula… Canon R6 with Rokinon 135mm
The Witches Head in Orion – Truly a difficult target and I pushed harder than the skies allowed. Canon R6 with Rokinon 135mm
Best Meteor of the Night!
IC 348 FSQ-106ED Scope with QHY268C Camera on AP900GTO Mount, 5.67 Hours Total Exposure
IC 348 Annotated
NGC 1788, FSQ-106ED Scope with QHY268C Camera on AP900GTO Mount, 8 hours total exposure
NGC 1788 Annotated
NGC1333 -AP92 Stowaway Scope with ZWO ASI533C camera on Atlas Mount, 6.1 hours total exposure
NGC 1333 Annotated
NGC 7293 – The Helix Nebula: AP92 Stowaway Scope, ZWO ASI533C camera, Atlas Mount. 4 hours total exposure time.
NGC 7293 – The Helix Nebula Annotated
IC 405 – The Flaming Star Nebula. AP92 Stowaway Scope, ZWO ASI533C Camera, Atlas EQ-G Mount. 7.9 Hours total exposure.
IC 405 Annotated
NGC 7822 – FSQ-106ED Scope with QHY268C Camera on AP900GTO Mount, 4.1 hours total exposure
NGC 7822 Annotated
We had four relatively clear nights in a row. Some didn’t start great but all four produced usable imaging time even if the nights aren’t much more than 4 hours of astronomical darkness this time of year.
A couple shots with the Canon 6D DSLR and a Rokinon 135mm wide open at f/2.
vdB 123 – Taken with FSQ-106ED and QHY268C OSC CMOS Camera on an AP900GTO Mount, 58 x 5min exposures totaling 4.8 Hours Exposure across two nights.
Sh2-136 Taken with FSQ-106ED and QHY268C OSC CMOS Camera on AP900GTO Mount, 79 x 5 minute exposures totaling ~6.6 Hours Exposure time across two nights.
M20 – The Trifid Nebula: ZWO 533C OSC CMOS Camera with AP92 Refractor on Atlas EQ-G Mount. 57 x 5min exposures for a total of 4.75 hours captured across two nights.
First light test of the QHY268C CMOS camera on the Tak FSQ-106ED. For a very short total exposure time and a low southern target results were better than expected.
This trip to Cherry Springs State Park promised an amazing clear stretch but was marred by dense smoke obscuring much of the sky from the wildfires raging in CA and other parts of the US.
