November 2021 – IC 1848 The Soul Nebula
Image Acquisition Location: Clinton, TN; Home Observatory Scope: AP130GTX Mount: AP1200GTO Camera: QHY268M Image Scale: ~0.92 arcsec/pixel Integration Time: ~15.3 Hours
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October 2021 – The Pelican Nebula (IC5070)
Image Acquisition Location: Clinton, TN; Home Observatory Scope: AP130GTX Mount: AP1200GTO Camera: QHY268M Image Scale: ~0.92 arcsec/pixel
Calhoun County Park Sept 2021
Calhoun County Park August 2021
Cherry Springs – June 2021
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.
Spring 2021 – Daysprings Observatory
I put a QHY268M CMOS camera into the Observatory to replace the significantly larger pixel sized Apogee U8300 that has been hanging around since the very early days and is starting to hiccup. These were all test images with 3…
Emission Nebula IC 1795 – November 2020
Calhoun County Park Oct 2020
Cherry Springs Sept 2020
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.