January 2026

January 3rd 2035 GMT Moon and Jupiter 

 

I photographed the moon with Jupiter with my DSLR camera at 300mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 1/13 second exposure. This did not work.

I took a full disc video of the moon with the Seestar S50.

 

I took closeups of the moon at 4x zoom with the Seestar S50.

 

I photographed Jupiter's moons with the Seestar S50 by taking a video.

 

I took a video of Jupiter with the Seestar S50.

I combined the images to show Jupiter with its moons.

January 2nd 2300 GMT M44

 

I had trouble finding faint targets in the moonlight. I settled on M44 before cloud rolled in.

January 2nd 2100 GMT Jupiter and Deep Sky

 

I took videos of Jupiter's moons and the planet with the Seestar S50.

I combined the two shots.

I photographed the open star cluster NGC2169 with the Seestar S50. I stacked four integration runs for a total time of 29 minutes.

 

With many fainter objects drowned out by moonlight, I went for M41 with the Seestar S50. I did a single integration run of 29 minutes and finished with GraXpert and GIMP.

January 2nd 1810 GMT Moon 

I took full disc and 4x closeup videos of the moon with the Seestar S50.

January 1st 1920 GMT Mixed Session

I took full disc and closeup videos of the moon with the Seestar S50, then stacked them.

I took videos of Jupiter's moons and planetary details.

I combined the two.

I photographed the Running Man Nebula (NGC1977). I stacked four integration runs in Sequator for a total integration time of 177 minutes and finished in GraXpert and GIMP.

I photographed the open star cluster M50 with the Seestar S50, stacking 3 integration runs for a total of 81 minutes.

I photographed the open star cluster M48 with the Seestar S50. I stacked 5 integration runs for a total of 71 minutes.