July 12th 2210 GMT Cocoon Nebula
I photographed the Cocoon Nebula (IC5146) with the Seestar S50. The integration time was 60 minutes and I tidied in GIMP.
July 12th 0005 GMT M2
I started late, due to the England-Norway game going into extra time. I photographed the globular cluster M2 with the Seestar S50. I managed an integration time of 38 minutes.
July 11th 2340 GMT Binocular Session
While my long imaging session on NGC6888 was in progress, I had a binocular scan. I started in the west, as those objects are nearer to setting. Antares was visible in the west but I could not find M4 in the murk. Whilst I have got some nice images of the globular cluster M3, I could not find it in my 15x70 binoculars. Fortunately , the great globular cluster in Hercules (M13) was no such problem and was quite clear. M92 was a bit of a neck twister, so I gave it a miss!
In the south, I saw M15, a globular cluster that I don't always see in my binoculars and the reliable Wild Duck Cluster (M11), which is always a great sight in binoculars. I did not see the more difficult M26, though. I moved higher in the sky to pot the double star Albireo in Cygnus and Epsilon Lyrae as a double star (it appears as a quadruple star in larger instruments). I saw the Coathanger asterism and saw the Dumbbell Nebula (M27) for the second time in binoculars.
Moving east, Melotte 20 showed well, as did the evergreen Andromeda Galaxy (M31). The Triangulum Galaxy (M33) showed but only just. I did not see M34.
I went out mainly because it was still hot indoors and, although I did not capture everything I tried, it was an enjoyable session.
July 10th 2200 GMT Crescent Nebula
It was hazy to the south east, so I went for the Crescent Nebula (NGC6888) in Cygnus with the Seestar S50.
July 10th 0910 GMT Sun and Moon
I took full disc videos of the sun and moon with the Seestar S50 which I later stacked.
July 9th 2220 GMT M39
It took a long time to get started with the Seestar S50, needing me to reset my settings on my phone and then install an update on the S50. I photographed the open cluster M39. I did a 60 minute integration, finished in GraXpert and GIMP.
July 9th 0900 GMT Sun and Moon
I took full disc and closeup videos of the sun with the Seestar S50 which I later stacked.
The waning crescent moon was high in the west and I took a video with the Seestar S50 which I later stacked.
July 12th 2210 GMT Cocoon Nebula
I photographed the Cocoon Nebula (IC5146) with the Seestar S50. The integration time was 60 minutes and I tidied in GIMP.
July 12th 0005 GMT M2
I started late, due to the England-Norway game going into extra time. I photographed the globular cluster M2 with the Seestar S50. I managed an integration time of 38 minutes.
July 11th 2340 GMT Binocular Session
While my long imaging session on NGC6888 was in progress, I had a binocular scan. I started in the west, as those objects are nearer to setting. Antares was visible in the west but I could not find M4 in the murk. Whilst I have got some nice images of the globular cluster M3, I could not find it in my 15x70 binoculars. Fortunately , the great globular cluster in Hercules (M13) was no such problem and was quite clear. M92 was a bit of a neck twister, so I gave it a miss!
In the south, I saw M15, a globular cluster that I don't always see in my binoculars and the reliable Wild Duck Cluster (M11), which is always a great sight in binoculars. I did not see the more difficult M26, though. I moved higher in the sky to pot the double star Albireo in Cygnus and Epsilon Lyrae as a double star (it appears as a quadruple star in larger instruments). I saw the Coathanger asterism and saw the Dumbbell Nebula (M27) for the second time in binoculars.
Moving east, Melotte 20 showed well, as did the evergreen Andromeda Galaxy (M31). The Triangulum Galaxy (M33) showed but only just. I did not see M34.
I went out mainly because it was still hot indoors and, although I did not capture everything I tried, it was an enjoyable session.
July 10th 2200 GMT Crescent Nebula
It was hazy to the south east, so I went for the Crescent Nebula (NGC6888) in Cygnus with the Seestar S50.
July 10th 0910 GMT Sun and Moon
I took full disc videos of the sun and moon with the Seestar S50 which I later stacked.
July 9th 2220 GMT M39
It took a long time to get started with the Seestar S50, needing me to reset my settings on my phone and then install an update on the S50. I photographed the open cluster M39. I did a 60 minute integration, finished in GraXpert and GIMP.
July 12th 2210 GMT Cocoon Nebula
I photographed the Cocoon Nebula (IC5146) with the Seestar S50. The integration time was 60 minutes and I tidied in GIMP.
July 12th 0005 GMT M2
I started late, due to the England-Norway game going into extra time. I photographed the globular cluster M2 with the Seestar S50. I managed an integration time of 38 minutes.
July 12th 2210 GMT Cocoon Nebula
I photographed the Cocoon Nebula (IC5146) with the Seestar S50. The integration time was 60 minutes and I tidied in GIMP.
July 11th 2340 GMT Binocular Session
While my long imaging session on NGC6888 was in progress, I had a binocular scan. I started in the west, as those objects are nearer to setting. Antares was visible in the west but I could not find M4 in the murk. Whilst I have got some nice images of the globular cluster M3, I could not find it in my 15x70 binoculars. Fortunately , the great globular cluster in Hercules (M13) was no such problem and was quite clear. M92 was a bit of a neck twister, so I gave it a miss!
In the south, I saw M15, a globular cluster that I don't always see in my binoculars and the reliable Wild Duck Cluster (M11), which is always a great sight in binoculars. I did not see the more difficult M26, though. I moved higher in the sky to pot the double star Albireo in Cygnus and Epsilon Lyrae as a double star (it appears as a quadruple star in larger instruments). I saw the Coathanger asterism and saw the Dumbbell Nebula (M27) for the second time in binoculars.
Moving east, Melotte 20 showed well, as did the evergreen Andromeda Galaxy (M31). The Triangulum Galaxy (M33) showed but only just. I did not see M34.
I went out mainly because it was still hot indoors and, although I did not capture everything I tried, it was an enjoyable session.
July 10th 2200 GMT Crescent Nebula
It was hazy to the south east, so I went for the Crescent Nebula (NGC6888) in Cygnus with the Seestar S50.
July 10th 0910 GMT Sun and Moon
I took full disc videos of the sun and moon with the Seestar S50 which I later stacked.
July 9th 0900 GMT Sun and Moon
I took full disc and closeup videos of the sun with the Seestar S50 which I later stacked.
The waning crescent moon was high in the west and I took a video with the Seestar S50 which I later stacked.
July 8th 2210 GMT NGC1287 and Comet 10P/Tempel
Most of the interesting targets were not visible from our back garden. I found NGC1287 on the Skymap with the Seestar S50. Unfortunately, I only caught the central star.
When NGC1287 had disappeared behind a fence, I tried Comet 10P/Tempel, which was theoretically visible. I did an integration of 61 minutes.
I finished with 25 minites integration on the Helix Nebula.
July 8th 1010 GMT Sun
I took full disc and closeup videos of the sun with the Seestar S50 which I later stacked.
July 8th 0035 GMT M29
I processed another image of M29, with an integration time of 33 minutes but it was almost identical to my previous attempt.
July 7th 2210 GMT M29
I photographed the open star cluster M29 with the Seestar S50. The integration time was 24 minutes.
July 6th 1145 GMT Sun
I took still images and videos of the sun with the Seestar S50 which I later stacked.
July 6th 0200 GMT Moon
It was half-time at Mexico versus England in the World Cup. It was misty but I took full disc still shots of the moon with the Seestar S50.
July 6th 0000 GMT M2
I managed 45 minutes integration with the Seestar S50 on the globular star cluster M2 before cloud rolled in.
July 5th 1140 GMT Sun
I took some full disc and closeup videos of the sun with the Seestar S50 which I later stacked. An active region was in the process of rotating off the solar disc and another one was rotating onto the solar disc. Despite some better images in the last few days, the dreaded Newton's rings returned to spoil the results.
July 5th 2340 GMT Moon
The moon was low in a cloud-infested sky but I took some videos and still shots with the Seestar S50.
July 4th 2230 GMT Saturn Nebula
Conditions were poor. As many other objects had been clouded out, I had a go at the Saturn Nebula (NGC7009) with the Seestar S50. I used 18 minutes integration time, as I had a lot of discarded frames. I captured it and showed the green colour but the Seestar S50 was just too small, with too short a focal length to ahow any detail.
July 4th GMT Sun
I took full disc and closeup videos of the sun with the Seestar S50, as most of the activity was about to rotate to the far side. I stacked the videos later.
July3rd 2220 GMT M22
I photographed the globular star cluster M22 with the Seestar S50. I used 17 minutes integration time.
July 3rd 0955 GMT Sun
As the active solar regions were approaching the solar limb, I took full disc and close-up videos of the sun with the Seestar S50 which I later stacked.
July 3rd 0000 GMT Moon and M15
I took a video of the moon with the Seestar S50 which I later stacked.
I captured the globular star cluster M15 with the Seestar S50. I did 31 minutes integration.
July 2nd 2235 GMT NGC6645
I photographed the open star cluster NGC6645 with the Seestar S50. I tried to include another cluster NGC6547 in the same image but initial indications suggested that I had only captured two stars.
July 2nd 2130 GMT Venus
I took still photos and videos of Venus with the Seestar S50 and stacked the videos later. The still photo at 4x zoom showed the phase most accurately.
July 2nd 0840 GMT Sun
I caught the sun between clouds using my Mak/DSLR combination at 1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure. I took 17 images before cloud rolled in and stacked them.
